Jackie & John MacDonald Real Estate Update

December 2009 - Posts

• Staging for Dummies...how to show your home at its best without spending a lot

  There are many shows on TV right now about home staging and how to sell your home quickly and for top dollar. The home staging business is booming, and there are many local home stagers available to do everything from helping you de-clutter and rearrange Read More... Posted Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:19 PM by Jackie & John MacDonald | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Seller Information

• November Home Sales Continue at Torrid Pace Vancouver, BC

  content from http://www.bcrea.bc.ca/news_room/2009-11.pdf Vancouver, BC – December 9, 2009. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province climbed 165 Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:45 AM by Jackie & John MacDonald | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions

• Bank of Canada holds lending rates until summer 2010!

  content from http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/fixed-dates/2009/rate_081209.html Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/4 per cent and reiterates conditional commitment to hold current policy rate until the end of the second quarter of 2010 OTTAWA Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:12 PM by Jackie & John MacDonald | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Finances

• BUSIER THAN NORMAL NOVEMBER FOR FRASER VALLEY REAL ESTATE MARKET

  News Release: December 2, 2009 (Surrey, BC) content from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) processed 1,522 sales on its Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) in November, an increase of 200 per cent compared Read More... Posted Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:16 AM by Jackie & John MacDonald | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions

• Canada home prices may rise 10 percent in 2010: report

  From http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0150708720091201 Tue Dec 1, 2:08 PM Enlarge Photo (Reuters) TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian home-resale prices are likely rise in 2010 at an even faster pace than this year but a dangerous bubble probably Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:48 AM by Jackie & John MacDonald | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• Can You Make a Killing During the Olympics?

  If you are planning to rent a suite or room for the games, you should be organizing right now. By Ozzie Jurock , content from http://www2.jurock.com/articles/columnist.asp?id=8841 For rent for Olympics: Two-bedroom suite at English Bay, short taxi ride Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:46 AM by Jackie & John MacDonald | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, For Rent/Lease, Announcements, Events, Community Information