The SENTRY PENTHOUSE-one of Central Lonsdale's unique, boutique & award winning buildings. A rare find. Stunning 3 bdrms, 2 baths, SOUTH facing home w/almost 1400 SF of bright living space PLUS your own PRIVATE rooftop deck w/views. Qualitybuilt, full rainscreen & one of only 13 units. Great floor plan w/high ceilings, beautiful lrg sun filled living room complete with a window seat & defined dining area....
Bring your electric car & move into this rainscreened building in beautiful Kitsilano. This one bedroom & den has an island kitchen with gas stove & new fridge. A private and well maintained building is pet friendly but sorry, no rentals.This is a extensively landscaped property with an abundance of tree lined walkways and tranquil spaces. The condo is well laid out, with a glass walled den and over height...
STUNNING panoramic city & OCEAN VIEW! This designer FULLY RENOVATED 2 level townhouse has it all. 2 bedrooms & 2.5 bath- 1436 SF of modern chic & soft colors. The main level offers an OPEN spacious living area with a LARGE SOUTH facing deck(23x14'10) OPEN CONCEPT to the dining area, new transformed OPEN kitchen. Powder room up. Downstairs takes in the view from each bedroom, another deck runs the...
The SENTRY PENTHOUSE-one of Central Lonsdale's unique, boutique & award winning buildings. A rare find. Stunning 3 bdrms, 2 baths, SOUTH facing home w/almost 1400 SF of bright living space PLUS your own PRIVATE rooftop deck w/views. Qualitybuilt, full rainscreen & one of only 13 units. Great floor plan w/high ceilings, beautiful lrg sun filled living room complete with a window seat & defined dining...
Beautiful updated 1 bedroom & den townhouse style condo steps away from Capilano University. This spacious unit boasts 868 SF of luxury living, gorgeous hardwood flooring, stainless steel appliances, insuite laundry & 2 large outdoor balconies for entertaining. Perfect for the outdoor enthusiasts with Seymour Demonstration forest knocking on your door. Scenic walking & biking trails, Rice Lake &...
That familiar upcurve in the spring market is happening now, be sure and watch this video from our Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board. It's a great time to list your property if you are thinking of selling!
Posted on February 15, 2014 by Garth P Raven (Prudential Sussex Realty)
We're in a balanced market price wise, however sales are up a full 30% over last January with over 1700 homes sold in the gvrd. It's going to be a brisk Spring market! If the high number of sales is sustained over several months, it will affect pricing in a positive way!
One of only a handful of large lots with ground level views! Move right in, build up or out and still enjoy the space of a beautiful garden and large patio. This spectacular 12,357 square foot lot with epic views of Grouse MountainMt. Baker, water & city has everything you need to build a prestigious family home. A high quality interior designed rancher with stainless steel appliances, beautiful hardwood floors...
Prime location!! Rare opportunity West of Denman Street! These units do not come up often. Spacious & Bright top floor Northwest corner 2bedroom two full ensuite's in prime location two blocks to the beach, 2 blocks to the shops on Denman aand one block to Stanley Park. Steps First beach, Tennis courts, Golf, and the famous "Lost Lagoon". This one owner suite has been lovingly and meticulously maintained, it is the largest...
Open House on Sunday, October 20, 2013 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Prime location!! Rare opportunity West of Denman Street! These units do not come up often. Spacious & Bright top floor Northwest corner 2bedroom two full ensuite's in prime location two blocks to the beach, 2 blocks to the shops on Denman aand one block to Stanley Park. Steps First beach, Tennis courts, Golf, and the famous "Lost Lagoon". This one owner suite has...
Open House on Saturday, October 19, 2013 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Prime location!! Rare opportunity West of Denman Street! These units do not come up often. Spacious & Bright top floor Northwest corner 2bedroom two full ensuite's in prime location two blocks to the beach, 2 blocks to the shops on Denman aand one block to Stanley Park. Steps First beach, Tennis courts, Golf, and the famous "Lost Lagoon". This one owner suite...
Open House on Friday, October 18, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prime location!! Rare opportunity West of Denman Street! These units do not come up often. Spacious & Bright top floor Northwest corner 2bedroom two full ensuite's in prime location two blocks to the beach, 2 blocks to the shops on Denman aand one block to Stanley Park. Steps First beach, Tennis courts, Golf, and the famous "Lost Lagoon". This one owner suite...
Prime location!! Rare opportunity West of Denman Street! These units do not come up often. Spacious & Bright top floor Northwest corner 2bedroom two full ensuite's in prime location two blocks to the beach, 2 blocks to the shops on Denman aand one block to Stanley Park. Steps First beach, Tennis courts, Golf, and the famous "Lost Lagoon". This one owner suite has been lovingly and meticulously maintained, it is the largest...
Marina for sale! Opportunity to own a turnkey marina business in picturesque historic Cowichan Bay. Complete with our West Coast lifestyle, the marina Features 45 moorage slips and an eclectic float home community. Recent upgrades include 400 amp three phase electrical service, environmentally compliant sanitary vacuum pump out system, transient moorage, shower and laundry facilities available to all moorage clients,...
Lifestyle is what it's all about living right on the waterfront in your own seaside cottage, and entertaining on your large 1100 sqft ocean view deck. Fish or go boating from your own 8 X 62 foot private dock, or walk, shop and dine in the various eclectic shops and restaurants on Cowichan Bay Road, with stunning views, this well laid out partially updated 1250 sqft 3 bedroom rancher is located in the heart of the...
SOLID BUILDING - Lower Lonsdale Live/Work unit at Seascapes. You'll love the convenience of shopping and amenities nearby, and only 3 blocks to the seabus! Enjoy the little extras - radiant floors, insuite laundry, a pantry, and awell lit office or flex space. The spacious master could fit a king size bed and the open Living Room/Kitchen is perfect for entertaining. Maintenance fees include Cable & High Speed...
This affordable 2 bedroom home is ideal for comfortable living. Some of the many conveniences of this functional floor plan is in suite storage, which could easily be converted to a laundry room, a kitchen pass through to the dining area, wood burning fireplace and a west facing balcony overlooking the peaceful setting of Hastings Creek. The complex has undergone a comprehensive upgrade to the exterior, including...
Posted on June 30, 2013 by Garth P Raven (Prudential Sussex Realty)
The HSBC Celebration of Light Fireworks was once again the venue of choice for Garth’s client appreciation events in 2012. Having a great entertaining craft like “Tungar” and the success of last years events made the fireworks an easy choice. This years "Celebration of Light" will be sponsorred by Honda.
If there is one event that defines summer in Vancouver, it's the Celebration of Light international fireworks competition and festival: three nights of the best fireworks...
As most of you have heard, sales in the Vancouver real estate market have been down this year, the numbers vary from area to area. The strata market has been soft, while single family homes and building lots have been significantly better, again depending on the area.
The media types have been talking about a so called bubble, and a correction in the real estate market, as if there will be some dramatic shift in prices one day. I believe this is a misnomer. To the contrary, we’ve seen small corrections happening every day over the last few months to compensate for the smaller number of sales, as opposed to a sudden price drop. So in effect, the correction has already and is already happening on a daily basis. This doesn’t mean that it could not correct more, or less as time goes on. Some buyers believe that because of the slow market, they should automatically submit low ball offers assuming that home sellers should be desperately trying to sell and escape the market before this correction, however again this is wrong thinking, as there is a good chance that new home sellers entering the market have priced their home correctly, given the current circumstances.
I believe that because the interest rates have been so low for so long now, a lot of the new home buyers that could buy, did buy in the last couple of years, leaving a lack of new home buyers to drive the entry level market. There are however still a small number of new home buyers entering the market all of the time, and of course folks upsizing and downsizing, to continually add some buoyancy to our market.
Despite the market sales being lower this year, I’ve been very fortunate, so thank you friends, family, and valued clients!!
All the Best!
Garth
Who's Doing High Fives Now?SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER, 2007
If you think lenders make too much money, you are not alone........ However, it's very likely that you, the borrower, are an eager participant in all those profits. Billions of dollars are literally given away to the banks each year because of consumer pathy. Lenders know this and in fact they "bank" on it. What do we mean?
Well, a recent survey conducted by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reveals that despite all the new mortgage products on the market, people looking to renew their mortgage will more often than not, revert back to their current lender. In fact, according to the report, 81% of them did. Does this make sense when the competition could be offering lower interest rates and better terms? It doesn't. There is some good news though. This same survey indicates that consumers are shopping around slightly more than they were in the past. People that were renewing their mortgage were faithful to their financial institution to the tune of 88% in 2000. By 2006 this dropped 7 percentage points. This decline in lender loyalty was also very evident in repeat home buyers and people that refinanced their mortgage because of wanting extra cash to make home enovations or consolidate debt. In 2006 only 65% of these consumers went back to their current provider – well down from what it was in previous years. The only category that remained relatively stable was first-time home buyers.
57% of these buyers financed through their banking institution in 2000 and this remained almost constant - 58% in 2006. It would appear that first-time buyers are savvy and cautious when it comes to mortgage debt. Initially, they do their
research diligently when it comes to comparing lenders and what they can offer. However, these very same buyers that were so careful at the start, oon join the ranks of those that are "too busy" at mortgage renewal time to check out and compare lenders. Most people know that banking is a business. However, not all acknowledge that bank
employees are paid to look after the bank's best interests – not yours. In fact these employees have quotas to fill – big quotas! It is amazing that people will go to seminars sponsored by Lenders and expect to be told how to negotiate the best mortgage deal for themselves. Puh-leeze! That's like inviting a fox to the chicken coop to tell the chickens how to avoid getting eaten by him. It makes no sense whatsoever, yet that is exactly what people do. Even more remarkable is the fact that these potential customers believe they are getting sound and unbiased information and actually act on the
advice given by the fox. This can be a very costly mistake.
However, let us explore mortgage renewal in greater detail.
Mortgage funding is extremely competitive. Lenders spend an enormous amount of money just to get mortgage business in the first place and they certainly don't want to lose customers now or at any time in the future.
If homeowners would just take a few hours and shop around for several proposals from different lending institutions when their mortgage term is up, they might be pleasantly surprised about their findings. The chances are that they would quite possibly receive an offer from another Lender that is better in both interest rates and/or terms provided.
Lenders may even pay for all the set-up, transfer and legal fees when the mortgage business is transferred to them. Once a homeowner has different options in hand, the power to choose becomes theirs. They can accept this new favorable proposal or have their current lender match or better it. Odds are, your lender isn't going to be
willing to give up your business without a fight.
How much actual cash could be saved by keeping Lenders honest? Well, let's figure it out. A $300,000 mortgage calculated at 6% over a 25 year amortization period works out to monthly payments of $1,919.42. Conversely, at 5.5% and using the same criteria, the payments are $1,831.18. The difference is $88.24 per month. Now multiply that by 60 (five years of monthly payments) and you will see that by negotiating a better rate, rather than blindly accepting the first offer, you have saved $5,294.40. Really, with a little investigative effort, you could have put a stash of cash in your jeans or made a handsome contribution towards paying off your mortgage. Instead of the Lenders' CEO's counting profits and doing high fives around the boardroom table because of consumer apathy, you could be going on vacation. You may be trained to be loyal but hopefully, not tamed! Next time . . . shop around!
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The data relating to real estate on this website comes in part from the MLS® Reciprocity program of either the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR), the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) or the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board (CADREB). Real estate listings held by participating real estate firms are marked with the MLS® logo and detailed information about the listing includes the name of the listing agent. This representation is based in whole or part on data generated by either the GVR, the FVREB or the CADREB which assumes no responsibility for its accuracy. The materials contained on this page may not be reproduced without the express written consent of either the GVR, the FVREB or the CADREB.
