Blog : Tina Mak - Coldwell Banker Westburn Realty

Market updates on how social media affects real estate market? Sales volume differences between 2011 Chinese NY & 2012 Chinese NY & how mortgage war affects home owners & home buyers?

March 24th, 2012

Mar.10, 2012 Market updates on how social media affects real estate market? Sales volume differences between 2011 Chinese NY & 2012 Chinese NY & how mortgage war affects home owners & home buyers? Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview Sales comparison in the 5 Chinese popular areas between last Chinese NY vs this Chinese NY. Sales Volume Jan.1-Mar.31 2011 ...

What is Private Mortgage Lending?

March 21st, 2012

What is Private Mortgage Lending?Watch my radio show youtube interview with Thomas Lee, broker/owner of Coldwell Banker Westburn Realty, investor, investment consultant, partner of West Noble Real Estate Investment Conulstants shared his experience why private mortgage lending investment is another good alternative for invest our money to get great ROI. This is a bilingual youtube with Engli ...

The B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers' Bonus

February 28th, 2012

Feb.25 2012 The B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers' Bonus Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interviewAfter the HST incentive being introduced last week by the Provincial Government to stimulate the housing market, a week later, the government introducing another program called The B.C.first time new home buyers' bonus. Again, similar to the HST program, this one also only valid for one ...

Canadian Confidence in Real Estate remains high

February 24th, 2012

Feb. 4, 2012 Canadian Confidence in Real Estate remains high Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview In Canada, confidence remains high coming off good results in 2011, and as long as businesses and consumers remain motivated by the underlying fundamentals and not the headlines, the country’s markets can anticipate ongoing improvement. Office Leasing activity was strong ac ...

Transition measures support new-home buyer, builders

February 20th, 2012

Feb.18, 2012Transition measures support new-home buyer, buildersPlease click podcast listen to Cantonese interview OK Economists, can u predict how our B.C. housing market is going to be like for the rest of the year when the govt is introducing a new HST threshold rebate from 525kk to 850k, rebate amount up from $26,250 to $42,500? This new rule comes effective on April 1st, 2012 to April 1s ...

Strata Property Act Amendments effective December 2013

February 15th, 2012

Feb.11, 2012 Strata Property Act Amendments effective December 2013 Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview By December 2013, all strata building needs to have a Depreciation Reports for maintenance purpose. Depreciation reports which estimate the repair, the replacement cost & the expected life of major item will be required. It must be prepared by a qualified person who has ...

Chinese investment in Australia

November 16th, 2011

Chinese investment in Australia writeFlash({"allowFullScreen":"true","allowscriptaccess":"always","src":"http://www.youtube.com/v/n5SGr79dEeo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0","allowfullscreen":"true","width":"560","height":"315"}); I did a live radio interview between Vancouver & Australia with Mr. Alex Caraco, CEO of CB Australia on Nov 5th on my weekly Tina's real estate radio show. That wa ...

Interview Shelly Zhou from Washington on Vancouver Chinese buyers buying in US

October 19th, 2011

Please click Podcast(Part 1) and(Part 2) listen to Cantonese interview This interview was in Bilingual (Mandarin & Cantonese). 1) Q:since when you noticed more n more Chinese going to buy in WA? A:Since 2010, after Summer, Sept, Oct, more during X'mas, continuously increasing now. 2)Q: are they new immigrants? or are they Canadian citizen already? A:Buyers usually have been ...

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