What were you doing last week when you heard BMO dropped its 5 year mortgage rate to the record low of 2.99%? If you were like me, you were contacting your mortgage to talk about refinancing.

Affordable housing continues to be a hot topic around the city and through the years we have seen condos get smaller and smaller until finally, we have the micro-condo!

Congratulations! Your new condo is nearly complete and you are just weeks away from closing on your home. Although this is a very exciting time, it can also be stressful.

Regardless of which survey you read, the issue of affordable housing tops the list for most Metro Vancouverites.

It’s a common sentiment that Vancouver’s housing market is one of the least affordable in the world. However, each year many new homeowners are able to make their homeownership dreams a reality.

So how do they achieve what so many are unable to?

It’s upon us. The Spring real estate market. A time when home activity begins to ramp up, both in listings and sales, and buyers are actively searching for a new home.

Skinny jeans, Converse shoes, thick framed glasses, oversized toques and a few coloured accessories to make the look their own. This is what I observed in the local streets, cafes and restaurants in my walk of the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.

Recently MAC Marketing Solutions held a contest on our social media sites, asking our followers, “What’s on your mind?” We wanted to know if the readers of this blog had any burning questions that they’d like me to answer.

White Rock, and its newly significant Town Centre, is the focus of our Neighbourhood Profile for the final MAC Scoop of the year. We also end the year with an analysis of the Metro Vancouver real estate market in 2014.

I’m pretty certain almost every adult secretly loves visiting their parents house as there’s always ‘something’ which is so comforting, and my Mom’s place is no exception. No matter how much she changes things up, her home is always inviting and comfortable.