Real Estate Talks

Where is whipmaster? Why did he disappear all of a sudden?

LOL

I'm betting a massive crash in the real estate market due to rapidly rising rates and strengthening CAD$ beginning the second half of this year

define "massive crash" it terms of % drop

There will never be a crash in this city - too many stupid people.

Of course people will buy.... the prices go down because more people are wanting to sell.

I am not sure why any price discount will be swallowed up by Asian buyers. Most people like to pay less for something tomorrow than they do today - even the rich. 10's of thousands of locals and foreigners watching prices closely here waiting for any small discount to pounce on. I assume that is yo...

Any price discount will be quickly swallowed up by asian buyers. Like when our cdn $ came down last autumn...it just meant more sales to asian buyers. Locals won't benefit from anything but a 50% haircut...and there isnt a hope in hell of anything resembling that. I am not sure why any price discou...

There's no set commission which is true however many people know the buyers agents can and do chose listings based on how much commission they see Exactly right, that's why I would not try to nickel and dime the buyer's agent. You will almost certainly lose a lot of showings if you do that. I'm not...

My house assessed past 1.3 mil. I now have $20 grant. It's over $6,000 a year in property tax now. If you just pass the grant threshold it's like a kick in the nuts. The threshold for the grant is increasing slower than the market appreciation. I expect majority of the homes in Greater Vancouver wi...

Anyone can sell a house especially in this market. What does it take? A 6 week course that high school dropouts can easily pass. Yes, pretty much anyone can sell a house these days with the market so hot. With a shortage of listings, how are you going to get listings ? Only good realtors will get m...

Poll of realtors? They have no interest in giving you honest answers since they want the party to continue. Use your head...you dont get these prices from local buyers. Distracting from the issue is exactly what will prevent changes from happening You sound just like the perma-bears. "The realtors ...

ETB2 wrote: Locals won't benefit from anything but a 50% haircut...and there isnt a hope in hell of anything resembling that. Oh really? Why not? It's happened here and in many other cities on numerous occasions. The worst price collapse we ever saw here happened early in the last century when some...

You pay realtors as little as possible.

Personally - I would renegotiate their commission at the 11th hour after they have done all the work. It's pretty clear that most of them aren't worth much anyways so the idea is to pay someone what they deserve.

I was shocked when I saw the data - yet some members here keep trying to minimize the problem. Enough is enough already. I was pleased to see my home appreciate to last years level of about 1.3M - this last year is a different ball game. Not pleased to see my increase to 2M that will effectively sh...