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  1. The Five Most Important Things You Must Do When Buying a Home

    If you only remember five things when purchasing real estate, they should be these tips, advises Vancouver agent Alyssa Dotson Alyssa DotsonOther There’s a lot to remember when buying real estate, and much of the available advice is scattered all over the internet. So what are the most important rules to stick to? Before you […]

  2. Condos Accelerating Growth in BC Home Building Investment: StatCan

    Multi-family building spend in the province catching up to detached home construction investment, reports statistics agency Joannah Connolly Other Investment in BC home building continued to climb – and increase its rate of growth – rising nearly 19 per cent year over year in July to $731 million, according to Statistics Canada data published September […]

  3. How to… Understand Strata Minutes When Buying a Condo

    If you’re buying a condo, it’s essential that you understand the strata minutes of your new building, explains Bob de Wit of the GVHBA Bob de WitOther Considering the purchase of a strata condo? One of the key steps to ensure you are making a sound purchase will be in reviewing the strata minutes. Not […]

  4. Civic costs adding to Metro Vancouver home prices

    Municipalities share in land lift values through high rezoing fees, according to a Fraser Institute survey Kenneth P Green, Ian Herzog and Josef FilipowiczOther Download Document

  5. Beating the taxman through bequests, treaties and credits

    Other While you cannot leave a property to your spouse without paying tax, there is an avenue available where a bequest can avoid the clutching hands of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. “A marital deduction is available for assets which pass to a spouse who is a U.S. citizen,” Robert E. Ward, J.D., LL.M., of […]

  6. Beating the taxman through bequests, treaties and credits

    Other While you cannot leave a property to your spouse without paying tax, there is an avenue available where a bequest can avoid the clutching hands of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. “A marital deduction is available for assets which pass to a spouse who is a U.S. citizen,” Robert E. Ward, J.D., LL.M., of […]

  7. Vancouver Seeing Canada’s Most “Asymmetrical” Home Price Rises: CIBC Economist

    Ever-widening price gap between houses and condos and within detached home market hindering move-up buyers, says report Joannah ConnollyOther Vancouver is seeing the biggest home price gap increases in the country – not just between condos and houses, but also within the detached home segment, according to a CIBC World Markets report issued September 16. […]

  8. The truth about foreign property buyers in Canada

    John TenpennyOther Investing in Toronto’s condo market isn’t the only choice available to foreign buyers, so a new trend is seeing the real estate industry go to them, with lucrative results says one agent. Along with marketing their projects through brokers with ties to China, Toronto condo developers and agents are also travelling overseas themselves […]

  9. Vigorous housing demand unabated in August

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  10. Comparing condo prices in Toronto’s key intersections [Map]

    TheRedPin Other Condos on Bay Street sell for an average of $40,000 more than units along Yonge. It’s just one of the facts we found by studying real estate along Toronto’s key intersections. Last year, 58 storeys up from the corner of Bay and Adelaide, a new record was set in the Toronto real estate market. The priciest condo […]