Blog by Julia Berry

RE/MAX Bursary Now Accepting Applicants

February 20th, 2012
Do you know someone who will be graduating from grade 12 this year and planning on attending post-secondary?

The RE/MAX Quest for Excellence Bursary program is once again accepting applicants.

What is the RE/MAX Quest for Excellence?

The Quest for Excellence Program is a bursary program for grade 12 students in Western Canada. It was established by RE/MAX of Western Canada to recognize the s ...

BC New Housing Tax Rebate Increase

February 17th, 2012
The BC Finance Minister announced today new transitional measure to help buyers of new homes (not resale) pay less tax until HST is officially repealed in April 2013. Basically, the BC New Housing theshold will be increased to $850,000, effective April 1st, 2012.  You could now qualify for a BC HST rebate of up to $42,500 on the purchase of a new home.  This will remain in effect for one year ...

"Greening" Your Home? Check Out the LiveSmart BC Program

February 13th, 2012

Want to become more "green"? Thinking about renovating/upgrading to do so?

Unfortunately, you may have heard the Canadian ecoEnergy Retrofit program (as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan) has now come to a close. But if you missed it, there are still other financial incentives out there for you. The LiveSmart BC program is still in full swing and could save you over $7000 in rebates to ma ...