Election result provides no easy answers to housing issues | Vancouver Sun
At least one major Vancouver real estate firm believes that the election results mean that housing policy in the province will remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. “The one thing you want the government to provide is certainty in policy,” said Dan Scarrow,...
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Macdonald Realty nominated for Top Luxury Brokerage Award
VANCOUVER, B.C. – (March 28, 2017) – Macdonald Realty was nominated for the Luxury Portfolio International® Top Luxury Brokerage Award, presented for overall engagement in Luxury Portfolio; embracement of tools, meetings, events, advertising and brand usage; and...
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Macdonald Realty: A Giant Tree from a Tiny Acorn
Vision and hard work – that sums up how Lynn Hsu grew a real estate company from one office to 20 offices and 1,000-plus employees, making it Western Canada’s largest full-service brokerage firm [soliloquy id="5481"] As seen in... Profiles of Excellence 2017...
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Macdonald Realty Wins Marketing Award at Global Real Estate Conference
VANCOUVER, B.C. – (March 15, 2017) – Macdonald Realty was presented with a marketing award from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™, a selective global community of the highest quality independent real estate firms. The award was presented during the Leading...
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Darin Germyn of Macdonald Realty becomes the Vice President of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board
SURREY, B.C., Canada (February 22, 2017) - At the annual Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) Annual General Meeting, Darin Germyn from Macdonald Realty South Surrey/White Rock office was elected to be the Vice President of the Board. The FVREB is a professional...
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Stewart Henderson of Macdonald Realty receives the 2017 John Armeneau Professional of the Year Award
SURREY, B.C., Canada (February 22, 2017) - At the annual Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) Annual General Meeting, Stewart Henderson from Macdonald Realty Langley office received the John Armeneau Professional of the Year Award. This is the highest honour the...
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As Vancouver’s housing market cools, commercial property sales soar | The Globe and Mail
Claire Wyrostok, owner of popular Vancouver vegetarian restaurant Black Lodge, wonders how long it will be until Vancouver’s hot real estate market pushes her out of business. In the four years that Ms. Wyrostok has been at her current location, on Kingsway just off...
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Macdonald Realty opens boutique offices in Sidney and Sechelt
Macdonald Realty has opened two new locations, the first in Sidney on Vancouver Island and the second in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. These boutique offices join the province-wide network of 20 offices operated by Macdonald Realty, a B.C. owned and operated...
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Tougher mortgage rules could dampen condo, townhome sales in Vancouver, Toronto | The Globe and Mail
Sales of condos and townhomes could soften in Canada’s two largest housing markets as first-time buyers face tougher lending rules that take effect on Monday. The mortgage changes will likely be felt especially hard in Greater Vancouver and the Greater Toronto Area,...
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BNN Interview about Ottawa’s New Housing Policies
The federal government announced new measures for housing market to slow the injection of foreign cash and to tighten eligibility rules on prospective borrowers. Jonathan Cooper, vice president of operations at Macdonald Real Estate Group, joins BNN with perspective...
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