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Home Tip Monday

Combat Clutter and Enjoy a More Efficient Household Although homeowners are generally aware that there are real costs associated with their living space, they don’t always notice how much their clutter impacts their ability to use it. To make the most of your home’s potential, consider ways to create more ...

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What Up Friday

In an effort to stretch the artistic side of my personality I am off to see the Jersey Boys tonight. Having seen the movie a couple of years ago, it will be very interesting to see the real life version. I am always amazed at how many songs you recognize ...

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Run for Water

What a great event that was. So many volunteers and so many runners. It is great to see how an event like this can galvanize a community. I think I have promised myself that I will run the 10km distance next year instead of the 5km. http://www.runforwater.ca/expo ...

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Federal Government Announcements Impacting the Housing Market

In the last eight years, the federal government implemented six rounds of changes to tighten the rules for new government-backed insured mortgages (Typically referred to as a CMHC insured mortgage)and contain the risks in the housing market. Here is a summary from CREA (Canadian Real Estate Association): 1. Effective October ...

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Prices Remain Stable

One of the key factors to sustaining and even possible increasing values in the housing market are the number of active listings that are available. The simple graph illustrates the decline of the housing inventory here in the Abbotsford market. Ultimately, even though there may be fewer Buyers that can ...

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BC Home Partnership Program

Calling all first time home buyers that have good credit and income but have not been able to save the minimum 5% down requirement to purchase a property. The BC Government has effectively relaunched a program that was running a number of years ago. The new program targets first time ...

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Graduation

Ten to fifteen years to graduation. As a parent, you want to do whatever you can for your kids. Right now a full course load at the University of the Fraser Valley is costing approximately $6000.  So what do you do? As a very approximated calculation, and not taking into ...

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Freedom Fifty-Five

#301 – 33664 Marshall Road, Abbotsford – A good friend of mine once said the best time to plant an Oak Tree was yesterday, the second best time was today. Now may be the time to start thinking about retirement. Super Clean, top floor unit that is close to UFV. ...

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