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HST...what is taxable?

June 14th, 2010
Here is a helpful brochure explaining the effect of the upcoming HST in British Columbia.

HST, What is taxable?

For more info visit:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/gst-tps/gnrl/menu-eng.html.

Craig Rushton and Kim Heizmann speaking at CENTURY 21 Path to Profit 2010

April 8th, 2010

I had the honour of speaking to a couple hundred of my colleagues at this year's CENTURY 21 Path to Profit/Awards Luncheon in Surrey today. Along with Kim Heizmann from CENTURY 21 Executives Realty in Vernon we spoke about technology in Real Estate, our use of social media and the extensive CENTURY 21 Canada online office which included an individual website for each Realtor, a contact manage ...

Message from CENTURY 21 President Don Lawby regarding the Competition Bureau

March 29th, 2010
"At CENTURY 21 Canada, acting in the best interest of home buyers and sellers is a pillar of our business. We believe that the MLS® system protects the standards and integrity of the real estate industry and the safety of Canadian consumers, for whom buying or selling a home is likely the most significant transaction they will make in their lifetimes.

The real estate market in Canada is an ...

GM Place Tower project resurrected by Aquilini Group

March 19th, 2010

Via: The Vancouver Sun

Vancouver's Aquilini Group has put its 22-storey GM Place Tower project back on the drawing board with plans to start construction this year on what could be downtown Vancouver's first major office building in almost a decade.

David Negrin, president of Aquilini's development and construction firm, on Wednesday, said the company has tenants lined up for the building a ...

100 Years in Lower Lonsdale

March 15th, 2010
Very cool picture of Lonsdale at 1st Street, now and then.


Lower Lonsdae 100 years ago
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No Canadian housing bubble: Bank of Canada deputy governor

February 23rd, 2010

Via: The Vancouver Sun

VANCOUVER - The Canadian housing market is strong, but it is not experiencing a bubble, Paul Jenkins, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, said Monday.

The federal government said last week it will bring in new mortgage rules to cool the housing sector and prevent home buyers, tempted by record low interest rates, from overextending themselves.

At the same t ...

Home construction up sharply in January: CMHC

February 9th, 2010

Via: The Vancouver Sun

A total of 917 new housing units broke ground in Metro Vancouver in January, about 50 per cent more than the 609 units in the same month in 2009, according to a survey released Monday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

The survey, which looked at urban centres with more than 10,000 people, found that Surrey led with 296 new housing starts, followed by Vancouver with ...

False Creek lands now a model for urban renewal

February 7th, 2010

Via: The Vancouver Sun

Concord Pacific has been a lead participant in the downtown Vancouver skyline transformation since Expo 86. Its 2010 Winter Games contribution is commensurate to that history: "Concord Place" is the largest open-to-all community celebration organized by the private sector. The Vancouver Sun asked company president Terry Hui to comment on its "host" activities and, of c ...

Olympic Road Closure Map

February 4th, 2010

Plan your route carrefully if you plan on driving during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.

2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver Road Closure Map

February 3rd, 2010
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