After wrapping up an incredible 2 week trip through Japan this past Sunday, it’s good to be home and writing to you from a snowy and busy Presidents week here in Whistler. The big news this past week was the Provincial government’s announcement that BC with be transitioning back to the GST/PST taxation system on April 1 2013, replacing the current HST. Although this measure is aimed primaril ...
VICTORIA - New housing transition measures give certainty to an important economic sector and help to keep taxes equitable throughout the transition as the province returns to the PST, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced.
B.C. will return to the PST on April 1, 2013, meeting the Province's commitment to return to the PST as quickly and responsibly as possible, while ensuring businesses ca ...
This week’s report comes to you from aboard a Japanese high speed train from Nagano bound for Kyoto. Our time in the Japanese Alps was very good, with a large amount of snow fall, gracious hosts and many new and wonderful adventures. We now are looking forward to exploring the cities of Kyoto and Tokyo and will be heading back to Canada on Sunday.
In Whistler this past week we had 27 new l ...
This week’s Whistler market update is greeting you from Hakuba, Japan. Hakuba is about 300kms northwest of Tokyo and is situated in an area known as the Japanese Alps. The area has 10 ski resorts offer over 200 runs on diverse terrain for both skiers and boarders alike. The local population are very welcoming and what is lacking in translation is easily made up with gestures and much laug ...
This past week we had 24 new listings, 10 Sales and 21 price reductions in the Whistler market compared to 35 new listings, 11 Sales and 19 Price reductions last week.
Please go ahead and click here to view the past week's new listings, price changes and completed transactions as reported by the Whistler Listing System.
Some additional properties that make my “pick of the week” can be seen ...
The snow continues to fall in the Pacific Northwest with Whistler Blackcomb registering 36” or 3 feet of the white stuff in the past 7 days. The village continues to be a busy place as we see locals, oversees visitors and Vancouverites capitalize on this bounty of frosted flakes.
This past week we had 35 new listings, 11 Sales and 19 price reductions in the Whistler market compared to 28 ne ...
The Canadian Real Estate Association has reported beginning of this week that existing home sales in Vancouver decreased last month and the average price had a slight drop.
In December, the number of sales in Vancouver decreased by 4.1 per cent, coinciding with a 2% ease to $734,766 in the average price, seasonally adjusted.
Since July, the average price of a Vancouver home has been easing; t ...
Winter has definitely made itself know in the Pacific North West this week. Currently Whistler is enjoying temperatures to -17celcius with light snow. This past weekend was a busy one as visitors, making the most of the Martin Luther King break, came to enjoy everything the mountains and village can offer.
This past week we had 28 new listings, 10 Sales and 15 price reductions compared to ...
Sunny skies greet us today and the week ahead in Whistler looks bright. While the rest of North America’s ski resorts are struggling with snow conditions, Whistler is open for business from top to bottom and is gearing up for another busy Martin Luther King weekend.
This past week we had 29 new listings, 11 Sales and 26 price reductions compared to 16 new listings, 10 Sales and 10 Price red ...