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So, in the start of 2023, BC will be introducing this new thing called "The Cooling Off Period." This was designed to protect buyers by giving them a 3 day period to rescind their accepted offer on aproperty.  This was a reaction because of how many subject free offers were being thrown around in the marketplace, and this is what buyers had to be able to compete in an uber competive market.  ...

The Family First Real Estate Business Plan for 2023 is finally done! (better late than never) We've been working on this project for weeks, but why is this important? Our annual business plan include: -a schedule to to keep our past clients informed on what's happening in their neighbourhood and their investment -a plan that helps our clients understand annual trends -educating ...

In early January, you will be receiving yourproprty tax assessment for 2023. The information in the following video has helped answer many common questions that people had about their property tax assessment. Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions we can answer for you! Questions such as:What are assessments based on?What is the purprose of your tax assessment? ...

From now till December 15, the Richmond Family Skate Team will be running our 3rd annual food drive helping our friends at the Richmond Food Bank We started this initiative during covid 19 as the amount of families in need of food were growing through these difficult times.Now with most of covid 19 behind us, the amount of families in need still continue to grow in OUR community.Your contribu ...

So, just like the announcement to eliminate strata rentals, the provinial government announced a plan to eliminate age restrictions as well.  One group that will still be protected are strata complexes that are 55+, or senior residence complex.And of course, this was an initiative to tackle the housing availibility issue.  Although the sentiment is great that adult oriented properties will n ...

The strata curve ball part 1So, stratas in BC received this huge curve ball just this week.  In an order to tackle housing availability, the provincial government announced a plan to eliminate rental restrictions in strata properties.  Of course, with the exception of buildings that have an age restriction of  55 plus, other complexes that have rental restrictions will be a thing of the past. ...

So a couple of weeks ago, something very interesting happend in our industry.  It was announced that no more bully offers will be accepted. So, just to give you an understanding....what is a bully offer?  Well,...a bully offer is an offer that is presented prior to an advertised date where a seller will be reviewing offers.  So, the ethics for both buyers agents AND sellers agents were bot ...

Hycroft Manor is the haunted house of haunted houses in Vancouver. You'll be able to find this house inthe Shaughnessy area as it is currently used as the University Womens Club of Vancouver, as well as a venue for many gatherings especially weddings. Hycroft Manor was built in in 1911 by a world war 1 here, who later turned businessman and politician, which hosted many high end gatherings w ...

The Waterfront Station is the most popular transportation hub in all of the greater vancouver area. It connects 2 skytrain lines and the seabus. The building itself was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1914 to transport passengers to Toronto and Montreal. The ghosts of Waterfront station have been seen by the building's nightwatch with 2 ghost in particular that have been frequently ...

The Hotel Vancouver is one of Vancouvers most elegant buildings in Downtown Vancouver. Built in 1939, the Hotel Vancouver has hosted many huge celebrities as they visited town. And now, its said to be the home of a ghost most commonly known as the "Lady in Red" as shes always seen wearing an elegant red dress commonly worn in the 1940s. The Lady in Red Ghost was only known to be seen in two ...