Current Relevant Market Updates
Keeping our Customers Informed

Mar 30, 2012
New Homes Registry - A Valuable Online Tool

The New Homes Registry (available on the Homeowner Protection Office (HPO) website at www.hpo.bc.ca), provides free access to find out if a home has a policy of home warranty insurance and is built by a licensed residential builder, or whether it is built without home warranty insurance under an exemption, such as an Owner Builder Authorization.Licensees can use the New Homes Registry to avoid being involved in an illegal sale. The registry indicates whether an owner-built home can be legally...

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Mar 23, 2012
Comox Valley Homes Market Update / Housing and Economics Report

The Comox Valley real estate market is finally back to brisk... BUT...Having read the latest 50+ pages or so of various RBC (and other) Canada (and USA, Europe etc) Economic, Financial, Affordability, and every other business report, I can reasonably provide a summary for the Comox Valley real estate market as stated in one quote: “The pace of pricing decline has slowed.”Let’s think about that: Pricing decline has slowed. In other words, prices are still declining but it’s not as...

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Mar 08, 2012
FSBO, Alternative Fee, Full Service - A Conundrum of Choices

“The only constant is change.” - Heraclitus, a Greek PhilosopherFor property owners thinking about selling, there’s no doubt about it, the methods to attaining that end are many. Every property owner wants the highest dollar value under the best conditions in the right time frame. How does she determine the best way to go?The first thing to realize is there’s no right or wrong way (not to be confused with legal or non-legal way); whichever route you choose needs to...

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