There are 1230 REALTORS® in Victoria, B.C. The mathematical odds are your listing REALTOR® does not have a buyer for your home, but rather one of the other 1229 REALTORS® does.

Most real estate contracts, for example, are written as “$600,000 including all appliances,” however, should we be writing them as “$595,000 and buyer agrees to pay $5,000 for appliances.”  The problem with writing a purchase price including appliances is the buyer is pay 2% property transfer tax on appliances, which are not fixtures to the home.  Does that make sense?

and the most consistent at making incorrect real estate predictions including our local Victoria, B.C. Real estate market.

If you are thinking you might have to re-sell in the near future you might want to consider your custom upgrades carefully!

Just for fun from a toy helicopter!

Some homes are built on crawl and some on a slab? Why the difference.

Google “Landlord and Tenant Fact Sheet – Selling a Tenanted Residential Property” for an excellent document published by the BC residential tenancy office!

Family, friends, and colleagues in my opinion.

The Bayview Promontory is anticipated to be completed at the end of April, 2014.

January 19th, 2014. Construction is coming along and so are sales.

Your home assessment is not a direct reflection of the market value of your specific property.

For the VREB news release visit – http://www.vreb.org/

In my opinion real estate “connections,” do not help to any great extent in terms of marketing a home.

A bit of a complicated process with a lot of moving parts – consult a professional!

I went to Victoria High School and I turned out just fine, I think.

I don’t think so!

It all starts with finding the right building lot. Without a building lot and home plans specific to that lot it is difficult for a builder to give you a per square foot cost.

The concrete structure has been finished, windows are installed up to the 19th floor, and interior finishing is well under way! 127 of the 177 units are now sold.

If buying a home with an older heat pump you may face servicing costs so consider inspecting it as part of your due diligence.

The clause may read “Buyer agent must physically introduce buyer to property or cooperating broker fee will be reduced to $1000,” or similar. In my opinion, as a seller I would only agree to this clause in a listing contract if the gross commission is reduced by an amount equivalent to that of the reduction of the cooperating broker fee.

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In my opinion, I think the point of the depreciation reports is force the strata councils to provide a plan for common assets (roofs, boilers, elevators, exterior envelope). However, how they choose to plan should be left up to them, within reason.

I think so…

As a buyer you have to keep me mind if the 10 year old fridge breaks down two weeks after you move it is basically tough luck.

Let me know what you think? Open for discussion.

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There are so many different ways to spin stats! If interviewing a number of different REALTORS® ask them for his or her “VREB MLS® Awards Standings” sheet!