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Buyer Demand Outpacing Supply Home buyer demand continues to outpace supply across the Metro Vancouver housing market. Below average home listing activity coupled with strong buyer demand continues to create Seller’s market conditions within the Metro Vancouver housing market. “It’s a competitive and fast-moving market today that is tilted in favour of home sellers” • Detached […]

With history’s largest and most affluent generation, the boomers, heading for retirement we see a transformation happening … All our lives conventional wisdom told us to work hard, save for retirement, and pay off our mortgage. We followed the rules: toiled at those jobs, made those payments and we did it—we are now mortgage free! But […]

As the Vancouver housing market gets hotter, qualifying for mortgages is actually getting tighter. When planning to buy a house, condo, or townhouse on the west side or east side of Vancouver, you should first find out your personal credit score since it will affect both your mortgage interest rate and your ability to get […]

More than ever, we are seeing Vancouver Westside retirees cashing out of their big houses in neighbourhoods like Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy, and Point Grey and moving to luxurious low-maintenance condos and townhouses in walking communities near downtown or the water, such as False Creek, Kitsilano, and Yaletown. As these middle- and upper-income boomers age, they are […]

Named for Khatsahlanough, a Squamish Nation chief, Kits is considered one of Vancouver’s “Most Popular” neighbourhoods, famous for its beach, pool, museums in Vanier Park, West 4th Ave shopping and restaurants …

Vancouver is a beautiful, vibrant coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The metropolitan area, with more than 2.3 million residents, has been ranked as one of the most “liveable cities” in the world …

One of Grandview’s most popular attractions is Commercial Drive, known as “The Drive” by locals, which is a mix of old-world charm meets modern hipness, and one of the city’s organic-food hubs …

West Vancouver: A Lifestyle Tour

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Multi-storey lane houses approved for West End: Over the next 30 years, about 10,000 people are expected to move into the West End, the city’s most densely populated neighbourhood. And to prepare for that, Vancouver city council approved Wednesday a new community plan for the area …

Peat Bog areas tend to have unstable ground that may create structural problems for homes. Buyers please beware of the following 11 Peat Bog areas in Vancouver . . .