Recent Blog Posts by CENTURY 21 In Town Realty

Deep-Discount in the Olympic Village Starting TODAY

               "Millenium Water" went into receivership to "Ernst & Young", renamed as "the Village on False Creel", or as the mayor stated, "crown jewel".               30%-50% of discounts from the original listing prices have attracted a considerable number of motivated buyers and involving Realtors®.  ...

New Price List for Vancouver's Athletes Village

We have been receiving a lot of questions about the new prices in the Vancouver Olympic Village, or as it is now known: the Village on False Creek.   Today the price range was released by Rennie Marketing at a Realtor event.  While it was advertised in the media that the price reductions would be about an average of 30%, we are seeing that the best discounts are on the higher priced ...

New Pricing Structure at the Olympic Village today February 17th, 2011

Check out the new Olympic Village pricing announced by Bob Rennie today. Most of the condos with large reductions are the larger more expensive units which are being reduced up to 50% and the other studios as little as 5% discounts. Overall 30% discounts are applied to the units at  the Olympic Village. Take a look at the article from the Vancouver Sun for more details. If you are interested ...

Vancouvers Olympic Village price reductions

Check out the new Olympic Village pricing announced by Bob Rennie today. Most of the condos with large reductions are the larger more expensive units which are being reduced up to 50% and the other studios as little as 5% discounts. Overall 30% discounts are applied to the units at  the Olympic Village. Take a look at the article from the Vancouver Sun for more details. If you are interested ...

First Tenants on The Move - Olympic Village Affordable Housing

The first tenants of the affordable housing in Vancouver's Olympic Village moved in to their new homes this week, fulfilling the City’s promise to start housing people in need before the end of the year. “This is great news, to have people moving into their new homes in the Village just in time for Christmas,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson. “Many of these people have ...

Proud to be Canadian - Proud to be a Vancouverite Hosting the 2010 Olympic Games!

                           Now that the 17 days of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics have come to a close, we lucky people of Vancouver still have much to be proud of enjoy 24/7, 365 days a year.                             ...

My Continued Thoughts on the Olympic Village - Interviewed by the Vancouver Courier

The Olympic Village, What Now?      I was recently called by the Vancouver Courier in regards to a blog I wrote a few monthes ago to do with the Olympic Village.  I was asked several questions regarding the past, current and future pricing dilemmas, possible incentives given to buyers who purchase homes in the development in the near future and about the neighbourhood ...

Vancouver Athletes' Village - Monthly Sales Report - 2010

Hello Everyone, Fall is in the air and with the latest real estate stats for September being released we are noticing that we are entering a more stable and balanced market. Here are some listing and sales updates for the Vancouver Athletes' Village development and immediate area or buildings surrounding it for the month of September 2010:  12 Newly Listed:  Click Here 9 Price Changes:  ...

Olympic Village Condos - Mellenium Water

  Who's been down to the presentation centre to check out the Olympic Village condos?   I wonder how sales are going.

Tenants find Olympic Village newer, greener, costlier

From today's Vancouver Sun Rent for a one-bedroom suite is about $350 more than for other new condo properties PNG / About 60 people have expressed an interest in renting at the Olympic Village. There are 126 available suites, with front-line workers in health care, public safety and public education given priority. Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, Vancouver Sun Tenants will shell out ...

Sellers are optimistic, but can former Olympic Village find enough buyers?

Millennium Water’s high environmental standards, waterfront location justify cost, marketer says By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun Millennium Water, the former Olympic Village, was open to the public on the weekend and the response has left the sellers ecstatic with 40 units already sold. They had felt selling 60 units by the end of June would be outstanding. Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, ...

Olympic Village goes on Sale ~ 36 sales in 2 Days

                                          Olympic Village Goes on Sale!                                    ...

Half of Vancouver Olympic Village social housing may go to market-rate rentals

The City of Vancouver unveiled a plan Tuesday that would see taxpayers shell out an additional $32 million for affordable housing at the Olympic village and encourage key public service workers to rent there. The city said it would stick to its original plans for affordable housing at the site, splitting it between low-income and those able to pay market-rate rents. According to a staff report ...

Olympic experience -

My Olympic time in a blue jacket. As Vancouver residents we were invited to witness the Olympics from the first row, but I wanted to experience the Olympics on a more personal level. Working behind the scene as a volunteer would be for me, the best way to feel part of the Games. From the time I submitted my application, thru the different training sessions I received, I met other volunteers who ...

Vancouver's Olympic Village, Greenest Neighbourhood in the World!

 Via: CTV   The newly-constructed Vancouver neighbourhood housing Olympic and Paralympic athletes and coaches during the 2010 Games now has a new distinction to add to its resume: the world's greenest. The Olympic Village in Vancouver's Southeast False Creek was awarded LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Tuesday, certifying it as the greenest, most ...

The Canadian Gold Medal Hockey Song

Craig Rushton, CENTURY 21 In Town Realty, Vancouver, 604.505.6503, www.craigrushton.com

Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games start today

Well today is Friday March 12th and the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games start today in Vancouver.  The opening ceremonies start at 6pm and are being broadcast on CTV Vancouver at 6pm Pacific and are being re-played at 2pm Pacific on CTV.  Head to the Vancouver Paralympic website to read more about the upcoming games at http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games The Paralympic games run ...

Water consumption in Canada during the Olympic gold medal hockey game:

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Paralympic Games Vancouver 2010

Well the 2010 Winter Olympics are over in Vancouver but we are only 3 days away until the Paralympic Games 2010 start in Vancouver.  Goto the Paralympic Games web site at http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games and you can see what the games are all about.  The Paralympic Winter games start on Friday March 12th and run until Sunday March 21st in Vancouver and Whistler.  Also the ...

Century 21 In Town Realty, Website Statistics and Vancouver 2010 Olympic games

WOW what a time during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. We hope you had time to enjoy the games. I think one thing we can all be proud of is how fantastic our Athletes performed and how magnificent our City performed too, from the organized events, controlled traffic, cleanliness....oh ya and we should take credit for the GREAT weather too (why not!).  Though our market was slow (during the games), ...

March Coal Harbour Market Report

What a February it was!  The Olympics have come and gone and Vancouverites are now getting back to normal. A few so-called pundits predicted that with the passage of the games condo values along the waterfront in Coal Harbour would triple. Others think the bottom will fall out of the market shortly. I believe the truth will lay somewhere inbetween and I think history will show that pre-existing ...

Home sales activity strong through Olympic period

The Greater Vancouver housing market continued to experience strong demand from homebuyers and an increase in total property listings in a month where the eyes of the world were focused on the region. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled 2,473 in February 2010, an increase of 67.1 per cent compared to February 2009 ...

Olympiv Village, What Now?

                               As the Olympic Games come to a close I am hearing more and more inquiries about the Olympic Village and what its future holds?  Is it for sale now? Is it going for sale soon? And if so, for how much?? ...

Olympic Village, What Now?

                               As the Olympic Games come to a close I am hearing more and more inquiries about the Olympic Village and what its future holds?  Is it for sale now? Is it going for sale soon? And if so, for how much?? ...

WHAT A GAMES! WHAT A SHOWCASE FOR VANCOUVER!

The ice is quiet, the flying snow has settled (and continues to melt) and the Olympics are a part of history now. What a games we hosted in our beautiful city! Our neighbours around the world were glued to their television sets watching the drama unfold on what has to be the best winter Olympics to date. It did not start out as we had hoped with a tragic death and some disappointing ...