Anita Schmitt

Good News for Home Buyers!  

You may already have heard but yesterday's BC provincial budget contained some changes to the Home Owner Grant.

 

Here's the text from the government website: "On February 21, 2006, the Minister of Finance announced changes to the grant amount and the phase out threshold for the Home Owner Grant.

Effective for the 2006 tax year, the basic home owner grant increases to $570 from $470 and the additional grant will increase to $845 from $745.

The phase out threshold of the home owner grant increases to $780,000 from $685,000. The grant phase out rate continues at $5 per $1000 of

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Public Information Session The City of North Vancouver is holding a public information session tonight, Tuesday February 7th on Riparian Area Strategy.  (This used to be known as streamside protection) 

If you want to learn more about how the new legislation that was enacted to protect fish habitat may affect residential, commercial and industrial development in the Lower Mainland, then this session is a "must attend". 

The City’s draft Riparian Area Strategy will be presented. 

 

Time and Place Tuesday February 7 7pm – 9pm Council Chambers, North Vancouver City Hall 141 West 14th Street  

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2006 Starts Off Strong! MLS Stats For January 2006

West Vancouver Detached unit sales up 56.5% to 36 units. New Listing Inventory up 13% to 88 unitsAttached units sales up 400% to 5 units. New Listing Inventory up 129% to 16 unitsApartment unit sales down 32% to 5 units. New Listing Inventory down 37% to 15 unitsMedian selling price for detached homes up 32% to $1,160,000Median selling prices for detached and attached homes not reported when there are less than 20 sales.

 North Vancouver Detached unit sales up 25% to 60 units. New Listing Inventory is flat to 94 unitsAttached unit sales up 29% to 27 units. New Listing Inventory is 7% down