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HST Transition to Benefit Vancouver Home Buyers

by Maggie Chandler February 20, 2012 Latest News

The provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax is about to drop to two per cent on all new homes sold for $850,000 or less, a move widely praised by those in the beleaguered home building industry.

Announced by Finance Minister Kevin Falcon on Friday, the move is meant to …

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Vancouver Welcomes National Ballet of Cuba’s Don Quixote – Vancouver Real Estate News

by Maggie Chandler February 17, 2012 Latest News

The National Ballet of Cuba brings its famous skill and fire—and its signature piece, Don Quixote—to Vancouver for the first time
By Gail Johnson, February 15, 2012

During her 17 years with the National Ballet of Cuba, principal dancer Viegnsay Valdés has accumulated enough stamps in her passport to make Madonna …

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Vancouver’s Downtown Comes to Kitsilano’s West Broadway – Vancouver Real Estate Market Update

by Maggie Chandler February 16, 2012 Latest News

When I first moved to Vancouver in the mid 1980s, the area known as the Broadway corridor extended from Cambie to Oak streets. That’s where office workers were concentrated in a relatively dense urban environment.

A few years later, you could say that the urban area of Broadway reached just …

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Greater Vancouver Listing Facts

by Maggie Chandler February 15, 2012 Latest News

Searching for a Vancouver home, townhome or condo?

Wondering which area has the most properties listed and which has the least – representing best value for buyers.

See how many properties are listed for Greater Vancouver’s municipalities, compare last month to the previous month and see where listings sat a year ago

Check out Greater Vancouver listing facts to …

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Greater Vancouver Sales Facts

by Maggie Chandler February 14, 2012 Latest News

Searching for a Vancouver home, townhome or condo? Wondering which area appreciated the best last year and where the best values are?

See how average sales price compares for Greater Vancouver’s municipalities, compare last month to the previous month and see where prices sat a year ago

Check out Greater Vancouver sales facts to find your …

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Will Canada Sieze the Oppportunity to Expand Trade to the EU? Vancouver Real Estate news

by Maggie Chandler February 13, 2012 Latest News

via vancouversun.com

More trade, more jobs.

Posted on Vancouver Real Estate-Vancouver Homes For Sale

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Vancouver Supports Tennis – Real Estate Update

by Maggie Chandler February 10, 2012 Latest News

More than 200 French tennis officials and fans will fly to Vancouver this week to cheer on Team France in Davis Cup action against Canada.

Most will make a holiday of their long-distance-travel efforts and stay considerably longer than just the three days of the event.

It’s the kind of big-spend, high-calibre international …

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How Vancouver Real Estate is Impacted by Growing Population

by Maggie Chandler February 10, 2012 Latest News

That’s why populations in Surrey, Burnaby and Port Moody have exploded over the last five years — and Vancouver’s has languished — demography experts said Wednesday.

Surrey’s population swelled 18.6% since 2006, more than four times Vancouver’s 4.4% rate of increase, according to newly released 2011 census numbers.

“A …

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January House prices rise in Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler February 6, 2012 Latest News

Price increases in three major Canadian housing markets pushed the Canadian Real Estate Association’s home price index higher in January following declines in each of the two previous months.

The index rose 0.27 per cent from December, driven by stronger results in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

The gains were offset by …

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2011 Greater Vancouver Real Estate Sales Slightly Below The Average

by Maggie Chandler February 3, 2012 Home Prices and Trends

From REBGV

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in 2011 reached 32,390, a 5.9 per cent increase from the 30,595 sales recorded in 2010, and a 9.2 per cent decrease from the 35,669 residential sales in 2009. Last year’s home sale …

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