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2011 Greater Vancouver Secondary School Ranking

Icon Posted by admin on February 27, 2012 – 12:36 am

See how your children’s schools compare to others! The following public schools are ranked out of 274 schools (including private schools) in the province of British Columbia according to their academic performance as measured by the Overall rating out of 10 for the school year 2009/2010. The higher the overall rating (out of 10), the higher the rank awarded to the school. Where [...]

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2012 New Tax Credit for First Time Home Buyers

Icon Posted by admin on February 25, 2012 – 8:15 pm

VANCOUVER SUN FEBRUARY 21, 2012 A new tax break for first-time buyers of new homes will help stimulate the construction industry and create plenty of new jobs, an industry executive said of Tuesday’s 2012 provincial budget. “This is welcome,” Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association president and chief executive officer Peter Simpson said of a temporary bonus [...]

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January 2012 Housing Market Update

Icon Posted by admin on February 9, 2012 – 12:32 pm

Interesting statistics, listings in January is the highest since mid-1990′s! Share

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December 2011 Year End Housing Market Update

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2011 Year End Real Estate Market Update

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Balanced real estate market prevailed through much of 2011

Icon Posted by admin on January 6, 2012 – 12:35 pm

VANCOUVER, BC  (Jan 4th, 2012)– The 2011 Greater Vancouver housing market began with heightened demand in regional hot spots and concluded with greater balance between seller supply and buyer demand. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in 2011 reached 32,390, a 5.9% increase [...]

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EVERGREEN LINE MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION

Icon Posted by admin on December 16, 2011 – 11:47 pm

The Evergreen Line is a new rapid transit line that will connect Coquitlam to Vancouver via Port Moody and Burnaby. With an environmental review complete and project funding in place, construction will begin January 2012. Evergreen Line will be in service in the summer of 2016. -Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project Office For the first community update, [...]

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REALTORS and their community

Icon Posted by admin on November 15, 2011 – 4:12 pm

Over 14,000 REALTORS® assist police as extra “eyes and ears” in their communities. Realty Watch is a community crime prevention program operating across the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, from Whistler to Hope and every community in between. Share

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B.C. Marihuana Grow Operations

Icon Posted by admin on October 27, 2011 – 7:13 pm

Marihuana Grow Operations and clandestine labs harm communities. They appear in homes or outbuildings in residential, rural or commercial/industrial areas. Wherever they exist, there is an increased risk of criminal activity and serious or even irreparable damage to personal property. The following addresses contained a Marihuana Grow Operation or clandestine lab that was dismantled by the RCMP [...]

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What is a contract and when is it legally binding?

Icon Posted by admin on October 26, 2011 – 8:39 am

A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties and describes the rights and obligations of the parties to the contract. Where a contract has been properly drafted and signed by the parties to the contract, and where the terms are clear and the contract is not for an illegal purpose, then it is [...]

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