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This was an interesting sale.   We followed the market closely for months.  Originally listed at 585k we ended up getting an offer right away, which didnt go through.  With another unit for sale in the building sellinng for 610, we made a plan to relist the property at a higher amount. 2 months later, we sold for 15 more than our original offer.  Definitely worth canceling the listing to fol ...

The common thinking of many is that when you are buying your first home, it is a stressful experience. Do you know that it doesn’t have to be? How do I know this? Each year, I work with multiple first-time buyers. Minimizing stress starts with a realtor that understands what is important to you, and staying within your budget is a must! But here are two things that first time buyers ...

The numbers are out, so lets take a look at whats been going on in our home town of Richmond BCFor single family homes, the benchmark price showed increase of 3.1% since last year.  This is interesting...Sales ratio for single family homes at 10%.  This is typically what happens when a lot more inventory comes onto the market than buyers.The most popular area for the month of April...McNair ...

So here's a discussion i had with clients when we were doing our key exchange: They were saying "Oh, we're so glad we met you, your service was excellent....etc "but....i have to admit, we had to do some research on you before we hired you as our realtor." Now a little background about this client: they were a referral from a couple of A+ clients in my database And heres a reminder for all ...

Here are some kind words from Manoj and Irene. We helped them with the next step of accomplishing their retirement plan.  "Ray is truly exceptional. I was recommended by a friend and was not disappointed. On very early stage of our relationship Ray became family from being my realtor.We were blessed with Ray’s promptness, knowledge of the market, strategic mindset, kindness, good energy ma ...

So, the numbers are out, so lets take a look at whats been happening in our home town of Richmond, BC-For single family homes, benchmark price is at 2.190M, which represents a 4% increase year over year-Average days o nthe market: 22.  Same as February, but we're probably expected to see that change come april.-Most popular neighbourhood for March, Steveston North! with a selling ratio close ...

So,  this just happend!  Hi!  I'm back from my family holiday from Hawaii, and i had something very interesting happen while I was out of town, and this will show you how the market can easily shift during the spring season!  So, this is my listing: 1200 sq ft unit in queen mary park listed for $585,000.  Now one month before that, another listing the same size on the ground floor was list ...

So here;s a look on whats been happening in our hometown of Richmond, BC-For single family homes, benchmarch price reached 2.128 million, which represents a 3.6% growth since last year-Selling ratio for single family homes at 19% which is a significant change from last month's 11%, which is only expected to increase as the spring market comes.-The hottest neighbourhoods in all of richmond for ...

Working with first time buyers, especially those with a budget, have a hard time wrapping their head around Property Transfer Tax.  And because there is an exemption for first time buyers, first time buyers would do whatever it takes to avoid paying the property transfer tax.  Now when i first started real estate, it was easy to avoid paying the tax because the threshold was at moderate amoun ...

The numbers came out for the month of January, so lets take a look at whats been happening in our hometown of Richmond, BC-For single family homes, 11% selling ratio.  Even though we've seen activity heating up, currently, its not surprising to see a decrease from December.  We're currently seeing a wave of buyers, the exact way we saw 3 weeks worth of new buyers in Septe,ber-Benchmark price ...