Sales and Listings Stats for the End of March 2013 "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." - Winston Churchill   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of March 2013. March saw the real estate market blooming, becoming stronger and more balanced. In most market areas, the number of properties sold was higher than they have been since last sprin ...

Sales and Listings Stats for End of February 2013 “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." - Ivan Turgenev   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of February 2013. This year is continuing at a tepid pace, providing plenty of room to grow! While sales are lagging behind last year, so is th ...

Health & Structural Risks from Molds in Your Home What is it? Molds are fungi that reproduce by releasing tiny spores into the air.  Spores that land on moist objects may begin to grow.  There are thousands of different types of mold, ranging from the non-toxic to toxic mold, and we encounter many of them every day in our homes and outside. Toxic mold is a type of mold that produces hazard ...

An oil tank is a tank with sizes ranging from 300 gallons to 1000 gallons located underground in the back yards of residence.  Furnace oil was stored in these tanks to heat many homes in Vancouver prior to natural gas becoming available.  As natural gas heating becoming more and more popular, many oil tanks were left in the ground.  Eventually all tanks will corrode or rust out due to a wet ...

  What is it? Asbestos is a group of minerals that are formed naturally as bundles of fibres, which can be separated into thin threads.  These fibres are not affected by heat or chemicals and they do not conduct electricity.  Hence, asbestos was once widely used in homes as insulation, sound absorption and for fire protection.  For structural enhancement, it was also added to cement and pla ...