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A Calmer Pace Than Last Year, But Demand Remains High For March

Posted on Apr 12, 2022



Total home sales for Greater Vancouver reached a total of 4,344 in March 2022. This is a 23.9% decrease from the same time in 2021 and a 26.9% increase from February of this year.

March of 2021 was the highest selling month in our history. This year’s activity, while still elevated, is happening at a calmer pace than we experienced 12 months ago,...

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The Process Of Property Management

Posted on Apr 05, 2022 in How To Videos



I was recently invited to speak at a BNI (Business Networking International) meeting via zoom, to give a high level overview of what exactly the process is of hiring a professional licensed property manager for residential rental units. I have broken the video up into 6 parts of viewing and are as follows:

  1. Go Over The Property Management Contract
  2. Det...

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Slight Increase To Listings & Steady Demand Carry Price Lifts For February

Posted on Mar 16, 2022



The house market for Metro Vancouver showed modest price increases along with more housing entering the market and a steady sales activity.

The total number of residential sales in February reached 3,424, which is an 8.1% decrease in the number of home sold in February 2021 and a 49.8% increase from the number of homes sold in January of this year...

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What is Tenant's Insurance & Why You Should Get It

Posted on Feb 23, 2022 in How To Videos


There is a gap in perception for many tenants that they don’t have a use for insurance. This might be from the belief that it’s very expensive, or that there is no benefit to the tenant or even the misunderstanding that the landlord’s insurance will cover them. Whatever the reason is, let’s take a look at what tenant’s insurance is and why it’s a g...

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Upward Pressure On Home Prices Remain As Low Inventory Continues For Vancouver

Posted on Feb 15, 2022


January home sales were down 4.4% from that of January in 2021 across Metro Vancouver. This is also at 15% decrease from the number of homes sold in December of 2021.
 
The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reported that there were 4,170 newly listed homes in Metro Vancouver across all types (Detached, Attached and Apartment/Condo). This is a 6.9% decrea...

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Only Using Price Per Square Foot For Evaluation? ... DON'T!

Posted on Feb 03, 2022 in How To Videos


This type of evaluation is use quite commonly by those that are trying to oversimplify or by someone that just don’t know much about real estate. This evaluation is to take the price of the home, divide it by the size of the home and we have found the price per square foot. Voila easy as that! This however is usually quite inaccurate and while pric...

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