For the second time in two months, The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark overnight rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to 0.75% today and has revised their economic prediction that the economy is unlikely to return to full capacity until the end of next year. “The global economic recovery is proceeding but [...]

RE/MAX Sea to Sky Real Estate Squamish will be hosting the Boobie Baron Burger Shack on Sunday May 30th from 12 pm to 3 pm to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Burgers, hot dogs, chips and pop will be sold by donation as a fundraiser for our RE/MAX Relayors Relay for Life team. Please help support a great cause, to help put an end to cancer.

May 20,2010 Kelowna, BC   – Serious year-over-year gains have characterized sales in most major Canadian recreational property markets this year, according to a report released today by RE/MAX. The 2010 RE/MAX Recreational Property Report, highlighting sales, prices, trends and developments in close to 50 markets from coast-to-coast, found that 79 per cent of recreational areas reported an [...]

April 28, 2010 (Kelowna, BC) – RE/MAX has been awarded Most Trusted Residential REALTOR® as voted on by readers of Reader’s Digest magazine. The survey conducted for the annual awards revealed that the majority of Canadians trust RE/MAX for all their residential real estate needs, ranking RE/MAX associates five-times more ‘trusted’ than the second most [...]

On July 23, 2009, the Government of British Columbia announced plans to implement a Harmonized Sales Tax (“H.S.T.”) for B.C. effective July 1, 2010. The H.S.T. is a combination of the 7% Provincial Sales Tax (“P.S.T.”) with the 5% federal Goods and Services Tax (“G.S.T.”) for a single sales tax rate of 12%. For consumers, [...]

VANCOUVER, B.C. – January 5, 2010 – After beginning the year at near record low sales levels, buyers’ confidence in the Greater Vancouver housing market quickly returned, allowing for significant and sustained increases in the number of residential property sales for much of 2009. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total [...]

Tourism Squamish is in the process of creating a series of videos called “The Spirit of Squamish”. If you’re interested in getting a sense of what it’s all about, check them out: they’re awesome!    The Spirit of Squamish

RE/MAX celebrates 30 years of selling homes and helping out in Western Canada!    Check out this great video!

Preparing your house for selling can be a daunting and overwhelming task whether you have lived in your home a few years or many. The longer you have lived in your home the more things you will have acquired. The intent of this Top 10 Tips for Successful Home Staging is to help you save [...]

When considering purchasing your first home, be sure to consider the benefits of home ownership. Pride of Ownership Pride of ownership is the number one reason why Canadians desire their own home. There is no landlord looking over your shoulder. You are able to make improvements knowing that any appreciation that results, will be to [...]