Jennifer Trentadue

The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2007, saying inflation is unfolding as expected and that spillover from the European debt crisis has been limited, while stressing there remains "considerable uncertainty" about an "increasingly uneven" global recovery.

With his much anticipated decision to lift the central bank's overnight rate by one-quarter of ...

At this morning's sales meeting, we had our weekly mortgage rate update. It appears that rates are going up sooner then expected and higher than expected! As well, yesterday the new qualifying rules came into play, causing people to have to put a minimum of 10% down rather than the 5% we had previously and at the same time, borrowers have to be able to qualify at the 5yr highest rate, YIKERS ...

I just sold this great Townhouse to my most lovely new buyers at Highland Ridge. It was officially on the market for 1 day and we entered into multiple offers on it! Yeah for my buyers who got it...why am I telling you this? This is the state of the nation in Real Estate today folks.
I have just spent that last 3 days at the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board's Education Week, where we had some ...

Happy New Year everyone! I cannot believe it is 2010 already, that year just flew by, I was extremely busy up until about the third week of December then had an amazing Christmas holiday with my family and friends in Mexico! It was my first "warm" Christmas and I must say I loved it! Last year was a very strange one, the first quarter was abysmal to say the least. Many realtors gave up our p ...

"British Columbians' bottled-up thirst for real estate boiled over into triple-digit gains in house sales last month. House sales across the province last month soared 165.3% from teh low levels of November 2008, the BC Real Estate Association said yesterday...Low mortgage-interest rates, pent-up demand and strong consumer confidence continue to be key drivers in the market..." It truly is a ...

The Industry lobbying succeeds: Government raises rebate threshold for HST on new homes...
"In response to strong lobbying from the real estate profession in BC, Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced that the government will exclude new homes costing up to $525,000 from its proposed 12% HST scheduled to take effect July 1, 2010. The government has also increased the rebate of the of the pr ...

Wow, i just listed one of my favorite homes! This is a beauty in and out. Huge lot (9020) sq feet, big house (3050 sq. feet) and in amazing shape too!This house has it all, outdoor pool, rv parking, basketball court, fire pit, pergola, two sundecks, wired attached workshop, garden shed, and that's just outside....Have a look, you wont be disappointed!