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May Housing Stats

June 2nd, 2009

REBGV May Statistics

Increased demand steadies housing market in Greater Vancouver

A continued increase in buyer activity over the last four months has resulted in increased home sales and lessened the downward pressure on housing prices in Greater Vancouver.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that the number of residential ...

Banks Cut Rates Again

April 21st, 2009


Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point to
1/4 per cent and, conditional on the inflation outlook, commits to hold current policy rate until the end of the second quarter of 2010


OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to
1/4 per cent, which the Bank judges to be the e ...

Important Issues in the Budget for Real Estate!

January 29th, 2009

There are some great newsworthy issues in the Budget that directly impact Real Estate:

1.  The basic personal tax credit will increase for the 2009 tax year to $10,320 from $9,600 in 2008.  Further, the upper limits of the first two income tax brackets will increase by 7.5% each.  The upper limit of the first income tax bracket will increase to $40,476 in 2009 from $37,885 in 2008.  The upper ...

Home Staging - Yes!

January 28th, 2009

Patrick's Marketing plan includes a consultation with a home staging specialist.
Check out this informative video about home staging:

Renovation Nation in the Globe and Mail

October 16th, 2008

Recently, I was featured in an article on home renovation in the Globe and Mail.

Click Below to read the full article:

 

Baby Noah

April 13th, 2006

Baby Noah!

Yes Lisa and I had a beautiful baby boy on October 18, 2005. His name is Noah and his weight was 7' 13". He was in the hospital for just over a week and in Intermediate care for 4 days but is now home with Mom and Dad and doing fine.

Wow, how come nobody told me how much babies cry? Noah has issues settling down after he eats but hopefully that will get better as he ages- I hear it ...

Baby

October 7th, 2005

We are still awaiting the birth of our first child due on October 8th, 2005.