BUYING

Know what it's worth before you write.


I watch these neighbourhoods every week. That is how I can tell you what a listing is actually worth before you fall for it.

Where you start matters more than where you look. A pre-approval sets your real ceiling and tells a seller you are serious. Your deposit — commonly 5% of the price — is due on subject removal and has to be liquid, not locked in an RRSP you have not released yet. Sort both before you tour anything.

From there it is the details that cost money later: the strata's depreciation report and contingency balance, the age of the roof and whether the plumbing is poly-B, whether a basement suite is actually legal, and what Property Transfer Tax will add on closing. First-time buyer and new-build exemptions can change that number materially, and the thresholds move — we confirm where they sit before you write, not after.

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Finding The Right Home For You

Price range is the easy part. The harder question is what you are buying into: which complexes have a special levy coming, which strata will actually allow your dog, which streets sit low when the Coquitlam River comes up, and which listings have been sitting long enough that the price is negotiable.

You get saved searches that email you the moment something fits, and a straight answer on every one of them — including the ones I think you should skip. Search my listings and the full MLS® right here on the site.

Real Estate The Right Way

Financing, inspection, subject removal, completion. I keep the dates in front of you and tell you early when something is drifting, because the deals that fall apart usually die on a deadline nobody was watching.

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