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BURNABY TRI-CITIES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016 info@rew.ca • 604-435-7977 Looking to BUY or SELL a home? To assist you in making the best decisions, a professional Realtor can provide the most up to date information on the real estate market, price, financing and comparative properties in your area. Find your EXPERT Real Estate professional right here in REW.ca! BURNABY TRI-CITIES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 info@rew.ca • 604-435-7977 GO TO REW.CA /NEWS TO READ THESE STORIES AND MUCH MORE REAL ESTATE NEWS AND ADVICE Canadian Home Owners Struggling with Rising Cost of Living: Survey Donʼt Like Trump? REW.ca Invites US Celebrities to Move to Canada If Micro-Units Are the Answer, Financing is the Question REAL ESTATE WEEKLY REAL ESTATE WEEKLY ANGELA JORGENSON 604.710.1452 604.710.1452 www.angelajorgenson.com 814 MACINTOSH STREET, COQUITLAM Welcome your family home to this ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, 6 bedroom home PLUS ADDITIONAL 2 bedroom basement suite. IMPRESSIVE layout offering SUPERB FUNCTIONALISM on every level. GORGEOUS outdoor living space featuring a COZY fireplace & kitchen allowing for FABULOUS entertaining! Your VAULTED MASTER bedroom offers a MARVELOUS ensuite & BEAUTIFUL balcony. The main floor affords a GREAT guest bedroom with it’s own full bathroom. Your basement creates the PERFECT space for a rec room complete with wet bar as well as a 2nd guest bedroom. Parking is not a problem here as your TRIPLE CAR GARAGE will accommodate all your vehicle needs as well as ADDITIONAL PARKING for your suite. This home will definitely not disappoint!! OPEN HOUSE: SATURDAY, JUNE 11 & SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1-4PM $2,348,888 GST included in price Brand New Modern Design Home! Brand New Modern Design Home! Sutton Group - 1stWest Realty

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BURNABY TRI-CITIES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, [email protected] • 604-435-7977

Looking to BUY or SELL a home? To assist you in making the best decisions, a professional Realtor can provide the most

up to date information on the real estate market, price, fi nancing and comparative

properties in your area.

Find your EXPERT Real Estate professional right here in REW.ca!

BURNABY TRI-CITIES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, [email protected] • 604-435-7977

GO TOREW.CA /NEWS

TO READ THESE STORIESAND MUCH MORE REAL ESTATE

NEWS AND ADVICE

Canadian Home Owners Struggling with Rising Cost

of Living: Survey

Donʼt Like Trump? REW.ca Invites US Celebrities to

Move to Canada

If Micro-Units Are theAnswer, Financing is

the Question

R E A L E S T A T E W E E K L YR E A L E S T A T E W E E K L Y

ANGELA JORGENSON604.710.1452604.710.1452www.angelajorgenson.com

814 MACINTOSH STREET, COQUITLAMWelcome your family home to this ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, 6 bedroom home PLUS ADDITIONAL 2 bedroom basement suite. IMPRESSIVE layout offering SUPERB FUNCTIONALISM on every level. GORGEOUS outdoor living space featuring a COZY fi replace & kitchen allowing for FABULOUS entertaining! Your VAULTED MASTER bedroom offers a MARVELOUS ensuite & BEAUTIFUL balcony. The main fl oor affords a GREAT guest bedroom with it’s own full bathroom. Your basement creates the PERFECT space for a rec room complete with wet bar as well as a 2nd guest bedroom. Parking is not a problem here as your TRIPLE CAR GARAGE will accommodate all your vehicle needs as well as ADDITIONAL PARKING for your suite. This home will defi nitely not disappoint!!

OPEN HOUSE: SATURDAY, JUNE 11 & SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1-4PM

$2,348,888 GST included in price

Brand New Modern Design Home!Brand New Modern Design Home!

Sutton Group - 1stWest Realty

•2 REW.ca » BURNABY / TRI-CITIES » WEDNESDAY JUNE 8, 2016

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A RARE GEM! Three consolidated ocean view lots! Beautiful Burrard Inlet ocean view property offering potential for re-development (subdivide to 2 lots within the current zoning, or apply to rezone to 3 single family lots, or townhomes to match the neighbouring properties). The property features a solid West Coast Contemporary home of approximately 3200 square feet that may earn up to $3600 per month. This property is in a prime location near parks, beaches, marinas, trails, recreation, rapid transit, restaurants, pubs, and shopping, with super quick access to Vancouver and all

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This is family living at its best! Located on a quiet corner lot in the prime Cottonwood area this home is fantastic! Cozy fi replaces, 3 bdrms + family room + games room up + den + recreation room down + 1 bdrm suite down with separate entrance. Suite has its own laundry. This home is an entertainers dream! A must see! Gourmet kitchen with Wolf gas stove, family sized fridge etc.& a backyard offering a full inground pool with newer liner & portable security fence, custom pergola with built-in BBQ kitchen. Lots of privacy! A pleasure to show! Call us today. OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 2-4 PM

NEW LISTING - 11898 236B St. Maple Ridge!FANTASTIC FAMILY HOME WITH POOL & OUTDOOR LIVING! ASKING $899,000!

One in a million! A gorgeous, spacious, 4 bdrm (could be 5 or 6) & 5 bath (4 ensuite) family home where every detail has been lovingly considered. Features inc. white oak fl ooring, overheight ceilings, gourmet kitchen & spa inspired master bath. Bright, fully fi nished basement, over height 2 car garage. Fantastic fl ow to S facing backyard and covered patio. Priced to sell! Seller has job transfer. Home next door sold in March for $918,645 inc. GST. No GST here! 2-5-10 New Home Warranty for peace of mind. Quick Completion possible. MLS R2058859 OPEN HOUSE SUN 2-4 PM

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COURT ORDER SALE!COURT ORDER SALE - ATTENTION RENOVATORS AND INVESTORS - FANTASTIC DOWNTOWN NEW WEST CONDO being sold "As is, Where is". This bright, large, one bedroom unit is completely ready for ALL your fi nishing touches – in a cat-friendly (no dogs), modern and well maintained fully rainscreened strata building. Private ground level patio and garden area. Complete this unit yourself for immediate up-side potential. Amazing central location blocks away from all amenities on an outstanding tree-lined street! The Buyer/s should independently verify all listing information. Unit is tenanted and diffi cult to show – please give at least 48 hours’ notice to view104-210 Carnarvon StreetDavid Young 604-263-1144

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$250,000

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•4 REW.ca » BURNABY / TRI-CITIES » WEDNESDAY JUNE 8, 2016

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ANGELA JORGENSON604.710.1452www.angelajorgenson.com

Sutton Group - 1stWest Realty

Brand New Modern Home Design!814 MACINTOSH STREET, COQUITLAM

Welcome your family home to this ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, 6 bedroom home PLUS ADDITIONAL 2 bedroom basement suite. IMPRESSIVE layout offering SUPERB FUNCTIONALISM on every level. GORGEOUS outdoor living space featuring a COZY fi replace & kitchen allowing for FABULOUS entertaining! Your VAULTED MASTER bedroom offers a MARVELOUS ensuite & BEAUTIFUL balcony. The main fl oor affords a GREAT guest bedroom with it’s own full bathroom. Your basement creates the PERFECT space for a recroom complete with wet bar as well as a 2nd guest bedroom. Parking is not a problem here as your TRIPLE CAR GARAGE will accommodate all your vehicle needs as well as ADDITIONAL PARKING for your suite. This home will defi nitely not disappoint!

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I n P r i n t > O n l i n e > Y o u r c o m p r e h e n s i v e s o u r c e f o r l o c a l r e a l e s t a t e n e w s a n d l i s t i n g s

The “fear of missing out” is one of the key factors driving buyers to snap up all available listings,

resulting in the “frenzied” real estate market so far this year, according to a quarterly report by Urban Analytics on behalf of the Urban Development Institute.

UDI’s Q1 2016 State of the Market report, released this week, said, “While the current local economic fac-tors seem reasonably strong, anecdotal analysis would suggest that the robust sales activity in the real estate sector of late can also be attributed to a ‘fear of missing out’ sentiment among pro-spective buyers in the marketplace.”

The report, which examines new home sales and housing starts in Metro

Vancouver, observed that the local new home market set new records in 2016’s fi rst quarter.

“A combined total of 6,231 newly built multi-family home sales were recorded in Q1 2016, up 18 per cent from the previous six-year record set last quarter. Frenzied home sales activ-ity across the region has resulted in new lows for released new home inven-tory. At the end of the quarter, there were only 3,010 new multi-family homes available to purchase, down 64 per cent from the released 8,260 units recorded in Q1 2015.”

It added, “The townhome sector con-tinues impress, with a record 1,268 sales reported in Q1 2016. Based on the 227 released and unsold new town-

home units reported at the end of the quarter, there is an estimated two weeks’ supply of this product type in the market. Strong townhome sales can be attributed to a growing number of prospective purchasers seeking a family-oriented housing form and can no longer afford a single family home in the neighbourhood of their choice.”

The authors pointed to an overall increase in Metro Vancouver’s net pop-ulation in 2016’s fi rst quarter, up 7,200 people – although it noted that this is a slower rate of growth than the same period in 2015. It said this overall increase was attributable to a rise in interprovincial migrants, since international migration was negative in the quarter.

The report added that housing starts in the quarter were up 13 per cent year over year, resulting in the current ratio of 1.9 new Metro Vancouver residents per housing start, down from the 2.3 recorded in Q4 2015. “While this ratio is still considered to be healthy, it matches the previous four-year low and should be monitored closely to see if a potential trend is establishing,” reported the authors.

To read the full report, which includes detailed breakdowns of the Metro Vancouver housing market by property type and sector, go to udi.bc.ca/policy/publications

“Fear of Missing Out” Partly Driving Vancouver’s Hot New Home Market: UDI Report