Blog by Patricia Houlihan
August 14th, 2009
Strong Spring Market Carries Into Summer Months
VANCOUVER, B.C. - August 5, 2009 - The Greater Vancouver housing
market gained further momentum in July with record sales levels and
a continued strengthening of home prices.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that the
number of residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled
4,114 in July 2009, becoming the ...
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August 7th, 2009
I just finished uploading this House for sale, 2840
11TH Ave, Vancouver West, British Columbia
3 bedroom, 2 bath home, with separate 1 bed suite [$800/mth]
down, is ready for your growing family. Stainless steel appliances.
Open plan bright kitchen/dining room steps out through French doors
onto the South facing deck and garden. 2 beds on the main plus 1
bed, bath and living room & nanny sui ...
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August 6th, 2009
On July 23, 2009, Premier Gordon
Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced that,
effective July 1, 2010, BC will adopt a Harmonized Sales Tax (HST),
combining the seven per cent Provincial Sales Tax (PST) with the
five per cent federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) for a single
sales tax rate of 12 per cent. An additional seven per cent tax
will be charged on a variety of real estat ...
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August 5th, 2009
This edition focuses on some tips in identifying between "fixtures" and
"chattels".
August Market Update
Fixtures vs. Chattels
When buying and selling property, you're usually not just
conveying the rights to land, but also the transfer of improvements
on the land. And while you would think that it would be easy to
identify the difference between Fixtures and Chattels, the
distinction i ...
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August 4th, 2009
I just finished uploading this Property for sale,
4103 33 Chesterfield
Pl, North Vancouver, BC
Fabulous West Coast waterfront with Manhattan styling! Once in a
lifetime opportunity to live on the water with the best views
available anywhere. Two bedrooms with great flex space in a
detached strata home-better than a penthouse: no one above you; no
shared walls; all the convenience of strata l ...
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