Blog by Tony & Christina Hepburn

Metro Vancouver Property Assessments See Wide Variation in 2012

January 16th, 2012

<Written by Brian Morton, The Vancouver Sun>

METRO VANCOUVER - North Vancouver home prices up. Lions Bay and Squamish prices down.

Vancouver, West Vancouver way up. Whistler way down.

When Metro Vancouver and regional property owners receive their 2012 assessment notices in the mail over the next few days, they'll see a wide variation in values by region, city and neighbourhood.

The Sea to ...

Metro Vancouver Housing Market Balanced in January; Demand Rising

February 3rd, 2011

<Written by Brian Morton, The Vancouver Sun>

VANCOUVER -- Metro Vancouver's housing market remained in balanced market conditions in January, although there were signs of a sellers' market returning with higher levels of demand in larger communities.

“There was a healthy balance between the number of home buyers and sellers in our market in January, but there’s always variation in activity f ...

New Mortgage Rules

January 28th, 2011

<Written by Ted Rechtshaffen, The Globe and Mail>

Joe is retired, 77 years old, living off small savings and government pensions. Joe also happens to live in a $1-million house with no debt. He and his wife love the house, they have been there 40 years, and don’t want to move. He still remembers paying $100,000 for his house in 1971.

Joe may not realize it, but the latest moves from the Mini ...