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FREE First Time Home Buyer Seminar
September 28th, 2010
October 5th, 2010
False Creek Community Centre, 7-9pm
Free First Time Home Buyer Seminar:
Have you ever thought of purchasing your first home but don't know where to start? This seminar is for you! Guest speakers include a mortgage specialist, a lawyer, a certified home inspector and a licensed real estate agent. Some of the topics to we discuss are getting a pre-approval, improving ...
Home Buying Seminar False Creek Community Centre
July 1st, 2010Attend a free home buying seminar on October 5th, Tuesday from 7-9pm. Panel of experts will show you the steps to buying your first home, information for home buyers such as HST, costs to the buyers, getting pre-approved for a mortgage, improving your credit history, searching for a home, information on leaky condominiums (and how to avoid them). Speakers include licensed realtor and publ ...
Noise Pollution; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
June 10th, 2010"Noise Pollution”; the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
by Geraldine Santiago, Licensed Realtor, Published Author
www.vancouverhomes.info
When purchasing a home, it is always good to find out about the noise in the area. Yes, you heard me, I said, “noise”. This is easier said than done, as no doubt you are probably more focused on finding out more about the over-all health of the building and n ...
Zoning...What Is it Good For? Part Two by Geraldine Santiago
June 1st, 2010Zoning, what is it good for? (part two) by Geraldine Santiago
The first part of this article addressed the importance of zoning and why it is important for home owners to find out what their zoning district is on their property and its adjacent areas. I directed you to where you could find this information yourself, and to do your own due diligence when it comes to knowing your property. ...
Zoning...What Is it Good For? Part One by Geraldine Santiago
May 25th, 2010Zoning....What is it Good For? Part One by Geraldine Santiago
When purchasing a property for the first time, prospective home buyers need to look at the zoning of the area. If you are buying a property, this information is located on the MLS feature sheet prepared by the listing or selling agent. You can do more research on-line by going to your municipality or city’s website to find out ...
When purchasing a property for the first time, prospective home buyers need to look at the zoning of the area. If you are buying a property, this information is located on the MLS feature sheet prepared by the listing or selling agent. You can do more research on-line by going to your municipality or city’s website to find out ...
BC Buyers: Where Have All the First Time Home Buyers Gone?
May 22nd, 2010
Where Have All the First time Home Buyers Gone? By Geraldine Santiago
Where have all the first time home buyers gone? According to a study by Ipsos Reid in Vancouver, first time home buyers are being pushed out of the housing market and statistics tell us that the numbers are dwindling.
The price of housing in Vancouver has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years and far surpasses th ...
First Time Home Buyers: Making an Offer
May 5th, 2010First Time Home Buyers:
Making an Offer on a Property
by Geraldine Santiago
Making an offer on a property when you are a first time home buyer can be quite overwhelming as many first time home buyers rely on their REALTOR to help determine the fair market value of the property. Determining what is fair market value is not an exact science as no two properties are exactly the same. All ...
Is this the Year to Buy Your Recreational Property?
May 3rd, 2010Is This the Year to Buy Your First RECREATIONAL HOME?
by Geraldine Santiago
Author, Realtor: www.vancouverhomes.info
Is this the year to buy your dream home you’ve been thinking of all these years? Since 2000 recreational property sales across Canada have increased and trends are showing that this will continue for some time. It is STILL a great time to borrow and buy now. Interest rate ...
Consumer's Guide To Buying Real Estate in Vancouver BC
April 28th, 2010A CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO BUYING REAL ESTATE IN VANCOUVER, BC
By Geraldine Santiago
Author and Realtor
The “Complete Home Buyer’s Guide for Canadians” would be, in my opinion, more appropriately titled if it was titled, the “Consumer’s Guide to Buying Real Estate in Vancouver, BC and CANADA” because it was written to benefit the consumer-buyer.
It is a guide loaded with information for buyers: ...