This week's selling tip
Posted on Sep 30, 2019 in Selling tips
When your house is for sale and a showing is scheduled, put yourself in the potential buyer’s shoes, and leave when the buyer’s agent arrives. If you were the potential buyer, you’d probably prefer to see the house and ask questions in peace and quiet, and history has shown this is the best way to sell your home.
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Being prepared to move when your home sells
Posted on Sep 26, 2019 in Selling a house
The house sold. Countdown to moving date has started.
So has panic, because you just know as you’re going out the door for the last time you’ll be shovelling half-packed boxes of “stuff” into the back seat of the car.
Everybody has a list to help with moving.
Here is ours…
1. Start with an inventory, purging what’s not going and making your estimate ac...
First Time Mortgages for First Time Buyers
Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Mortgages
The federal government’s latest “stress test” places considerable emphasis on first-time home buyers.
With that come first-time mortgages.
To help simplify that process, first-time home buyers want to be up to speed on the three stages of securing a mortgage.
One is called Pre-Qualification.
Two is Pre-Approval
Three is Approval.
All are explained in com...
Markets dictate prices, whatever commodity is
Posted on Sep 19, 2019
Whether you’re selling that iPhone you no longer need or a three-bedroom home, the market usually dictates what you get.If the market is soft, as Vancouver’s real estate market has been, you may receive a low-ball offer for your house. 
Don’t be offended.
A low-ball offer means somebody wants to buy your house. Now you’re just dealing with the right...
Apartment ownership & strata council bylaws
Posted on Sep 15, 2019
You’re thinking about buying an apartment. You’ve never owned one but you think it’s more feasible than a detached home for a number of reasons, starting with the financial one.
With apartments come stratas. With stratas come rules, or bylaws.
Just like buying a detached home, when you buy an apartment you also want to avoid surprises.
So here’s a few...
Tips to help in making good first impressions
Posted on Sep 12, 2019
When listing a property, we often tend to do everything we can to make the inside look, well, perfect.
Don’t forget outside.
And first impressions, as you know, can be critical.
Often a potential buyer will do a drive-by, before committing to seeing the inside of your house. So, make it look good, from the curb to the front door.
Is the sidewalk clean...