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Vancouver’s Economic Growth to Dip Slightly in 2012 But Jobs Will Grow

by Maggie Chandler March 27, 2012 Latest News

Vancouver’s economic growth will slow this year after a rebound in the previous two years, according to the Conference Board of Canada. The think-tank predicts local GDP will increase 2.5 per cent this year, down 0.6 per cent from last year and a full point below 2010 which was …

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Notary Public’s Alleged Ponzi Scheme – Real Estate News in Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler March 26, 2012 Latest News

Vancouver notary Rashida Samji has retained high-profile lawyer Rod Anderson of Harper Grey LLP to represent her as the B.C. Securities Commission and RCMP ramp up their investigation into her alleged involvement in an estimated $40-million Ponzi scheme.

Anderson is the go-to guy for people who are implicated in …

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Will Spain Welcome Euro Vegas ? Vancouver Real Estate News

by Maggie Chandler March 23, 2012 Latest News

The news that the owner of world’s largest casino group is planning to build a Las Vegas style casino strip in Spain is dividing opinion.
Las Vegas Sands, owned by US billionaire Sheldon Adelson is currently in talks with Spain’s two biggest cities, Madrid and Barcelona, to build a complex …

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Marine Gateway Presales Attracts Asian Investors – Homes for Sale in VAncouver

by Maggie Chandler March 22, 2012 Latest News

VANCOUVER – Saturday’s four-hour blowout sale of 415 homes at Marine Gateway will be followed by similar quick sales at other condo towers this year, but don’t expect a return to the heady pre-recessionary days when every project sold out quickly. That’s the word from an executive …

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Robert Dunsmuir’s Great Grandson Honours Captain Cook – Real Estate News in Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler March 22, 2012 Latest News

A piece of First Nations art gifted to Captain James Cook has found its way home.

The University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology on Tuesday unveiled a ceremonial war club carved from a yew tree in the mid-1700s and given to Cook by Vancouver Island’s Mowachaht-Muchalat people during his final voyage.

Donated by …

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How Much Would You Pay for Permanent Residency in Canada? Vancouver Homes for Sale

by Maggie Chandler March 21, 2012 Latest News

As investment clubs go, it’s one of the more unusual ones around — the money you spend to join isn’t really an investment and it’s not really a club. But more and more people are trying to join and it could soon become one of the more expensive memberships to have.

The Canadian …

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East Vancouver Real Estate Graph

by Maggie Chandler March 19, 2012 Latest News

See how East Vancouver homes, townhomes and condos are performing.

Compare listings, solds, average price and dollar volume by month for the last year.

A good market for buyers!

View East Vancouver real estate graph

Buying or Selling Vancouver real estate?

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Canada Could Be the Freest Trading Nation on Earth – Real Estate News in Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler March 19, 2012 Latest News

Within the next few years, Canada could well become the freest trading nation on the face of the Earth. Roughly 75 per cent of our trade is already free, thanks to the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and its successor, NAFTA. And that, as you’ll see, is just the start.

A …

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S & P Predicts European Economic Crisis to End in 2012

by Maggie Chandler March 16, 2012 Latest News

The credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, believes that the European macroeconomic crisis will not extend beyond 2012, which will result in a “significant recovery” of European real estate markets in 2013.

“Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services believes that the macroeconomic crisis may not extend beyond 2012. We still expect …

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Mainland Chinese Buyers still Like Canadian Real Estate – Homes for Sale in Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler March 16, 2012 Latest News

Overseas investors are snapping up properties in Canada’s largest cities, driving up prices and pushing ordinary Canadians out of the housing market, observers say.

Real EstateMapping average home prices across CanadaWhere housing costs have gone up, down or stalled

Real estate experts call it the “new reality,” and the …

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