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Time to start house hunting on Vancouver Island? Looking to downsize or considering buying your first home? How about a larger property with oversize workshop in Nanoose? Check out the following open houses in Nanaimo, Parksville & Nanoose taking place Saturday May 25th. Continue…

Our Vancouver Island real estate team works incredibly hard to satisfy our clients, and nothing makes us prouder than receiving feedback telling us that we did our jobs well. We believe each client is unique and we work to build relationships that enable us to understand and meet the objectives of each client. Recent happy clients from Nanaimo, David and Susan, sent us the following testimonial, which is the type of feedback that helps provide us with the inspiration and energy to do what we do every day. – John Cooper Continue…

Investing in a home or property on Vancouver Island comes with a certain degree of risk. Without a crystal ball, there are no guarantees as to the state of the market throughout the time of ownership. Doing your due diligence and working with a licensed REALTOR can certainly help mitigate risk, but there will always be certain factors out of our control. When considering making an investment in real estate, or pondering the current state Continue…

The transition from HST back to GST may be confusing, particularly in relation to real estate on Vancouver Island. This video from Tony Spagnuolo, President of Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers in Vancouver, BC, effectively outlines the implications of the changes from HST to GST including rebates, transition tax, and BC First Time Home Buyers, that are effective as of April 1, 2013.