John Grasty - Port Moody Real Estate Agent and Homeowner Advocate
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Be bold Vancouver, buy a place in ‘JALE’
{EAV_BLOG_VER:e9c21fab426529bf} The city plans to turn an old prison into social housing in the Downtown Eastside, but it should consider this edgy alternative first More Info: Click here
Vancouver`s average rent, at $1,181, most expensive in Canada: CMHC
Just how expensive are the rental housing units in Metro Vancouver? Up to close to $10,000 a month in some cases, it appears. Find out what the average monthly rents are in Canada's major cities according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.'s April 2011 Rental Market Survey. OTTAWA — Demand is outstripping supply in the country’s apartment rental market, pushing the national vacancy rate lower and making it more difficult for renters to find accommodations, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reported Thursday. The vacancy rate fell to 2.5% in April from 2.9% a year earlier, the national housing agency ...
CMHC raises housing starts forecast, cites strengthening economy
New home construction and existing home sales in Metro Vancouver will grow this year and next, according to a report released Monday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.Photograph by: Bryan Schlosser, Leader-Post, Leader-PostMore Info: Click here
Shangri-la aloft
A hard-hat tour of this condo is harrowing, but when it’s built, residents will be grounded in luxuryMore Info: Click here
Housing market feels impact of HST introduction
TORONTO -- The new harmonized sales tax introduced in British Columbia and Ontario last month had an immediate impact on the housing market, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.The Ottawa-based group, which represents 100 boards across the country, said July sales plunged 6.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis from a month ago, a decline âÂÂalmost entirely the result of fewer sales in British Columbia and Ontario.âÂÂThe slowdown had been expected as consumers rushed to buy homes ahead of the July 1 implementation in those provinces. The HST only applies to services used in purchasing and selling an existing home, ...
Let’s hope the Evergreen Line is done right…
There should be responsible and integrated planning for the Evergreen Line and a connector from Murray to the Barnet Highway. To do any less is an affront to the taxpayer: http://blog.realestateevolved.com/?p=842
Highrise from Onni a first for Port Coquitlam
New "suburbia" features affordable and sustainable housing close to shops, dining and transitMore Info: Click here
Port Moody council pushes for western station
Of course, the connector is a pre-requisite... But this is great news: Port Moody council pushes for western station.
All Aboard the MurrayVille Connector…
MurrayVille Connector is a concept transportation and land-use planning game tool for Facebook suggested (on a FB comment) by my right-brained wife, Catharine. Since so many of us, including our local politicians and bureaucrats, are regularly occupied in the social media phenomenon called Facebook, an opportunity has arisen for the development of some new-era “spoof” communications. Since the goal is for everyone to win by building a Connector for MurrayVille with the Evergreen Line, and since this game is in the design stage, your input is sought. After 20 years of delays and excuses, citizens of the northeast sector could finally ...
Real Estate Models: Fee-For-Service Vs. Contingency (Commission)
It’s ironic that Joe William should call his business “Best Value” real estate, and perhaps a bit misleading as well. The $109 “fee for service” listing William offers leaves the Seller to take care of everything else; there is no representation! This is what John Ruskin knew more than 100 years ago: "There is nothing in the world that some men cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey." When someone perhaps not properly informed is preyed upon, buying business by offering lower prices is relatively easy. This is ...
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Be bold Vancouver, buy a place in ‘JALE’
{EAV_BLOG_VER:e9c21fab426529bf} The city plans to turn an old prison into social housing in the Downtown Eastside, but it should consider this edgy alternative first More Info: Click here
Vancouver`s average rent, at $1,181, most expensive in Canada: CMHC
Just how expensive are the rental housing units in Metro Vancouver? Up to close to $10,000 a month in some cases, it appears. Find out what the average monthly rents are in Canada’s major cities according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s April 2011 Rental Market Survey. OTTAWA — Demand is outstripping supply in the country’s apartment rental market, pushing the national vacancy... [Read more...]
CMHC raises housing starts forecast, cites strengthening economy
New home construction and existing home sales in Metro Vancouver will grow this year and next, according to a report released Monday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. Photograph by: Bryan Schlosser, Leader-Post, Leader-Post More Info: Click here
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