In this month's Surrey Report, we invited REALTOR® Darin Germyn to discuss his concept of "The Cost of Waiting", an idea that discovers if it's better to wait to buy or if you would have been better off buying a year ago. We at Chris Whitehead & Associates believe owning a home provides an amazing feeling of pride that everyone should experience. A...
It's up to you as a BC property owner to opt out of the new BC Government's Speculation Tax. In this video, Steve Karrasch of Chris Whitehead & Associates goes over a few points you may not know about the newly implemented tax.
By now the news of our slowing market is not new news. However, with the New Year comes your 2019 property assessment and this year, most of our clients have seen an increase. Why? Well here is the short version. Property assessments are an estimate by the government of your property's value... BUT, what you have to ask yourself is "Value as of whe...
The numbers are out and the FVREB area remains slow compared to last year. In fact, the number of sales remains down by about 40%. The biggest surprise to us was in the condo category, as the benchmark price dropped 2.8% since last month. This is the largest decrease of the three property types, but should not be too much of a shock as apartments s...
Is your listing overpriced in a declining market? If you don’t know how long properties take to sell once they hit the right list price... it very well might be.
The statistics released November 2nd revealed a surprising result in detached homes across the city of Surrey. Home prices were the same this time last month as well as the same time last year, while most experts were predicting a downturn. Condos and townhouses did continue to see the projected slides, likely due to...