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REPUTATION THE KEY
Builder reputation has tumbled building location as the top consideration among new-home-project buyers locally, a survey suggests.
“A developer’s reputation has become a strong selling tool,” says Jennifer Podmore of MPC Intelligence, which conducted the survey on behalf of the Cement Association of Canada.
“Buyers are placing a lot of importance on the integrity of the developer they choose to purchase from.”
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CONDO MANIA
All the considerations, or nearly all, that should go into the condominium-purchase decision are to be found in a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. publication, the national agency wants you to know.
“While most of us think of condos as high-rise, apartment-style buildings, condominiums actually come in all shapes and sizes, from high- and low-rise buildings to town or row houses, duplexes, triplexes, single detached homes, freehold plots or even mixed-use condominiums, which combine residential with partly commercial buildings,” an advisory circulated this week by CMHC points out.
For a free copy of the Condominium Buyers’ Guide, telephone 1/800-668-2642 or visit cmhc.ca.
DONATIONS WANTED
Peter Simpson’s weekly note to members of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association includes a Good Joe mention that Vancouver Sun readers might want to know about:
“If you have any surplus doors, windows, lighting, plumbing supplies, lumber, tools, etc., please consider donating them to the Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore.
All proceeds from the sale of these items help defray the organization’s operating costs. For details, call 604-293-1898.”
WHISTLER TO THE WORLD
Publicist Pamela Groberman reports Whistler homeowners, builders and developers have a new medium through which to showcase their properties internationally: Her client, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, is opening an office there.
“We are taking Whistler to our customers around the world,” Ross McCredie of Sotheby’s International says in a news release.
The Whistler office telephone number is 1/604-932-3388.
The Sotheby’s International website is sothebysrealty.ca.
© The Vancouver Sun 2006
