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This video provides insurance information for buyers looking to purchase a home, condo or manufactured home. Chantell Cleaver, Insurance Specialist with InsureLine Brokers (Island Living), explains the steps a buyer can typically take when looking into Insurance while in the process of writing an Offer on a home. Watch this ...

Downsizing in Parksville / Qualicum Beach

Steve Hoodspith, a local Financial Planner, and I talk about the topic of downsizing in the Real Estate market today. Have your kids left the home? Looking to live in a home with less square footage? Tired of doing yard work?

Once your home has ...

How a Notary can help in a Real Estate Transaction

Tony MacAulay from Anthony MacAulay Notary Corp. explains the steps of conveyancing for buying / selling real estate transactions in the Parksville / Qualicum Beach / Nanoose area.

Here is a quick overview of the typical steps in a Real Estate Transaction:

• Contract ...

Mortgage Rule Changes - Effective Jan 1, 2018

There are some important changes in the Canadian mortgage rules taking place January 1, 2018.  I sat down with Lisa Oleksiuk, with Dominion Lending Centres Island Living, to discuss what these changes are and how they will affect home buyers.  Lisa ...