Karen Boies

Mortgage Planner

  • Vancouver eyes bike share system roll out within months from @VancouverSun

    Vancouver eyes bike share system roll out within months VANCOUVER — A public bike-share system could roll out on Vancouver streets within months — more than eight years after councillors first raised the idea. The city has signed a five-year, $5-million agreement with CycleHop Corp. Canada that could put 1,500 shared bikes on the road

  • Purchase Plus Improvements Program

    Purchase Plus Improvements Program

    I wanted to share an experience my client just had. He was looking for his first home and had saved up a down payment of 20% to avoid the high ratio mortgage insurance. However, with the current activity in the Vancouver real estate market being extremely hot, he didn’t find any properties in his price range.

  • The Tear Down’s

    The Tear Down’s

    It’s probably not the first time that you’ve seen or heard a Vancouver teardown for selling well over a million. However, this tiny shack might be one of the more crazier Vancouver real estate investments we’ve seen. Full article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-teardown-real-estate-1.3449869 Interestingly enough, when doing some research on Vancouver “tear-downs”, we also came across this article