John Grasty - Port Moody Real Estate Agent and Homeowner Advocate
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Things will be great when you’re downtown
When complete strangers buy into a condo building, they're in for a big surprise. It doesn't take long before they're going for a swim with one of their neighbours and befriending others at the pub, on the treadmill, or in the shops downstairs. Then it dawns on them: They've lucked in to a vibrant neighbourhood and life is good. In a seven-part series, Post Homes takes a look at new condo communities within the city and the meeting places that make these neighbourhoods really hum. Part two: Downtown.Let the kids have their condos. Let them fill their glittering jewel boxes ...
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.
King West: The splish and the splash
The first installment of a seven-part series exploring new condo communities in the city homes in on Liberty Village and beyond.More Info: Click here
National Housing Price Index up for 11th straight month
Housing prices rose for the eleventh straight month in May, advancing 0.3 per cent compared to the month before and in line with analyst expectations, Statistics Canada reported Thursday.Photograph by: Justin Sullivan, Getty ImagesMore Info: Click here
Metro Vancouver new-home prices slow down in May
Metro Vancouver new-home prices slow down in MayMore Info: Click here
Real estate prices ease after rebound
Lower Mainland housing prices softened in June after a continued rebound in the first half of 2010 from recession-bottom lows reached more than a year ago. Detached houses sold for a benchmark price of $795,025 in June, up 13.4 per cent from a year ago, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reported. Duplexes and townhouses were up 11.6 per cent from a year ago to $492,860 in the Greater Vancouver, while condos gained 9.7 per cent to $391,530. Although the Greater Vancouver real estate prices were up on a year-over-year basis, they actually slid nearly two per cent from May. The weaker prices ...
Metro Vancouver housing market steady: real estate board survey
Metro Vancouver's housing market experienced steady activity to start the summer season although sales were 30 per cent lower than the same time last year, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.More Info: Click here
Condo townhomes fuse ground-floor living with high-rise amenities
Combining highrise and homestyle living, condo townhomes offer interesting synergies. A flourishing trend, condo townhomes are part of the blueprint in about 35 current condo projects in Toronto (out of 265 active projects around the city), according to Pauline Lierman, research analyst with Urbanation, which tracks the Toronto condo market. "Townhouses (that are part of a bigger development such as a high-rise condo project) account for about 5% of the GTA condominium market," Ms. Lierman says. By comparison, Ms. Lierman estimates that stand-alone townhouses account for a third of new home sales. Fuelling most of the sales of ground floor town/condo combos are ...
Rooftop pools making a splash
Once an over-chlorinated echo-chamber in the bowels of the building, condo pools have changed. Now, the chic rooftop ‘water lounge’ is the place to see and be seen More Info: Click here
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 ...
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Things will be great when you’re downtown
When complete strangers buy into a condo building, they’re in for a big surprise. It doesn’t take long before they’re going for a swim with one of their neighbours and befriending others at the pub, on the treadmill, or in the shops downstairs. Then it dawns on them: They’ve lucked in to a vibrant neighbourhood and life is good. In a seven-part series, Post Homes takes a look... [Read more...]
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.
King West: The splish and the splash
The first installment of a seven-part series exploring new condo communities in the city homes in on Liberty Village and beyond.More Info: Click here
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