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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...
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...
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...
How a Backup Offer Can Secure Your Dream Home

How a Backup Offer Can Secure Your Dream Home

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″]Have you found the house of your dreams? But there is already an accepted offer in place? OK, but are there outstanding subjects on the offer? Perhaps there’s a ‘subject to sale’ with a 72-hour trigger clause against the...
Real Estate Stats; The Sky Is Not Falling

Real Estate Stats; The Sky Is Not Falling

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″]Numbers; the bane of our modern existence. We increasingly put our faith in, and base decisions on, what the numbers tell us. Which is to say we allow our decisions, and mindset, to be shaped by the people filtering and...