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Property Assessments vs. Market Value

Property Assessments vs. Market Value

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″] Property Assessments vs. Market Value Short Version: Do not rely on your BC assessment for a fair market value of your property. The value printed on that document was arrived at in July of the previous year, the market may...
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″] Happy 2017! I have always subscribed to the mindset of ‘The 1% Difference’. The theory being that whatever challenge, if approached with just 1% more effort than the average person, then (thanks to the magical...
Interest Rates, First Time Buyers & Socks

Interest Rates, First Time Buyers & Socks

Following a similar post 363 days ago of the same title…this post is a very brief summary of two much longer ones written earlier today. You may click the links that follow for the long version. As we race into the holiday season, a few brief notes for first-time...
BC Home Partnership Program

BC Home Partnership Program

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″]This is good news, albeit with some challenges to be addressed, and likely to have a very small effect (miniscule even) – but still it is good news!   On Dec 15, 2016 the BC Government announced that it is...
Tell Me About Interest Rates…

Tell Me About Interest Rates…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″]Some facts, and some thoughts on the recent movement we have seen with regard to interest rates. VARIABLE & SHORT-TERM FIXED Variable-rate and short-term (1, 2, & ~3 yr) fixed are largely dictated by Bank of Canada...