April 3, 2007 Van Island REALTORS® report hikes in March NANAIMO, BC - Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) sales summary data released by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) for March 2007 shows continuing month to month increases in volume and average sale prices. The average sale price across the VIREB region for March 2007 was $312,862. This is an 8 per cent increase f ...

Looking for something to do over Spring Break?Each spring the entire North American population of Pacific Grey Whales migrate along the west coast of Vancouver Island, B.C.  An estimated 22,000 grey whales make the 16,000 km round-trip journey between their mating and calfing lagoons on the Mexican Baja Peninsula and their summer feeding grounds in the Bering and Chukchi Seas near the ...

Signs pointing towards busy spring housing marketVancouver, B.C. March 2, 2007 –The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total residential sales for detached, attached and apartment properties reached 2,859 units in February 2007, a decrease of 2.8 per cent when compared to the 2,941 units sold in February 2006 and a decrease of 6.8 per cent when compared to th ...

March 2, 2007REALTORS® report robust market in February NANAIMO, BC - Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) sales summary data released by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) for February 2007, shows an increase in volume while average sale prices also rose. The average sale price across the VIREB region for February 2007 was $297,189. This is a 14 per cent increase from the $2 ...

Quality of Life Budget Creates Important Housing OpportunitiesVancouver, BC – February 20, 2007. The BC government has tabled a quality of life budget in which the housing economy, including homeowners and homeless people alike, are well served.“All British Columbians deserve safe, decent and affordable housing options,” says British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) Presid ...

House design and constructionPlanning on having a house built or buying a condo that hasn't been built yet? Trying to make decisions based upon floor plans? That is a major challenge for most people because we don't readily transform two dimensional drawings into 3-D images in our mind.I am an amateur designer and have some experience with that. I am not a total amateur as I do have my Site P ...

New Year brings increase in new and active listingsVancouver, B.C. February 2, 2007 –The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total residential sales for detached, attached and apartment properties reached 1,806 units in January 2007, a decrease of 6.1 per cent when compared to the 1,924 units sold in January 2006 and an increase of 6.2 per cent when compared to the 1 ...

Feb 5, 2007 REALTORS® report increases in January NANAIMO, BC - Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) sales summary data released by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) for January 2007, shows an increase in volume while average sale prices continued to rise. The average sale price across the VIREB region for January was $278,474. This is a 12 per cent increase from the $246,4 ...

The Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show is being held this year on February 17 & 18 at BC Place in Vancouver. If you have family members anything like my wife who insist on planning well ahead of time - mark this on your calendar. I will be manning a booth and showcasing some Ucluelet recreational cottage real estate that actually produces income. If you are interested in this type of product you ...

I am often asked if McCool is my birth name. A strange question, I must say, but the answer is an unequivocal YES. I thought I would take the time to educate the reader on my heritage. I am sure that all McCool's would like to think that they are descendants of the legandary giant Finn McCool. I don't know if I am, but I don't know that I am not. Finn McCool had his own army of fabulous warr ...