Skinny jeans, Converse shoes, thick framed glasses, oversized toques and a few coloured accessories to make the look their own. This is what I observed in the local streets, cafes and restaurants in my walk of the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.

It’s upon us. The Spring real estate market. A time when home activity begins to ramp up, both in listings and sales, and buyers are actively searching for a new home.

It’s a common sentiment that Vancouver’s housing market is one of the least affordable in the world. However, each year many new homeowners are able to make their homeownership dreams a reality.

So how do they achieve what so many are unable to?

Regardless of which survey you read, the issue of affordable housing tops the list for most Metro Vancouverites.

Congratulations! Your new condo is nearly complete and you are just weeks away from closing on your home. Although this is a very exciting time, it can also be stressful.

Affordable housing continues to be a hot topic around the city and through the years we have seen condos get smaller and smaller until finally, we have the micro-condo!

What were you doing last week when you heard BMO dropped its 5 year mortgage rate to the record low of 2.99%? If you were like me, you were contacting your mortgage to talk about refinancing.

The City of Vancouver is going through an extensive planning process to identify development and land use opportunities for the downtown viaducts and adjacent lands.

While there are many different types of home ownership in Canada I thought it would be worthwhile to review the four most common: Freehold Ownership, Strata title, Leasehold and Co-operative Ownership. Here is a quick summary of each type of ownership:

Recently some members of my team were talking about a new 30-minute show on HGTV called “Urban Suburban”. Homebuyers are shown six homes with a similar price tag - three in an urban neighbourhood, and three in a suburban neighbourhood.