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July 9, 2016

Should You Sell Your Home First and Buy Later? Or Vice-Versa?

When you’re thinking of selling your home and buying another, you face the inevitable question: Should I list my property first or buy my new home first?

Let’s take a look at both options.
If you attempt to buy a property before listing your home, you run into a …

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Posted in Popular, Selling
July 7, 2016

Top BC Home Rebates and Grants

View the top grants and rebates for B.C. property buyers and owners.

You should see the PDF below, but if not, you can manually Open the PDF.

 

Posted in Buying , News, Owning, Popular
July 5, 2016

Packing Your Home for the Big Move!

So you've bought a new home or sold your existing home.  Now is a good time to create a plan to organize your move and begin packing.

Start by purchasing or acquiring suitable containers.  Most moving companies have specialized containers you can buy or rent.  There are even environmentally …

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Posted in Buying , Popular
June 28, 2016

Questions to Ask Your Mortgage Professional

Learn the questions you should ask your mortgage professional if you're considering buying a home and want to get pre-approved for a mortgage, or you're thinking of selling and wondering if can get out of your existing mortgage, or porting your mortgage to a new home.

General Mortgage …

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June 24, 2016

Are You Aware of the Leaky Condo Crisis?

Strata buildings that were built in the 1980’s and 1990’s were built with a building code that failed and caused what was referred to as the “leaky condo crisis” in Greater Vancouver.  The building code changed somewhere around 1980 which caused water to be trapped within the exterior walls of …

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Posted in Buying , Popular
April 23, 2016

Costs to Buy a Home & Home Ownership Expenses

Budgeting for a new home can be tricky. Not only are there mortgage installments and the mortgage down payment to consider, there are a host of other—sometimes unexpected—expenses to add to the equation. The last thing you want is to be caught financially unprepared or blindsided by taxes and other …

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April 23, 2016

Benefits of Buying a Home vs Renting

Buying a home is all about decision making, and you can only make the best decisions when you have the best information available.  So what are the benefits of owning your own home vs renting?

  • Pride of ownership -- everyone loves to own their own home.
  • Avoiding the hassle and cost …
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