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First Time Home Buyer’s Guide

By | Vancouver Real Estate

So you’re ready to jump into the housing market for the first time! Or at the very least, you’re doing your homework to see if it’s a good idea for you. That’s great. You’ve come to the right place. It’s never a good idea to jump into an investment, especially one as important as your home, without doing some serious investigation.

Below is my 4-step guide for First-time Home buyers, to assist you in thinking it through and help you know what angles to explore.

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What Does the New BC Government Mean for Real Estate Investors?

By | Vancouver Real Estate

There has been so much talk in the last while about what’s to be done with Vancouver’s red-hot housing market.

The, then majority, Liberals thought they would bring in a new tax and cool off the demand. They wagered that the market was being driven in a large way by wealthy foreign investors and they wanted to do their part to protect would-be homebuyers from unfair competition.

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Demand and Supply in the Vancouver Real Estate Market

By | Vancouver Real Estate

For the past few years, there has been so much written about the meteoric rise in the Vancouver housing market. Most everyone has their own pet theory about how long it will last and what the best strategies are for navigating it. It’s been called a bubble that’s destined to burst on the one hand and a natural market reaction to supply and demand economics on the other.

And, as is so often the case, when there is a hot or cold market, governments feel the need to get themselves involved and start trying to swing it one way or the other. Of course, these interventions always tend come with unintended consequences.

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