peter townsend's vancouver real estate blog

Wallpaper's version of "Cabin Fever"....works for me.

I could totally enjoy any sort of prolonged cabin fever in this house, featured this month in Wallpaper magazine. It has a sublime simplicity. What do you think?......

Video presentation of REBGV February 2011 Housing Market Update

 

Featured in Sotheby's IAD magazine....

This stunning home was recently featured in our International Architecture & Design Magazine. Onsale in any good quality book or magazine store, this magazine is also sent free of charge to over 150,000 Canadian subscribers on a quarterly basis. If you would like to receive a free subscription or advertise your home in this magazine, please call me on 604 218 2903

Canadian architects from gh3 have been behind the facelift of a 1970 residence located on 101 Russel Hill Road in Toronto. Originally built with large open spaces, the renovation involved a futuristic approach that converted to a more cellular room design where everything flows together. And the most striking features are the white interiors that make it look clean and sharp, and the amazing curvy staircase that adds to the home’s neutrality. With sleek lines and traditional furnishings that contrast with the white walls, the residence looks perfect for a modern family.

Greater Vancouver Real Estate Sales Red Hot 70.26% Increase February 2011

Here is another report on how hot the current market is from Buy RIC.com

Greater Vancouver residential housing market sales increased by a blistering 70.26% in February 2011 with 3,097 units sold compared to the 1,819 in January 2011.

February’s Greater Vancouver MLS sales of 3,097 units were the highest level of sales achieved in the past ten month’s since April 2010’s 3,512 unit sales. It was also substantially higher than the 2,742 February home-sale average recorded in the region over the last ten years and 25.23% up from the 2,473 sales recorded in February 2010. This was also a 109.3% increase from the 1,903 homes sold in February 2009. (read the full Buy RIC blog here and see graphs)

Febuary 2011 Sales stats: What's happening to the real estate market in Vancouver?

 

CREA reports : Demand for detached homes continues to be strong across Greater Vancouver, with particularly high sales volumes occurring in Richmond and Vancouver Westside. For the past two months, the number of properties listed for sale and those sold on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in Greater Vancouver outpaced the 10-year average in both categories. From a historical perspective, February’s 3,097 homes sales outpace the 2,742 home-sale average recorded in the region over the last ten years.
“We saw an increase in demand across our region last month as more buyers entered the market in advance of the spring season,” said Jake Moldowan, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). "The intensity of this activity varied between communities. Our statistics tell us that single detached homes in Richmond and the west side of Vancouver remain the most sought after properties in our marketplace.” (read more)

Scottie's renovating West Vancouver....

 
Good friends and past clients, Scott and Ken have just moved to West Vancouver and are embarquing on yet another of Scottie's epic design projects! I'm excited as Scottie is both a talented interior designer and an amazingly resourceful building design project manager. So, I thought it would be interesting to follow the progression of their next project and report on it in this blog.

Maximising Exposure: Just another step....

Just another way of getting your home noticed. Sotheby's and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune and now The Telegraph in the U.K. as part of an integrated marketing plan can expose your home to over 8,000,0000 views per month.