Vancouver Real Estate

Wordless Wednesdays

by Maggie Chandler July 6, 2011 Wordless Wednesdays

Wordless Wednesdays

by Maggie Chandler February 16, 2011 Wordless Wednesdays

The view from Vancouver’s Granville Island, looking across False Creek to the waterfront condos at the bottom of Howe and Hornby

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Wordless Wednesdays

by Maggie Chandler February 9, 2011 Wordless Wednesdays

Vancouver’s Shangri-la rises above all!

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Featuring Coal Harbour Condo Cascina

by Maggie Chandler October 21, 2010 Coal Harbour

Address: 560 Cardero Street, Vancouver, BC, V6G 3J8, Canada

Cascina and Denia are the last two of 4 condo buildings in Waterfront Place. The two towers are connected by a lagoon courtyard and surrounded by 34 townhomes.

Developer: Aspac Developements

Architect: James KM Cheng Architects Inc

Construction: Ledcor Industries

Built: 2003

Floorplans:25 levels with 121 suites. 01 suites are 1536sf and …

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Featuring Bauhinia, Coal Harbour, Vancouver, BC

by Maggie Chandler September 28, 2010 Coal Harbour

Address – 535 Nicola Street, Coal Harbour, Vancouver, BC. “Waterfront Place Complex”.

Bauhina was the second of four condo buildings to be built at Waterfront Place. Situated on the waterfront in Coal Harbour, which consists of 12 waterfront buildings – 2 on Bayshore Drive , 4 Waterfront Place complex and 8 on West Cordova, for a total of only 12. Waterfront Place condos include Avila …

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History of Downtown Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler July 4, 2010 Downtown

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Just over a century ago, Vancouver was a two-block collection of buildings called Granville (now known as Gastown). This location on Burrard Inlet was competing to be the west coast terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. By 1887, a year after the City of Vancouver was incorporated, the first passenger train arrived at …

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Wordless Wednesdays

by Maggie Chandler June 30, 2010 Wordless Wednesdays

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Vancouver Real Estate Analysis for Shangri-la

by Maggie Chandler June 28, 2010 Downtown

Vancouver’s Shangri-la condo building has two sections, the Estates at Shangri-la which is the 46th to 61st floor and the live/work suits at 1111 Alberni which run to the 46th floor

The Estates at Vancouver Shangri-la condo building now has an equal number of listings to November last year and a total of 8 sales for the …

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BCREA’s Projection for Vancouver Real Estate

by Maggie Chandler June 28, 2010 Home Prices and Trends

I recently attended a presentation by BCREA’s chief economist Cameron Muir on the current conditions and future projections for Vancouver’s real estate market. It was very interesting.

Here are the highlights, as per my notes

-affordability is the largest challenge, rising rates and tighter credit

-international migration equals population growth which is good for real estate which always performs …

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Canada’s Annual Inflation Rate Slides

by Maggie Chandler June 24, 2010 Latest News

The consumer price report showed that the headline inflation index rose 0.3% in May, beating expectations for an increase of 0.2%. The year-over-year rate eased to 1.4% from 1.8% in April because this year’s monthly increase fell short of last May’s 0.7% jump. The unadjusted Bank of Canada’s core measure also rose 0.3% in May, …

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