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		<title>Fraser Valley Real Estate Becoming Most Affordable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SURREY, BC – According to the president of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB), international affordability studies regarding Vancouver are misleading because they don’t reflect the reality that homebuyers purchase more affordable homes every day in neighbouring communities. Sukh Sidhu is a REALTOR® who lives and works in Abbotsford. “So far this month, over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Stewart Exposes Boston Bruins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once in awhile I like to post things that are not related to real estate. This is one of those times. This video was made by someone showing the hypocrisy of the Boston Bruins. The video is not for children, but is so entertaining I had to post it. Kudos to MAKAVELI719696]]></description>
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		<title>Abbotsford Real Estate 2012 &#8211; What to expect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2012 in the Abbotsford real estate market brings with it a lot of uncertainty. In 2011 we saw the HST get rejected, interest rates sunk to an all time low, there were new mortgage lending rules and a lot of properties going into foreclosure and the disaster that is the European economy. All of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of Canada holds interest rates, again (Dec 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two good news stories to round out the year. As predicted, the Bank of Canada kept the benchmark interest rate flat. It would not have been a complete shock if there had been a nudge up, as Stats Canada recently reported that our economy is expanding at a 3.5 per cent annual pace. But as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STEADY DEMAND FOR HOMES HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAYS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The November property sales in the Fraser Valley are up slightly compared to last year and didn’t experience the usual month-over-month seasonal decline. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board processed 1,120 sales in November on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®), an increase of 3 per cent compared to the 1,084 sales during the same month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is PPT (Property Purchase Transfer Tax)?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common questions I get asked in real estate is &#8220;can you explain what PPT or property purchase transfer tax is&#8221;? The short answer is that PPT or property purchase transfer tax is a tax paid to the government when the title of a property changes hand. The amount of the tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New HD Video Tour &#8211; 8779 Hutton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This fantastic home is only $420,000 (NO HST)]]></description>
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		<title>New Listing &#8211; 7910 Teal St &#8211; Mission, BC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7910 Teal St, Mission, BC Completely updated 3 bedroom (2 up, 1 down) and 2 bathroom home on very quiet street. The updates include all new thermal windows, flooring, paint, lighting fixtures, real wood kitchen cabinets with soft close hinges, counter tops, crownmouldings, 2 inch real wood window blinds and more&#8230; The kitchen and bathrooms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOME SALES IN FRASER VALLEY HOLD STEADY IN AUGUST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Surrey, BC) – The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board processed 1,341 sales on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in August, an increase of 35 per cent compared to the 997 sales during the same month last year and slightly higher than the 1,322 sales in July. Sukh Sidhu, president of the Fraser Valley Real Estate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Reports &#8211; HST extinguished in BC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of rumours and reports making the rounds that the people of the Province of BC have voted to officially extinguish the HST, returning to a PST and GST system instead. While I was at the point of caring less, I am once again furious with the Liberals in BC. This tax [...]]]></description>
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