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This fixer-upper is conveniently located near the center of Vancouver BC host city of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic games. Just minutes from downtown, it can be yours for only $579,900. You may be slightly put off by the pictures, but remember,...

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When Flaherty announced new rules for CMHC insured mortgages in Canada a few weeks ago, there were a lot of questions that remained unanswered. One of the big ones was about the new rule requiring approval based on the 5 year interest rate. The que...

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The latest issue of Business BC is all about the property market rebound and they focus on 5 hot pockets to watch for and invest in for 2010.What goes down in B.C. real estate must, apparently, come up. And quickly: by the end of 2009, the average ...

topics: housing, housing-market, real-estate

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The REBGV benchmark house price reached $800,796 in February. The rise in listings puts us into a balanced market condition according to the Real Estate board. Will we be able to maintain this balance ? I suppose it depends on how much our m...

topics: condo, real-estate, real-estate-board

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Well that was fun. The games have wrapped up, but we re not completely done yet the Paralympics are up next, so still a chance to partake in some Olympic fun before 2012. Hopefully everyone out there had a good couple of weeks, whether you stay...

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At the end of last year we had a post about contacting your Member of Parliament to find out their stance on Canadian Housing Economics and the role of the CMHC. Did any readers out there contact their MP and get a response back? If you did get a...

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Don sent in the link to this commentary on the mortgage market in the US and Canada. Dave Rosenberg points out that there are some strange things happening in the spread between treasury bond yields and mortgage rates.Once again, this Houdini recov...

topics: housing, housing-market, mortgage-rates, new-listings

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Paul Jenkins, the senior Deputy Governor at the Bank of Canada has joined Flaherty and Carney in declaring that there is no Canadian housing bubble. So many officials seem so desperate to make comments about this subject right now, but why are they...

topics: house-prices, housing, housing-market

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From the Vancouver Sun:Although January construction numbers are up to 198,600 jobs, it is below the 202,100 jobs from a year ago, and a far cry from the 220,800 jobs during the boom.The good news is that new construction is on the rise in the provin...

topics: housing, real-estate

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Anybody looking for a little local ski hill to call their own? Your timing could be just right.WHISTLER, British Columbia At the height of its Olympic glory, Whistler the ski resort hosting glamorous Alpine events at the Winter Games may be...