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Bursting bubble? Crash? Slump? Downturn? ARGGGHHHH

August 11th, 2008
Okay-I really can't take it anymore...last week I was collecting articles from the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, etc and listening to all of the commentaries on CBC radio (and pulling over on the side of the road to take notes).  I had planned to go through them all to comment specifically on what is happening and what people are saying-but its too much. Every single day last week t ...

Can Carbon Offsetting Programs Stop Climate Change?

August 10th, 2008
Many of our daily activities, like making a cup of coffee and driving to work, create toxic green house gases.  Every year 25 billion tonnes of climate altering greenhouse gas emissions are pumped out into our atmosphere.  In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions an increasing number of companies and people are participating in carbon offsetting programs in order to become carbon neutr ...

Spacious Penthouse, Great Neighbourhood, Must Like Bats

August 9th, 2008
Imagine finding a newly renovated penthouse for sale in the West End listed at $509, 000.  You have already been outbid on numerous places, the property disclosure statement checks out and you know from experience that in Vancouver's competitive real estate market you have a very short amount of time to place an offer.  No problem, right?   If you are Miles Nurse and his girlfrien ...

Flipping Out

August 8th, 2008
The term flipping refers to an investor buying and selling a condo before it's even built.  The practice of flipping, also referred to as assignment sales, is a twist on the regular sales method where the physical property is purchased at the time of sale.  In an assignment sale the seller (assignor) transfers the contractual rights to the condo to the buyer (assignee) before the buildi ...

July Sales Stats

August 6th, 2008

We have just posted the July 2008 Sales Statistics.

If you would like to discuss the statistics in more detail, or obtain more information on what they mean to you, please contact me.

to view last months Sales stats or previous months please click here 

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