Buying Vancouver Real Estate

Special Assessments & Levies when Selling?

Posted on Feb 14, 2019 in Buying Vancouver Real Estate

Special Assessments/Levies When Selling?
If you have not heard of the term ‘Special Assessment’ or ‘Special Levy’ it’s high time you new what these terms meant. To cut to the chase, people usually associate these terms with an owner paying more money.

Right off the bat, we will point out, these terms only apply to Strata properties. So you townhouses...

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Buying a Tenanted Home!

Posted on Feb 07, 2019 in Buying Vancouver Real Estate

You’ve made, or want to make, a cheeky little purchase in the Real Estate Market! But at the last minute your Realtor hits you with ‘This unit is tenanted’. What are you to do?!?!

In a city like Vancouver, we come across this A LOT! It’s a highly desirable area and unlike London or LA, a large amount of people can afford to rent in our city - from y...

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Price Reductions & Their Meaning

Posted on Jan 11, 2019 in Buying Vancouver Real Estate

Happy New Year everyone!

Now you’ve all recovered (hopefully) from your holiday season hangover, we’re back at it and hitting the ground running with the information that matters to you in your real estate journey!
There has been a lot of doom and gloom talk with the market, but today’s topic is more on a positive note! After all, we’re all going to...

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2019 Vancouver Real Estate Expectations

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Buying Vancouver Real Estate

2019 EXPECTATIONS
Today it’s December 20th, 2018 and the majority of people are already in their respective holiday mindsets. Ready for vacation and eagerly watching the office clock countdown. In respect of that feeling, this week is a more ‘easy-breezy’ topic. We’ve kept the video short, sweet and to the point. Of course with some Jay humour invo...

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Subject to Sale - Why you want it in your life right now.

Posted on Dec 06, 2018 in Buying Vancouver Real Estate

‘SUBJECT TO SALE’

In this market we are seeing a lot more of this cheeky little bad boy! Consider this your ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card in your real estate transaction. Now there will be two parts to this blog post. First and foremost, what exactly is a ‘Subject to Sale’ clause. Secondly, how to go about SELLING your home once you have secured a pro...

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Mum & Dad.... We're talking to you!

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Buying Vancouver Real Estate

It seems more and more, and more and more in Vancouver we’re hearing first time home buyers cannot afford to get on the property ladder without the help of ‘The Bank of Mum & Dad’.

For a lot of people this is true, and it’s left Mum (i’m British so YES I spell Mum with a ‘u’ and refuse to change) and Dad looking to either save more and/or time the m...

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