Real Estate Blog

Renovate Your Current Home, or Buy Another One?

Posted on Oct 13, 2023


Mark Salter describes an analysis on whether you are better served renovating your existing home, or buying another one to better meet your needs.

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Are BC Tax Assessment Values Accurate for Home Pricing?

Posted on Jan 20, 2023


In this video Managing Broker Mark Salter shares his experiences with BC Tax Assessment values and how they relate to the eventual selling price of real estate in the Greater Victoria area.

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New Ban on the Purchase of Residences by Non-Canadians

Posted on Dec 08, 2022


In this video Jessica Salter shares her research on whether Canada's new 'Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act' is likely to affect market dynamics in the Greater Victoria area of British Columbia.

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Key Points about the New Home Buyer Rescission Period

Posted on Dec 08, 2022


In this video Managing Broker Mark Salter discusses the new Home Buyer Rescission Period in BC which takes effect on January 3, 2022. This is a major change to the way real estate transactions will take place going forward, and there are some important points that every Buyer and Seller needs to be aware.

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Amendments to Property Law Act

Posted on Mar 30, 2022



On Monday, March 28 the government of British Columbia introduced amendments to the Property Law Act which will create for the first time a "Homebuyer Protection Period" in residential resale transactions.

Similar to most markets in North America, BC has struggled with chronic low real estate inventory over the last 2 years in the face of strong dem...

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