July14, 2012
Some reality figures in some major city in Lower Mainland
Sales Volume between January & July 14th, 2012
Month
January-July
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
Richmond
588
106
111
101
106
91
67
6
Vancouver West
789
117
167
146
...
July14, 2012 Most Expensive Houses For Sale in Canada: June 12 Edition Please click podcast Part 1 & Part 2 listen to Cantonese interview Vancouver, Ontario & Quebec have dominated this list. Click the link & see all details & slide of all houses interior pictures.
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July 7, 2012 Are you an opportunist or procrastinator?
I understand the June housing stats is not as rosy as we would like to see. Typically, people will focus on the negative part of the stats which is sales volume is in 10 yrs low. I wonder how many of us will talk about the price hasn't changed much. Apartment increased 0.3%, detached ppty increased 3.3%, attached ppty decreased 0.1 ...
June 30, 2012 How your credit score affects your mortgage application Did you know you know you cannot access the best advertised mortgage rates if you have a poor credit score? you need minimum score of 600There are five different factors that go into your credit score, and understanding them will help keep your credit score healthy so you can access the best mortgage rates when t he time co ...
June 23, 2012 Does the new lending rules affects housing affordability to Canadians?
Based on this interesting survey, "Affordability" will always be an issue to many Canadians. I welcomed the Federal government's new lending rules. Although it seems a bit harsh but if the public is unable to discipline their spending & live pay cheque by pay cheque, it leaves the government has no choice ...
June 2, 2012Depreciation ReportI’m very surprised how many people buyers, home owners & even realtors don’t have any or very little knowledge about this “Depreciation Report Part 1 & Part 2”. It is your strata’s Annual General Meeting time. If your strata council plan on waiving this depreciation report. You better read this attached report, listen to my Cantonese podcast & think twice bef ...
May 26,2012 Is it wise to sell our own properties just to save commission? What is a full time professional real estate agent should do for their Seller? Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview
When the market soften a little bit, there are home owners would like to save some commission & try to sell their property by themselves. I don't blame them, it does takes up a good chu ...
May 19,2012 Is the fears of real estate bubble in Vancouver overrated? Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview
Vancouver got blame for driving up averages prices across the country. Today, Vancouver being blamed for dragging them down. So, damn u do well & damn u don't. Well, I guess when you are popular, everybody focus on how you do. Some critics or economists happy to see Va ...
May 5,2012Metro Vancouver Industrial Real Estate Market Overview (Part 1) Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview
The Metro Vancouver industrial market continues to show signs of strengthening with the
vacancy rate dropping to 3.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from 4.0 percent in the
irst quarter of 2011. While tenants remain mindful of the status of the global econom ...
Is now the best time to buy strata units? and why? With all these pre-sale strata units flooding into the market. Who should why? who should wait? Any chance we can wait for Vancouver housing market become more affordable? listen to this AM1320 radio interview podcast my take on this topic.
In my opinion, it depends on who you are. There are a few groups of people should absolutely buy n ...
