Blog by Jeff Fitzpatrick

Jeff in the Metro Vancouver Newspaper

April 29th, 2010
Metro Vancouver News wanted to gain insight into the Real Estate market for first-time homerbuyers... who better to ask than Jeff?

Check out Jeff's appearance in the April 22, 2010 Metro Homes news article! April 22, 2010 Metro News Article.

Competition Bureau + Realtors

February 20th, 2010

There seems to be a lot of press surrounding the Competition Bureau's investigation into the going's on of the Canadian Real Estate Association... here is a link to an explanation of the issues at hand and how the real estate community is working to address a streamlined solution: http://www.rebgv.org/sites/default/files/February%202010%20article.pdf

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August Stats Released

October 4th, 2007

The August numbers were released by the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board just recently, and they point to a healthy market... here's the news for reference...

August housing market continues brisk summer sales trend

Vancouver, B.C. - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total resi-dential sales reached 3,384 units in August 2007, a 12.9 per cent increase when c ...

October News Release from The Real Estate Board

October 4th, 2007

The September numbers were recently published, giving rise to a healthy market. Here's the announcement for reference...

Buyers fuel continued growth in Greater Vancouver housing market

Vancouver, B.C. October 2, 2007 - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total residen-tial sales of detached, attached and apartment properties reached 2,776 units in September 2007 ...

Interest Rates

September 30th, 2005

Bank of Canada Announcements

In November 2000, the Bank of Canada introduced a system of eight "fixed" dates each year on which it announces whether or not it will change the key policy rate (by either raising or lowering the target overnight rate).

The next interest rate announcement is scheduled for October 18, followed by a Monetary Report on October 20. It is generally anticipated that ...