Short’em High Says: Why are “measurements approximate, subject to buyer verification”?

Umm because the realtor is too lazy to take proper measurements and does not want to get sued?

Hey how is that short on gold doing you put on 2 days ago at the bottom. Maybe you should change your handle to ‘Short’em Low’. If you wanted to short gold high you would have put the short on over a year ago.

Not sure how not overleveraging myself in RE is considered dangerous. I consider it prudent. I know far more then enough to understand the risks involved in Vancouver real estate at this point in time. Whether those risks materialize is still yet to be seen, nevertheless they are risks I am not willing to take.

Do you understand the properties of risk, bullbullbull?

i was being sarcastic. overpriced properties having their prices cut don’t tell us fuck all. it’s as useful as knowing about an under-priced property that goes over ask.

>Reflexivity

lol. another example of a bear who knows just enough to be dangerous… to himself.

City of Van counts 50% of balcony as part of a buildings floor space when determining allowable floor space for proposed buildings. Hence the ‘enclosed balcony’. The developer only needs to count 50% of this by calling it a ‘balcony’ even though it’s really like an interior room. This policy can vary by municipality. Assessment for tax purposes may be different, as Camper posted.

Usually, under title, outdoor balconies and patios are considered ‘limited common property’ which means that it is limited to your use, but is common property. This is so the strata corp can still control it and not allow you do do whatever you want with it, like enclose it or change the railing style, etc.

But, for sales purposes, hey, it seems you can count it as whatever you can get away with.

“market won’t correct until there are massive job losses or an external shock”

Reflexivity

@paintedturtle, re “Has China’s Economy Hit a ‘Dead End’?”

With 7+% growth in China, the short answer to that article’s title is:
No

The long answer is:
Noooooooooooooo

REW.CA, a BC real estate listing web site, is asking people who follow the Lower Mainland real estate market for their opinions on the effects of a possible change in the BC government.

The question: “How will the result of the BC election affect Lower Mainland real estate?”

Whispers is collecting comments, and you can post them here:

http://whispersfromtheedgeoftherainforest.blogspot.ca/2013/04/how-will-result-of-bc-election-affect.html

One question from the audience: what do you think Vancouver’s housing market in 5 years.

Answer: still down. The recovery of 2009-2010 housing market won’t happen again.

I think feds can cut interest from 4% to 0.25%, but cannot go from 0.25% to below zero?

@anonymous#47. Why are “measurements approximate, subject to buyer verification”? The developer’s lawyers are very careful about “approximate” dimensions and long numbers often persist into the rental listings and beyond. I’ve measured a few Canadian apartments in my time with both ultrasonic and fiberglass reel tape. Taking away interior room wall thickness by measuring between adjacent suite walls and from window pane to hallway door, every apartment I’ve ever measured comes up short out the window or short into the hallway, take your pick. What gives? Is the interior hallway outside the suite considered part of the suite even after the hallway walls are erected? Another cute trick is small parking spots. If a motorcycle spot is planned but never posted, a compact car spot can be “sold”. For more on these abuses see Wendy Mesley’s 2008 piece on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl6xs4e7mX0… Read more »