What Is Radon? Radon is an odorless, invisible gas that seeps up through the ground and can enter a home through unsealed foundations, cracks in the foundation, gaps in construction materials, and plumbing system components, including sump pumps or drains. Radon gas is also a product of uranium decay. Like uranium, it is radioactive; unlike…
Three major changes have just been announced by the Department of Finance that will positively impact buyers! Effective Dec 15th, 2024: 1. Cap on insured mortgages increasing from $1M to $1.5M. – currently it’s not possible to buy for over $1M with less than 20% down. – with this change, it will be possible to…
If you are wondering what’s going on with North Vancouver residential property prices, your definitely not the only one! With so much information out there for buyers and sellers, it is hard to figure out your next move. Find a ‘snapshot’ below to help clear things up and show you what’s really happening! For this…
Our local real estate board just released stats showing home sales registered on the MLS® in Metro Vancouver remained below their ten-year seasonal averages in August as summer holidays come to a close. Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) reports that residential sales in the region totalled 1,904 in August 2024, a 17.1 per cent decrease from…
Our real estate board, Greater Vancouver Realtors® (GVR®) just released July stats and reports: newly listed properties registered on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) rose nearly twenty per cent year over year in July, helping to sustain a healthy level of inventory in the Metro Vancouver1 housing market. On the demand side, the Greater Vancouver…
In a stunning, half-way reversal, the B.C. government announced today 2 recent changes to the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) as they relate to buyers of tenanted properties. The initial changes laid out in Bill 14, which came into effect on July 18, 2024, required four months’ notice – instead of the previous two months’ notice…
Metro Vancouver home sales registered on the MLS® remained below seasonal and historical averages in June. With reduced competition among buyers, inventory has continued to accumulate to levels not seen since the spring of 2019. The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) reports that residential sales in the region totalled 2,418 in June 2024, a 19.1 per…
Our real estate board, GVR, just released West Vancouver May stats for residential properties. This includes detached homes, condos and townhomes! May homes sale totals were down -17.1% from the same month a year ago and inventory totals up +21.7%. The MLS® HPI Benchmark Price this May was $3,346,200, up +7.9% from May 2023’s $3,101,900.…
The number of transactions on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) declined in May compared to what is typical for this time of year in Metro Vancouver. This shift has allowed the inventory of homes available for sale to continue to accumulate with over 13,000 homes now actively listed on the MLS® in the region. The…
Royal LePage just released its ‘2024 Most Affordable Canadian Cities‘ report. The report says half of residents in Canada’s largest urban centers are eyeing a move to more affordable real estate markets! The report highlights include: Thunder Bay tops the list of most affordable cities in Canada. Of the 15 most affordable cities in Canada,…
