Coldwell Banker - Westburn Realty

How much is enough for retirement?  This has been a hot topic recently especially when we know there is no real reform envistaged for the Canada Pension Plan.I have seen a great deal in my 22-year real estate career; Markets have withstood various gyrations and I have lived through three cycles. Yet my faith in solid, asset-backed real estate investments has not only been undiminished; it ...

When our finance minister didn't like to see Canadian take on too much mortgage debt, he tighten the lending rules & kept warning home buyers watch out for rate hikes ..Now, reports said Canadian consumer debt to hit record high in 2014 on non-mortgage debt and one of the main reason is bc of the car loans. Why wouldn't he do something? IF I were him, I would introduce a new rule to limit one ...

Think twice when you visit Forsalebyowner.ca. Too good to be true! If you want to find a good deal to buy a property on any classified ads, think twice! If you are trying to sell the property by yourself bc u want to save some commission, see how the criminal benefiting at your expense! Watch the video and read the article on "Fake real estate ads prey on buyer desire for home deal": --  T ...

Canada issued more than 100,000 copies of the international student visaCanadian Visa Application Centre opened in Taipei today. There are 250,000 Taiwanese live in Canada. In 2012, Canada issued more than 100,000 copies of the international student visa, in the field of education, Canada is the world leader!  --  Tina Mak P.R.E.C (est.1992) President of AREAA Vancouver Public ...

Social networking has broaden my networking horizon beyond my imagination.  Thank you RESAAS to have this real estate focus platform for all of us to purely talk about real estate. Honored to be part of this commercial.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOqjmHrB62c&feature=youtu.be --  Tina Mak P.R.E.C (est.1992) President of AREAA Vancouver Public Speaker in US & Canada International P ...

Beautiful Northshore mountain views!! Spacious 2 BR & 2 bath apartment in North Vancouver updated with new paint, new flooring, new bathrooms, with walk in closet + huge balcony. Mins to Downtown and local ski hills. Sold at $365,000.    Tina Mak P.R.E.C (est.1992) President of AREAA Vancouver Public Speaker in US & Canada International President's Circle Award Coldwell Banker Canadian A ...

Best Residential Rates for Oct 21, 2013Mortgage Rates (Apr)  Best Rates (%)Term       RatePrime      3.00%1 Year     2.80%2 Year     2.79%3 Year     2.89%  4 Year     3.29%5 Year     3.44%7 Year     3.85%10Year    4.29%Best Variable Rate starting as low as 2.45%   * some conditions do applyDifferent mortgage brokers offer different rates depending on which lending institution they work with. ...

Tina Mak, Founding President of AREAA Vancouver & one of the Top Vancouver real estate agents was being featured at Coldwell Banker Gen Blue International Conference in NYC at Lincoln Center for her accomplishment on Oct 7, 2013  Tina Mak Personal Real Estate Corporation Your Vancouver Radio Realtor (The Bridge from East to West since 1992) #1 Female Agent since 2002 @ Coldwell Banker Wes ...

The wealthiest cities in the worldWhen reading this "The wealthiest cities in the world" article, I wonder how accurate the report really is. The rich and famous in the emerging markets really don't want people to find out their wealth for political reasons. Happy to see Toronto is on both "millionaires" and "multi-millionaires" lists but out from the "billionaires" list. According to this re ...

How do we prepare for our future business? BBC recently has a report on "The Rise of the global middle class". Asia is almost entirely responsible for this growth. Its middle class is forecast to triple to 1.7 billion by 2020. Within a decade, the middle class in Europe and North America will be less than a third of the world's total, down from more than half now. So who counts as middl ...