Tim Wray | RE/MAX Crest Realty, Vancouver

10-Step Guide to Selling Your Home

Posted on Nov 02, 2021 in Selling Your Home

Selling your home can be an incredibly emotional, stressful process, which is why it is so important to follow the right steps when deciding to sell your home.

We’ve put together a step-by-step guide to selling your home, to help guide you in the right direction to ensure your selling experience is as easy as possible.

1. Decide to Sell Your Home
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5 Ways To Make Your Pet Dog More Comfortable When Moving

Posted on Sep 10, 2021 in Selling Your Home

Moving homes means big changes for everyone – including your furry friends. Here’s how to help dogs prepare.

As loyal members of the family, pet dogs play an important role in making any house feel like a home. But dogs are creatures of habit and may feel disoriented (nose out of joint, if you will) when it’s time to relocate or move to a new home.

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Vancouver’s Empty Homes Tax increases to three per cent

Posted on Dec 16, 2020 in Selling Your Home

Vancouver's Mayor Kennedy Stewart has tripled the Empty Homes Tax (EHT) rate to three per cent from the original rate of one per cent when the tax was introduced in 2017.

In 2019 the rate increased to 1.25 per cent. The new rate takes effect in 2021.

The increase is supported by new data released by the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC) whic...

Real Estate Terms: Home Seller’s Glossary

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 in Selling Your Home

Selling a home can be complicated. There’s lots to do, from preparing the property for sale, to marketing the listing, to the negotiations and paperwork. We are there to guide you through the process, but if you’ll be selling your home in the future and want to get a head start on the planning process, below is a list of some common real estate ter...

Why is Real Estate an Essential Service?

Posted on May 17, 2020 in Selling Your Home

With social distancing advisories and non-essential business closures in place, many people – some realtors included – are scrutinizing whether real estate is an essential service as it has been classified in many regions across Canada and the US. Those who argue against the essential classification are coming from a good place, with hopes that mor...

Top 4 Home Selling Tips for Pet Owners

Posted on Feb 20, 2020 in Selling Your Home

Pets are often considered members of the family. But when selling a home, our four-legged family members can cause additional challenges.

Here are the top things pet owners should keep in mind when attempting to sell their home.

Limit the impact

Pets tend to leave a mark; however, by limiting their impact, you can make your space appealing to any buye...

What's your "decluttering journey"?

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 in Selling Your Home

I work with many true professionals in all the various stages of a real estate transaction process - buying or selling.

Here is a guest blog post by Shona Fraser of Heartspace Interiors on the subject of decluttering and the emotions that can be stirred up when planning to sell, renovate or refresh a home.

Shona's work in the home improvement industr...

Love at First Sight - Home Sellers Take Note!

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Selling Your Home

EIGHT SECONDS... That's all it takes for most buyers to form a first opinion of your house. It's not long, so you need to make it count. Ideally, your home will impress and motivate a buyer to swiftly make an offer before it's gone from the market.

I am dedicated to selling your property at the best price possible in the shortest amount of time.

The...

The Surge in Metro Vancouver New Home Completions

Posted on Nov 08, 2017 in Selling Your Home

BCREA Market Intelligence Report: The Surge in Metro Vancouver New Home Completions (November 2017)

Highlights of the report include strong economic growth has created rising labor demand and consumer confidence side effects, while net migration and a wave of millennials entering their household-forming years have rounded out a “perfect storm” of de...

Light Your Way to a Faster Sale

Posted on Sep 01, 2017 in Selling Your Home

Remember the last time you visited an upscale furniture showroom? The furniture and fixtures on display probably looked great. The colours and textures jumped out at you. It was a feast for the eyes!

There is a good reason for this: lighting.

Of course, the quality of the products has a lot to do with how appealing they look when on display. But sm...

My Service Pledge to You

Posted on Aug 01, 2017 in Selling Your Home

My "Buyer" and "Seller" Service Pledges - whether you are a buyer or seller, we have a Service Pledge which cannot be surpassed. To review our pledges, hover over the above "Find a Home" and "Sell Your Home" tabs above.

We characterise our work ethic when representing you as follows:

- Respectful
- Knowledgeable
- Professional
- Hardworking
- Ethical
- Ap...

Dress Your House for Sale

Posted on Jul 01, 2017 in Selling Your Home

Preparing your house for sale is a four step plan designed to maximize the value of your house. It is important to understand the importance of decluttering, repairing, cleaning and revitalizing. Each step builds on the other to turn your home into the kind of desirable sanctuary that buyers look for in any market condition.

Decluttering Tips:

If you...

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