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NEW LISTINGS! #325 - 8880 No.1 Road Richmond BC Apple Green Park - 2 Bedroom Condo for Sale       #325 - 8880 No. 1 Road Richmond, BC V7C 4C1 Move Right In Price : $225,000 Bedrooms : 2 Bathrooms : 2 Square Foot : 1,060 County : Lower Mainland Property Type : Condo or Townhouse Year Built : 1974 ...

The government today announced the HST/PST transitional rules on new homes. As the province transitions back to the PST, which will replace the HST effective April 1, 2013, measures to ease the HST burden on new home buyers include: The BC New Housing Rebate threshold will increase to $850,000 fr...

 NEW LISTING! 11411 No. 2 Road, Richmond BC Westwind - 4 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Home for Sale       11411 No 2 Road Richmond, BC V7E 2E6 Westwind Price : $850,000 Bedrooms : 4 Bathrooms : 2 Square Foot : 1,620 Lot Size : 7,201 County : Lower Mainland Property Type : Detached MLS Number : V932040 cli...

SOLD! #16 - 12438 Brunswick Place Richmond BC Brunswick Gardens - Steveston South 3 Bedroom Townhouse #16 - 12438 Brunswick Place Richmond, BC V7E3K6 Steps to Village Price : $499,000 Bedrooms : 3 Bathrooms : 3 Square Foot : 1,730 County : Lower Mainland Property Type : Condo or Townhouse Year Bu...

NEW LISTING! 5820 Reeves Road Richmond BC V7C 2H2   5820 Reeves Road Richmond, BC V7C2H2 Executive Home Price : $1,799,000 Bedrooms : 5 Bathrooms : 6 Square Foot : 3,773 Lot Size : 8,426 County : Lower Mainland Property Type : Detached Year Built : 2001 click for more information and pictures Pro...

 NEW LISTINGS! #211 - 8880 Cook Road Richmond BC    Ascot Wynde - 1 Bedroom Condo for Sale   #211 - 8880 Cook Road Richmond, BC V6Y 2Y4 Central Location Price : $189,000 Bedrooms : 1 Bathrooms : 1 Lot Size : 700 County : Lower Mainland Property Type : Condo or Townhouse Year Built : 1977 MLS Numb...

To keep pace with rising property assessments, the BC government has raised the Home Owner Grant threshold to $1,285,000. The threshold is the maximum assessed value a property can reach to allow the property owner to claim the full Home Owner Grant. BC Assessment estimates the value of all BC ho...

SOLD! #127 - 3031 Williams Road Richmond BC V7E 4G1 Edgewater Park - Seafair 4 Bedroom Townhouse    #127 - 3031 Williams Road Richmond, BC V7E4G1 A Walk to the Dyke Price : $479,900 Bedrooms : 4 Bathrooms : 2 Square Foot : 1,478 County : Lower Mainland Property Type : Condo or Townhouse Year Buil...

Greater Vancouver home sellers were more active than buyers in January and overall home prices, according to the new MLS® Home Price Index  (MLS® HPI), continued to experience more stability and less fluctuation compared to the beginning of 2011. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV)...

Property owners throughout BC received their 2012 assessment notice the first week of January from BC Assessment.  This notice is BC Assessment’s (BCA) estimate of a property’s value as of July 1, 2011, and for new construction or substantially renovated homes, the physical condition as of Octobe...