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Lower Lonsdale Highrises

April 30th, 2010

Lower Lonsdale is highrise heaven

The following is the first of a two-part series concerning development around the foot of Lonsdale Avenue.

Jane Seyd

jseyd@nsnews.com

From Barbara Groundwater's eighth-floor balcony, a panorama of the North Vancouver waterfront stretches from the Lions Gate Bridge, shimmering in the distance, to the freighters in the harbour and the grain silos to the east.

F ...

Home listings rise to start the spring season

April 22nd, 2010

Home listings rise to start the spring season

A steady influx of new listings has helped create a balanced ‘typical spring’ housing market in the Greater Vancouver region.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that new listings for detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver totalled 7,004 in March 2010. This represents a 60 ...

Government Liaison Days: Seeking Tax Fairness

April 20th, 2010
Government Liaison Days: Seeking Tax Fairness

At the end of April, more than 80 REALTORS® and real estate board representatives will meet in Victoria to ensure the voice of BC REALTORS® is heard. BCREA's annual Government Liaison (GL) Days conference is a key advocacy opportunity for organized real estate in BC to speak with one voice. This year, that voice will focus on the ...

Why Use A Realtor?

April 14th, 2010

How does a

REALTOR help you?

Market Knowledge

In a fast-moving market like ours, total immersion and constant exposure is the only way to keep on top of changing property values and Buyer expectations.

Experience

Realtors are trained, marketing professionals. Practice makes perfect, and we Realtors actively practice our craft day-in-and-day-out in the midst of the market dynamic.

Independent ...

Home listings rise to start the spring season

April 7th, 2010

Home listings rise to start the spring season

VANCOUVER, B.C. – April 6, 2010 
A steady influx of new listings has helped create a balanced ‘typical
Spring’ housing market in the Greater Vancouver region.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that new listings for detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver totalled 7,004 in March 2010. This represen ...

The value of working with a realtor

April 6th, 2010

The value of working with a realtor

  Vancouver Sun April 1, 2010

 Realtors provide a broad range of services, depending on their individual business models and the agreement between you and your realtor as to which services you want.

Depending on that agreement, services may include helping you determine the value of your home if you're a seller, or helping you establish a reasonable purchas ...

The Role of MLS in a Competitive Marketplace

April 6th, 2010

The role of MLS in a competitive marketplace

Real estate is an extremely competitive profession. Buyers and sellers choosing to work with a professional can select from a wide choice of realtors, service options and pricing models.

Using the MLS gives excellent exposure to properties for sale, thus attracting offers. Many alternate systems and services exist to buy and sell homes and they all ...

What is the MLS?

April 6th, 2010

What is the MLS?

 Vancouver Sun April 1, 2010

  Realtors compete with each other for your business, but at the same time cooperate to help you buy or sell property. That unique concept of cooperating while competing lead to creation of the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in 1950 by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

The MLS is fundamentally a cooperative marketing system that helps th ...

REBGV Market Update

April 6th, 2010

REBGV Stats

Home listings rise to start the spring season

A steady influx of new listings has helped create a balanced ‘typical spring’ housing market in the Greater Vancouver region.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that new listings for detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver totalled 7,004 in March 2010. This represents a 60 per cent incre ...