How is the market doing? According to
the Vancouver Sun May 8, 2007 B.C. housing starts fell by 11 per
cent during the first four months of 2007 when compared to the
first four months of 2006. This information came from the Canada
Mortgage and Housing Corp.
CMHC attributed most of the decline to a 29-per-cent drop in single
family housing starts; multiple family housing starts fell by just ...
the Real Estate Weekly magazine has a cover story on single women in the real estate market. The numbers are pretty encouraging! The article said "Currently, 30 per cent of single, never-before married women own their own home, while 45 per cent of divorced or separated women and 64 per cent of widowed women are homeowners..." http://www.rew.ca/fullstory.htm. These numbers are not too bad ...
Many waterfront homes have more trees, beach and decking than grass but there are also many with lovely lawns. Some people envy their neighbours lovely backyards-green, perfectly cut grass….it is not something that I aspire to have due to the water, chemicals etc. often required to keep a yard that way. Well apparently there is a new trend afoot which may change my opinion of the green yar ...