It's easy to get caught up in the moment when you're looking for your forever home. You see all the glitter but maybe fail to see that not everything is gold. And that's where a home inspection can come into play. For a roughly $500 investment on the biggest purchase of your life, it should be a no-brainer to have a home inspection, whether the home is 100 years old or brand new.
Metro Vancouver’s* housing market saw steady home buyer demand to begin March and a levelling off of activity as the month went on and concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak intensified.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the region totalled 2,150 in February 2020, a 44.9 per cent increase from the 1,484 sales recorded in February 2019, and a 36.9 per cent increase from the 1,571 homes sold in January 2020.
Got to meet Bryan Baeumler at a private event put on by RBC at the Vancouver Home and Garden Show. It was a very entertaining talk where he touched on the importance of net zero homes...
February saw steady home buyer demand and reduced home seller supply across Metro Vancouver. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the region totalled 2,150 in February 2020, a 44.9 per cent increase from the 1,484 sales recorded in February 2019, and a 36.9 per cent increase from the 1,571 homes sold in January 2020.
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Home sales decline below long-term averages in 2019 despite increased
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the region totalled 2,498 in November 2019, a 55.3 per cent increase from the 1,608 sales recorded in November 2018, and a 12.6 per cent decline from the 2,858 homes sold in October 2019.
Oftentimes even the most organized and detail oriented first-time home buyer can overlook some unexpected costs that come with the purchase of their new home. I'm outlining four of the costs that we most commonly see overlooked by home buyers in hopes that I can better prepare you and save you from a few surprises!
