ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? Building a bunch of garish, overpriced hi-rise condos does not make a city great. What’s your idea of culture? A night out in Yaletown? People move here for the weather/ocean/mountains, not the culture or nightlife. This is a sleepy seaside town for rich retirees and rich foreigners, neither of which rate culture very high on their list. Get your head out of your ass an take a trip to Montreal or New York, then you might understand what a cultural wasteland Vancouver really is.

Is that really you Jay Banks? Or just someone linking to your site? Please tell why ‘prices are not so high’. Can you find a single property in vancouver that will cashflow on rental income, because I do believe that would be the standard measure of an ‘investment’ property. Otherwise you’re just speculating on future gains. That’s turned out badly for people buying in MANY other markets over the last year.

http://tinyurl.com/yrl3kj

(before the dot.com crash)

I love all of you and for the understanding ,all those model character are there to say their own thoughts none of them are there to cut each other for example anons post at no.3 actually does not respond to evergreen and andreas but all three of them are three different sounds, need to get through every single ears.

Ever green you might got some confusion but still your respond, I am agree with you there is nothing beyond happiness and family.Satisfaction is very important than renting or buying.

Because of people like andreas,evergreen,anonymous and rx,our city is proud to be called best place on earth.
Thanks

What they presumably don’t realize is that a lot of those containers in the port of Vancouver are going back empty to Shanghai, HK, etc.

I also see no reason why the media gets so excited about India, currently 0.5% of our imports come from there and 0.4% of our exports go there.

What’s his point is no matter what you think of market but people from within provinces of canada,usa,and over seas are still buying.
Some cut out cinnamon rools
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“How many of you are ready to buy a place granted the bank will give you a mortgage if prices drop like insanely fast?
I’m priced out right now. There is nothing I can do about it. Just gotta keep living life”.-Andreas

“Me, too. I’ve missed the boat and won’t be jumping excitedly onto any raft that comes by”.-evergreen

“you people should be buying instead of complaining - get into the houising market at what you can afford and stop worrying”.-anonymous

Woh, Guess me being 21, and having 50 grand in the bank makes a difference. I don’t have my career yet as I still have 3 years of school left before I’m done and have my career.

Hughz,

Thanks for posting B.C’s current export rate.

http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/gblec02a.htm

Seems like it was right in the middle in 2006 at 79.2%.

Top regions:

1.) North America, 61.2% (of which Mexico contributes 0.6 percentage points)
2.) Pacific Rim, 27.1% (of which Japan contributes 12.9 percentage points)
3.) Western Europe, 7.4%
4.) South East Asia, 1.7%
5.) South America, 1.3%
6.) The Middle East, 0.9%
7.) Eastern Europe, 0.6%
8.) Central America & the Caribbean, 0.3%
9.) Africa, 0.2%

(BTW: there is a little round error here, so the sum is 100.7%)

I just thought that it would be self-evident that BC does not produce anything that China or India wants, and can’t get from closer. Except Bryan Adams recordings, and they’re all pirated over there anyway. ]]> http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/02/what-caused-the-vancouver-real-estate-boom.html#comment-9908 chip@chip@yahoo.com Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:53:07 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/02/what-caused-the-vancouver-real-estate-boom.html#comment-9908 "75% of all Canadian exports go to the U.S." Do you have a link for that? It's been 85-86% for years, including last year according to this government link: http://www.investincanada.com/director.aspx?tabid=2064 “75% of all Canadian exports go to the U.S.”

Do you have a link for that? It’s been 85-86% for years, including last year according to this government link:
http://www.investincanada.com/director.aspx?tabid=2064 ]]> http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/02/what-caused-the-vancouver-real-estate-boom.html#comment-9906 scullboy Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:19:40 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/2008/02/what-caused-the-vancouver-real-estate-boom.html#comment-9906 So is RE in NYC. So there you go.... in both of the world's great cultural capitals, RE is crashing. But maybe Vancouver is a GALACTIC cultural capital?? So is RE in NYC.

So there you go…. in both of the world’s great cultural capitals, RE is crashing.

But maybe Vancouver is a GALACTIC cultural capital??

Being on the bears side means you’ve had a look at the economy and heard the local RE zombies chanting “best place on earth, buy now or be priced out forever” and decided “huh, this doesn’t look like a very good investment.” It’s got nothing to do with your job.

LIke evergreen I’ve been priced out. Or at least I’ve been priced out of anything but a shitty Surrey condo I’d have to take a 40 year mortgage to purchase. I supposed it would be better to say the things I could afford, I wouldn’t want to buy.

And who the f**k would be stupid enough to follow financial advice posted by “anonymous”. Yeah that’s the way to wealth.

“‘I’m just very surprised at seeing how little we export to China and India’
Just what is so surprising about it? What does BC produce that they can’t get from a closer source? India is practically on the other side of the planet, for heaven’s sake. Could this province please get over its incredible self-importance?”

I’m not sure if you’re perhaps implying that I believe that BC is “the best place on earth” or something. The export numbers quoted were much smaller than I would have anticipated. That’s bloody all. Guess I’m a little thick. And I’m guessing maybe you need a hug.

Complaining? I’m pretty happy living within my means.
There are more important things in life (like family, good health, peace of mind) than home ownership.

Just what is so surprising about it? What does BC produce that they can’t get from a closer source? India is practically on the other side of the planet, for heaven’s sake. Could this province please get over its incredible self-importance?

Russia (Siberia) is right on the border with China and not all that far from India, and Australia is much closer to both of them as well.

“Japan is Australia’s leading market for exports of goods and services ($35.5 billion in 2006-07), followed by China ($26.4 billion), the United States ($15.5 billion), the Republic of Korea ($14.9 billion) and New Zealand ($12.7 billion).”

Kinda figures.