Help in deciding on the timing of moving
Posted on Oct 17, 2021 in Selling a house
Deciding on when to take that step — to move — is often difficult. Change can be like that. How do you know when it’s the right time? Does it depend solely on market conditions? Are you ready for a new adventure? Are you just ready to live in a smaller space?
Sometimes it can be helpful to have ideas that help make that decision.
This month, Real Est...
Adding pages to the densification story
Posted on Oct 14, 2021 in Government and real estate
You’ve been reading about densification on this website and in News From Nexus, for some time, because it is seen as one of the factors that impacts affordable housing in urban areas. This month brought another twist on the word — and the concept — for Vancouver residents and those who plan to be.
The City of Vancouver is studying an idea that would...
5th-floor apartment with spectacular views
Posted on Sep 22, 2021 in News
From one window, you see ocean. From another, mountains. From yet another, the Lions Gate Bridge. From the balcony, the peninsula that is home to UBC.
Views galore. That’s one of the reasons The Crescent (yes, it is crescent-shaped) is such a popular apartment building — it gives you a taste of the coastline that makes Vancouver such a special place...
Group mortgages: more attractive in today’s market?
Posted on Sep 19, 2021 in Mortgages
Affordability is the word that’s heard whenever real estate is mentioned in conversation, it seems. A housing market with higher prices driven by a lack of inventory has led younger Canadians to become creative in trying to find their way into a market that continues to become more expensive for first-time buyers.
In search of alternatives to the co...
Keeping the door open to working low offers
Posted on Sep 13, 2021 in Real estate negotiations
With market conditions and home prices changing as quickly as they have this year, it’s more important than ever to have sound research before venturing into the market, as either a buyer or a seller — the kind of research Nexus Realty has given clients for many years.
Something that can slip through the cracks but won’t if you have realtors like Da...
Election promises, election hopes for real estate
Posted on Sep 07, 2021 in Affordable housing
Two weeks from now, Canada will have elected a Federal Government and, in the run-up to voting day (September 20), it has become clear that one of the key issues for the electorate is affordable housing. The fact that the Liberals, the Conservatives and the NDP are all in agreement on the needs is, at least, unusual.
That has triggered a regular fl...