Blog by Tony & Christina Hepburn

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How to Take Advantage of Today's Market?

September 24th, 2012
Now, we understand that bad news sells better than good news but lately the number of stories published by various media publications are simply misleading.  The fear that the media loves to sell freezes most people in their tracks unfortunately.

The challenge is convincing buyers and sellers to act. The best time to buy is when nobody else will. When all of your advisors, friends, and fami ...

Market Perspective

September 5th, 2012
Back to school, back to work for most Vancouvites started Tuesday morning bright and early.  If the weather holds there may be a few extra sick days being logged. Some lucky ones will be getting an extra few days of summer while we gear up for a busy Fall market after what has been the usual summer lull.

Media experts have grabbed a few keywords from the monthly Press Release and, as usual, ...

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 ...