12/21/2009 3:32:00 PM
You may need more down-payment next year.
Canadian Govt is considering plans to make it harder for Canadian to buy a home. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says that conservatives in Ottawa may tighten mortgage eligibility rules to avert a possible housing bubble. The government and Bank of Canada are ...
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11/12/2009 12:39:00 AM
Court sides with consumers, home inspector ordered to pay for negligence
Last April it became mandatory for anyone offering house inspection services in BC to be licensed and this week a home inspector was ordered by a BC supreme court judge to pay nearly $200,000 in compensation to his client. The BC supreme court's decision ...
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11/4/2009 2:51:00 PM
Abbotsford Homes Sales Monthly Report: October 2009
Buyers moving in from Greater Vancouver and first-time buyers from all over the Lower Mainland taking advantage of competitive interest rates and lower prices in the Fraser Valley were the driving force behind strong home sales in October. Although Fraser ...
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9/4/2009 4:04:00 PM
Abbotsford Homes Sales Monthly Report: August 2009
After a very hot July home sales in Fraser Valley set another record in August recording the second best August for home sales. Buyers powered by historically low interest rates and driven by the desire to move up the value chain drove the home sales to record ...
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8/26/2009 11:25:00 PM
Speak out against HST on new home sales & real estate services in BC
Last month when BC govt. announced the plans to implement new tax system HST (harmonized sales tax) in 2010, I wrote a blog post about how it would affect the real estate industry and new home buyers. Just like me most other REALTORS® are concerned that ...
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8/13/2009 4:29:00 PM
2 Story For Sale in West Abbotsford
Central Location • 2,560 sq. ft., 4 bath, 5 bdrm 2 story split "With 2 Bedroom Suite" - $459,000 - Bring Your Offers West Abbotsford, Abbotsford - Well kept home in desireable location offers three bedrooms Plus 2bedroom in-law suite. Family ...
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8/5/2009 3:04:00 PM
The hottest July on record
July was indeed the hottest month in Fraser Valley for both weather and real estate sales . The hot weather and home sales both broke the all time record for month of July. Fraser Valley saw the highest number of real estate transactions ever recorded for ...
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8/2/2009 9:08:00 AM
No more interest free loans for leaky condos in BC
Owners of leaky condominiums in British Columbia built poorly during the building boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s would no longer be eligible for government funded interest free loans to repair their buildings. The B.C. government has put an end to ...
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8/1/2009 1:31:00 AM
What HST means for BC real estate
The BC government announced on July 23, 2009 that effective July 1, 2010, BC will adopt the HST, combining BC's seven per cent PST with the five per cent federal GST for a single "harmonized sales tax" of 12 per cent. Starting next July, we'll ...
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7/26/2009 5:03:00 PM
Save water - show homes in dirty cars
A good excuse for driving around in dirty car: local reservoirs have dropped to “dangerously low” levels and the City of Abbotsford will ban lawn watering, vehicle washing and similar activities as of Tuesday July 28. The sprinkling restrictions ...
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