Coldwell Banker - Westburn Realty

Analyzing nearly 117,000 home sales between 2000 and 2005, researchers discovered that houses with address numbers ending in ‘4’ were sold at a 2.2-per-cent discount while those with numbers ending in ‘8’ were sold at a 2.5-per-cent premium. Four is associated with death in Chinese culture, and  eight with prosperity.  Click the title to read more:  Chinese superstitions or feng shui ...

Is this a new idea? The answer is "No".  Vancouver already has parking-free condo.  This potential new zoning basically means there will be more.  Listen to AM1320 "Golden Investment Page" radio show discussion based on this recent article touch on the City of Vancouver 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan. Click the title to read more: No car? No problem: Vancouver preparing to zone for par ...

Global Real Estate Event of the Year -- Tina Mak, AREAA Vancouver President, real estate consultant at Coldwell Banker Westburn Realty is thrilled to be on this dynamic speakers list once again in New York CityWith over 16 breakout sessions and certification classes, the Global and Luxury Summit offers in depth content and resources making it the most important real estate conference to atten ...

1) Estimate $1 trillion dollar inheritance being transferred between generations 2) Baby boomers make up 42.4% of the population 3) Baby boomers assist their millennial generation children with down payment 4) low interest rate 5) lower Canadian dollar attracts foreign investors To read more, click "Analysts bullish about Vancouver real estate market as massive transfer of baby boom ...

March 7, 2014             Feb sales lies very similar pattern as the past.  What does the future holds?  If you are all into stats, here's your answer whether you should get into the market now or later.    REBGV February 2014 Stats Videocast   Click an image above to view our February 2014 market update videocast featuring Board President Sandra Wyant via Real Talk (login requir ...

Click title to read the details: "Are we Wasting Time Chasing Down Customers on Social Media?"  and make your own judgement.  Looks like email conversion rates are nearly 40 times that of Facebook and Twitter.  An email with substance still ROCKS!Tina Mak P.R.E.C (est.1992) 全美亞裔房产協会, 温哥华創会主席 President of Asian Real Estate Association of America, Vancouver Chapter Public Speaker i ...

While we complain how expensive to live in Vancouver, we are nowhere to be found on the the list of most expensive cost of living cities in the world.  Click the title to read details: Top 10 Most expensive cities in the world Tina Mak P.R.E.C (est.1992) 全美亞裔房产協会, 温哥华創会主席 President of Asian Real Estate Association of America, Vancouver Chapter Public Speaker in US & Canada Internation ...

In the first two months of 2014, the Greater Vancouver housing market has maintained the steady pace set throughout 2013. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,530 on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in February 2014. This represents a 40.8 per cent increase compared to the 1,797 sales recorded in Februar ...

For those who believe our luxury market will get a hit bc of the investors program being cancelled.  Here's a new article named Vancouver as one of the high end real estate markets anticipates strong 2014.  Well, it also depending on what price range you personally consider the property as high end real estate. So, let's let the statistic shows us who is right and who is wrong instead of ...

If Chinese wants to immigrate to N. America. They either go to US or come to Canada. Just because our goverment scrapped the "selling Canadian passport" investor program(one of 60 investor programs), it doesn't mean we don't have any other program. The PNP program is going very strong at the moment. Why Vancouver is still on top of their choice? We are #5 most liveable cities in t ...