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disown the lifestyle - exposing the hype in vancouver condo marketing and real estate advertising
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Killer bear mauls Vancouver housing market
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So much for a softening market Vancouver real estate is into full-fledged bear mode. The latest numbers from the industry tell it all. In only 90 days, Greater Vancouver house prices have fallen by tens of thousands of dollars. In percen...
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Should I buy or should I rent?
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The Labour Day weekend saw the Vancouver Sun attempt to redeem itself with articles admitting not all is well in the world of Vancouver real estate. Max Fawcett's Real estate collapse? Bring it on! raised a number of critical questions, includ...
3 views | aggregated: 6 days 2 hours ago
topics: condo, housing, real-estate
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Live the subsidized lifestyle
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Isn't it fun to watch what happens in a sinking condo market? Aside from rampant use of awkward expressions less upward pressure is my favourite we're seeing a trend toward the special purchase incentive. A few weeks back Morgan Cross...
4 views | aggregated: 1 week 4 days ago
topics: condo, developer
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Westcoast Homes shocked by price drops, trauma counselors called in
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It's unlikely any reasonable person has ever confused the Sun's Westcoast Homes as anything other than a shameless advertorial for developers. Still, one can't help but be shocked when its editors admit they've never observed a fall in real estate ...
6 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 12 min ago
topics: developers, real-estate, richmond, south-surrey, surrey
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Hiccup, the new slang for correction
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One of my favourite movies is Owning Mahowny. It's a Canadian movie starring the fantastic Philip Seymour Hoffman as a banker with a gambling problem. The best line is when he tells his girlfriend, I don't have a gambling problem. His denial...
5 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 3 days ago
topics: realtor
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Dreams of green
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Don't judge a book by its cover is a popular proverb that I've never been able to get behind. It's a reckless concept, never mind an insult to those who make good covers. A cover, like an ad, is invitation to make an investment. How is it a ...
11 views | aggregated: 4 weeks 4 days ago
topics: coal-harbour, condo, developer
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Vote for Vancouver's best local blog
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Wanna confirm your status as a sexy urban professional? You should cast a vote for Best Local Blog in the Georgia Straight's Best of Vancouver survey.Sorry for the self-promotion but if Bob Rennie's taught me anything, it's that there's nothing wrong...
15 views | aggregated: 4 weeks 6 days ago
topics: condo, north-vancouver, real-estate
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Pleasure seekers with no articulated philosophy
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Were Eli content to let his 10-inch-when-erect gift from God merely lie in the sunshine at Wreck Beach, Judy Williams could relax. Pieta Woolley, Wreck Beach under siege, Georgia Straight, July 31 2008I'll tell you right now, no artic...
13 views | aggregated: 5 weeks 2 days ago
topics: condo, housing
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Sexy? You must live in Yaletown
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A professor once told me that most newspapers are only good for lining bird cages and wrapping fish heads. It's pretty cynical thinking but when a paper runs a story about neighbourhood sexiness research, I'm eager to find the nearest availabl...
13 views | aggregated: 5 weeks 3 days ago
topics: real-estate, yaletown
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New condo comes with market value guarantee
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If 20,000 listings, near-zero sales and word-on-the-street consensus isn't enough to convince you that Vancouver real estate is in the thralls of meltdown, maybe this will turn your opinion: A local developer is now offering a market value guarant...
22 views | aggregated: 6 weeks 2 hours ago
topics: condo, developer, real-estate, surrey
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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active: 2 hours 31 min ago |
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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Super Patriots and Morons
Profile of a play originally from Zimbabwe, but banned from that country and now touring the world. ...
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Kristin
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