Epic Moving House Checklist
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Here are the most important things to do when moving: - Schedule mail to be forwarded to the new address - Get boxes and moving supplies - Get the right moving company - Transfer or set up your local phone, internet and cable company - Transfer your hydro account - Sort things that you want to donate - Change your address on all official documents - Notify all relevant companies about cancelling, ...Read More
Back To School Heats Up Vancouver Real Estate Market
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Back to school in September traditionally has big effect in Vancouver real estate. How about 2021? As international students return to school, the housing market heats up and it does have direct effect in real estate activities. Traditionally, September is similar to spring in real estate, when students return to school, gove the parents more active time to search for homes and it increases web se...Read More
Canadian Market Cooldown
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Overheating risk eases as Canadian housing market calms down 2021 Sky-high levels have slowed since spring. However, reslae remains strong, and tight supply means low odds of price collapse. The Canadian Housing Health, check attribute key indicator of Canada's housing market to the moderate resale activities that have eased the risk of uncontrolled prices. The Sales-to-new listings ra...Read More
Home Sellers Guide to Prep The House For Sale
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You examined the real estate market and ready to sell your home. Want to know how much your home worth? Check out my enhanced detailed property report and valuation LINK When planning to sell your home, the most important part is to see it through the buyer’s eyes. Not yours. Imagine you walk in your home for the very first time again and what would be the things that you love, you’d...Read More
REALTOR® Benefits to Sell your Home. Part i
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In every real estate market, I come across many homeowners who wants to know the benefit of hiring a Realtor and a real estate agent to help with selling their property. To define what a Realtor does in general, let's reflect back to “The Agency” relationship which we discussed in another article. Agency is a relationship between two parties. An “agent” and “...Read More
REALTOR® Benefits to Sell your Home. Part ii
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In previous article we briefly discuss the highlights of benefits and chose a few ones from its long list. In this article we will discover and examine the depth of each benefits. - Current Real Estate Market and trends One of the benefit of working with a knowledgeable local Vancouver Realtor to sell your house, is to get updates and educated constantly on the market and trends. Real estat...Read More
REALTOR® Benefits to Sell your Home. Part iii
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In our main article we defined the importance of hiring a qualified Realtor to help with Selling your Vancouver home and condo for sale. In this part 3. Volume we will continue the discussion and expand those short list of benefits: - Advice on the most important value factor, Price As a homeowner, your main concern is to know how much your home worth and what is your property evaluation. Why? Pu...Read More
Should I buy Condo or a house?
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This a very common question. But to answer this, I always turn the question to the real estate buyer by pointing out what it is their priority? Vancouver is an international city and has been a focus of investment for years. Despite of local government interference to slow it down and causing the price drop, we yet are witnessing the values are increasing and the effect and the result of what the...Read More
Condo or House?
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I was meeting a couple who were interested in purchasing a home for their family of 3 and their pet dog at my office in Yaletown Vancouver. Since I previously referred them to a financial institution for mortgage pre-approval, after reviewing their options and looking at their pre-approved mortgage amount, they asked me whether a house or a condo apartment in Vancouver offers better value an...Read More
Different Types of Strata in BC
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A strata or strata development is a way of subdividing and owning portions of land and buildings on that subdivision. A Strata Corporation is created and shaped when a developer registers a strata plan of the subdivided land/buildings with the British Columbia Land Title and Survey Authority. A strata corporation has all of the powers of a natural person who has full capacity. This means...Read More