There are a few different ways to determine the value that a home inspection will bring to your specific property. I hear a lot of questions about inspectors. Who are they and what do they do? How do you know you’re getting good value for what you’re spending? About two decades ago, home inspectors were virtually nonexistent. Today is a far differe…

I'm back with an update on the real estate market for the Fraser Valley. What's been going on here in the Surrey real estate market? Recent trends in the market should give us a good idea of what we can expect moving toward the summer and beyond. We saw 5,302 sales in May, which was a 21% increase from April. Compared to last year, it was the best …

Multiple offer scenarios are pretty common in a hot market like ours. Whether you're a buyer or a seller in this scenario, there are a few things you can do to prepare yourself to come out ahead. We always associate multiple offers on a property with a really hot market like the one we're currently in, but a property could receive multiple offers i…

What do our market numbers tell us about what we can expect to see in real estate this year? I’ll go over those numbers and answer that today. What can the latest numbers tell us about our real estate market? There were 2,230 sales in the month of April, which is a very strong performance of the market. In fact, last April only saw 2,213 sales. Of …

Here are some little things you can do as a home seller to make sure yours sells for top dollar. Today, I want to share some little things you can do to sell your home for top dollar. That might sound like a cliche, but let me tell you a quick story. We recently listed a home that had been sitting on the market unsold for months. We moved in our pr…

Looking at the market's numbers from March always provides a good idea of what we can expect from the Spring market. Taking a look at the market from March always gives us a good idea of what will happen in the Surrey spring market. The good news is that March was an extraordinary month! In fact, it was the second-best sales month in the last decad…

There are a lot of services we offer to buyers and they all come at no cost to you. Today, I’ll explain everything we offer. Today I wanted to give you a quick overview of the services we provide to homebuyers. Of course, these services come at no cost to the buyer. We start with the consultation where we determine what’s important to you in your n…

If you’re worried about coming up with a down payment for a new home, this new down payment assistance program might be the answer. Today I want to talk to about the new program that matches dollar for dollar what a first-time home buyer can come up with as a down payment. This program began the 16th of January and will end in March 2020. So how do…

Today I wanted to give you a quick look at what happened in 2016 in our real estate market and how some major events affected pricing and opportunities. The first big event was this summer when the federal government said that foreign non-national buyers would pay an additional 15% on property transfer tax. On the high end of the market, this pulle…

What are the numbers saying about the real estate market here in Surrey? We’re currently looking at 5,565 homes listed on the MLS. In the last month, we saw 1,245 of them sell; those homes were then replaced by 2,245 new homes. That left us with 22% of all homes being sold. If you compare this activity to the previous 30 days, when 29% of all homes…