Macdonald Realty

Whoever holds the gold makes the rules  I hope you have a strong heart and low blood pressure in order to handle this pass week financial crisis.  Who can imagine a 150 years old, Lehman Brothers would go bankrupt.  I thought the US government said after Eron and Arthur Anderson crisis, they would have a stronger system to prevent financial crisis but once again, it's not the case.  Af ...

Who are the volatile groups in today's market? Everytime when the real estate market or the stock market goes through its cycle which is normally once a decade, I noticed it always affect a few groups of people:   1) Virgin buyer.  They are usually renters or buyer who has been living at home.  This is because they never had any real estate transaction experience.  However, I noticed if ...

Is it a good idea to sell and rent?   NO! NO! NO!   I've been hearing a lot of home owners including some colleagues in my industry believing our market has topped and are considering selling now when the market is still high(according to their own definition), then rent a while and wait to buy back when prices are lower.  It seems that all of a sudden these people have a crystal ball and l ...

Perfect Market for 3 groups of Buyers  I believe the audience must have heard of the real estate report from the real estate board on the media. You can read the whole report at http://www.tinamak.com/VancouverArchives.ubr.  Yes, our housing prices have dropped but only by an average of 2.3% for the detached properties, 1% down from the attached property and 2% down from apartment.  Sa ...

US Housing Market Recovery Bill:   On 27 Nov, 2007, an article by Joe Kay said the credit crisis reveals widespread accounting manipulation by top US banks.  The whole situation got out of hand and that's why their housing market is in today's turmoil condition which threaten the economy as a whole.    If you remember last week I talked about the survey done in US saying home buyers be ...

Sweden and Holland real estate general information  It was a great experience to visit Amsterdam in Holland and a few small and big city in Sweden, of course including Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.  As we know there are a lot of histories in Europe.  Most buildings in Amsterdam were built in the 16th and 17th Century & up.  For Sweden, it's 14th Century and up.  They don't demolis ...

Well, recently almost everybody I spoke to talk about housing prices is dropping across British.Columbia.  Here's the facts provided by the MLS and once again, it shows only the sales volumn has gone down but average home price is still higher than same time last year.  Be the judge yourself after reading the following statistic.  So, should you buy or should you wait? Should you consider u ...

RISMEDIA, August 8, 2007–Preparing a home for sale requires a lot more than simply hiring a real estate professional. Staged homes sell faster and for a higher price than non-staged homes. To sell your home fastest and for the highest price, sellers must be prepared to de-clutter, re-light, scrub and neutralize their home. Your primary goal is to sell a lifestyle. A staged home ...