This weekend marks the 53rd annual return of Squamish Days Logger Sports 2010! Starting with the “Into the Woods” art exhibit on Thursday July 29th and running through to Sunday August 1st, there will be an entire buffet of family-friend events and activities throughout Squamish. The Squamish Days Loggers Sports festival celebrates Squamish’s forestry history [...]

Submitted by Bob Cameron RE/MAX Sea to Sky Real Estate Whistler. This past Saturday my wife and I decided we’d change things up and take the day off to enjoy one of Whistler’s bountiful summer offerings. As a real estate agent in Whistler my weekends are often spent working either showing property or meeting clients [...]

For the second time in two months, The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark overnight rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to 0.75% today and has revised their economic prediction that the economy is unlikely to return to full capacity until the end of next year. “The global economic recovery is proceeding but [...]

Excitement is rapidly building for the Live at Squamish music festival taking place over Labour Day (Sat Sept 4th and Sun Sept 5th) at the Logger’s Sports Grounds and Hendrickson Field now that many of the entertainers have been announced. Local pre-sale tickets were available as of Monday June 21st, and Early Bird Tickets will be [...]

RE/MAX Sea to Sky Real Estate Squamish will be hosting the Boobie Baron Burger Shack on Sunday May 30th from 12 pm to 3 pm to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Burgers, hot dogs, chips and pop will be sold by donation as a fundraiser for our RE/MAX Relayors Relay for Life team. Please help support a great cause, to help put an end to cancer.

May 20,2010 Kelowna, BC   – Serious year-over-year gains have characterized sales in most major Canadian recreational property markets this year, according to a report released today by RE/MAX. The 2010 RE/MAX Recreational Property Report, highlighting sales, prices, trends and developments in close to 50 markets from coast-to-coast, found that 79 per cent of recreational areas reported an [...]

April 28, 2010 (Kelowna, BC) – RE/MAX has been awarded Most Trusted Residential REALTOR® as voted on by readers of Reader’s Digest magazine. The survey conducted for the annual awards revealed that the majority of Canadians trust RE/MAX for all their residential real estate needs, ranking RE/MAX associates five-times more ‘trusted’ than the second most [...]

April 26, 2010 69 per cent of markets set records for best-ever first quarter sales Luxury home sales soared in the first quarter of 2010 as affluent purchasers moved to take advantage of favourable market conditions across the country, according to a report released today by RE/MAX. The RE/MAX Upper End 2010 Report, highlighting sales [...]

On July 23, 2009, the Government of British Columbia announced plans to implement a Harmonized Sales Tax (“H.S.T.”) for B.C. effective July 1, 2010. The H.S.T. is a combination of the 7% Provincial Sales Tax (“P.S.T.”) with the 5% federal Goods and Services Tax (“G.S.T.”) for a single sales tax rate of 12%. For consumers, [...]

What’s the secret to getting my home sold in today’s real estate market? With more homes on the real estate market, you need to make yours stand out. Properly prepared homes will sell quicker and for a better price. When you list your home with a RE/MAX real estate agent, we’ll give you the complete [...]