VANCOUVER, BC – Home sales remained at typical springtime levels on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in Greater Vancouver in May.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver reached 3,377 in May 2011, a 7 per cent increase compared to the 3,156 sale ...
As a unit owner you will be responsible for your share of expenses known as common element fees or common expenses. These are set out in the condo declaration. It describes what expenses are to be shared and in what proportion. This can be equal or unequal in cases where they are based on the comparative size of t ...
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IT'S FOR THE KIDS!! We are doing a Fundraiser on St. Patricks Day at the Kingston Taphouse & Grille! Come on down & support this great cause! Tickets are $10 and include a well drink or beer. We will be having a 50/50 draw and celebrating St Patty's day with great friends...All for the kids!! So invite all your friends and stop by after work, or on your way to any St Patricks day celeb ... |
H.S.T. has different implications for used residential real estate and new residential real estate. In this part of our website we outline the basic rules regarding H.S.T., and the basic rebates applicable.
GENERAL DISCUSSION
The Harmonized Sales Tax ("H.S.T.") came into effect in B.C. on July 1, 2010 and is a combina ...
Buying a home can be an emotional roller coaster but when you buy your second home, there’s twice as much to consider! You now have to decide whether to sell your existing home first or risk carrying two homes at once.New Westminster resident Elise Niessen is planning a four-hour stretch of laps in the pool to raise money for babies born premature or with serious health conditions.
Inspired by her cousin's baby, who was born with holes in her heart, the Burnaby lifeguard decided to do something to help.
"She's my inspiration," said Niessen. "What better way to support our community by helping out the next ...
Derrick Penner
Sun
Metro Vancouver’s new-home prices have followed the resale-home market upward to previous peaks during real estate’s rebound, developers and consultants have noted.
Statistics Canada reported on Thursday that by April the region posted the strongest year-over-year gain in newhome prices among the major markets it examines in its monthly new-housing price index.
Metro Vanco ...
Brian Morton
Sun
Residential home sales were down substantially in May from the same month a year ago, with Victoria and Metro Vancouver showing the sharpest drop, according to a survey released Monday by the B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA).
Despite that, Victoria and Metro Vancouver have also seen some of the highest price increases o ...