วีดีโอ

Right... that's what I heard... but I missed the extended period till 2027

Unlike the usual few-minute surface-level introductions, this video offers a very in-depth analysis packed with valuable insights. Will continue to follow your videos. Thank you! Please don't mind the comments from those who only complain.🤠

You guys are taxed to the max. I just read about the new tax for selling your house within two years of buying it. Jeeezzz

Your videos are very helpful to someone from the U.S. who knows nothing about Vancouver but will be there for an extended visit soon. Very watchable and informative. I would recommend you might consider changing your mouse pointer to something more visible in your settings - maybe a nice, green arrow? That would really make your map portion perfect. 😃

Thank you, Sebastian. Got ya!

Thank you for your incredibly helpful videos. A realtor mentioned that someone with a work permit can only purchase property in Canada if they have resided in the country for more than three years. Is this correct?

With the work visa, even having the value of 20% of the property, newly arrived people do not have credit for financial payments. Is that correct?

So can they?

What questions/topics should I cover in upcoming videos? I'm always looking for interesting ideas and angles to help my viewers better understand what it's like to move to Vancouver and live in Vancouver. Call/Text Direct - 604-831-4837 email: sebastian@albrechtgroup.ca Book a call: www.calendly.com/albrechtgroup

Thanks!

I just bought my first condo right next to King George SkyTrain Station in the King George Hub, and I honestly couldn't be happier. At $460k, it was probably the most affordable one-bedroom in a newer building I could find in the lower mainland as a software developer early in my career. The building is super close to the SkyTrain, so I can walk downstairs and be in Metrotown in under 20 minutes and Downtown Vancouver in under 40 minutes. I think King George Hub and Surrey Central are definitely up-and-coming. I can just walk out of my place to shop at the brand new Save-On-Foods they built there, or check out the new restaurants popping up around here. Even though Surrey has a bit of a rep, I’ve had a great experience. I rented a studio in Surrey Central for three years and never had any issues with crime. With Surrey’s downtown getting a makeover, the new UBC campus, and the SkyTrain extension to Langley on the way, I think the area’s got a lot of potential. I’m really happy to be owning my place there instead of renting in Vancouver for the same or even more per month, and ergo, not building any equity.

Don’t buy any apartment without this man’s approval 😊

Great video! #1 is something we didn't consider when we bought a condo last year but thankfully based on the most recent valuation, our portion of the land is valued at 70% of the price we paid for the unit... so I think that's pretty safe???? 😂

Would love a video on the re zoning along the new broadway skytrain for high rises. I live in mount pleasant and am wondering if homeowners will be bought out. What will it look like after.

If you're thinking of moving to Vancouver, don't.

Great video. So informative. Thank you.

Buying a condo is a mistake of is own. Living in downtown vancouver is another.

The price makes sense to me, and looking at the recent bcassessment data, so did the buyer (800k over list). Its interesting that you mentioned how more buyers are looking for detached without suites. I'm in the process of moving there, and had a similar criteria. It was really difficult finding any that weren't renovated with the maximum number of rooms for tenants. Often times the renovations were ramshackle, and would've taken effort to undo. Even with the increased inventory, only a handfull were untenanted and intended for a single family. Hopefully the buyers of 3905 will enjoy their big new plot!

Great video, I am an immigrant now ready to retire. I am quite disheartened how so many became homeless and then addiction took over. I think unable to afford a roof over your head created lot of the addiction and mental illness. The government should have provided affordable housing. People should have the option, a chance to buy a house under the special affordable program, where house is for living not like a stack market. Every Canadian should be provided a place or a house where prices remains the same meaning low, owner can live it but can’t sell it for profit. The second system exists already where market sets the price but there should be second and more reasonable option. We need to provide affordable housing to our people. Thanks

Victoria by miles. We get 1/2 the dismal rain, and we have incredible beauty.

@billferguson1368 - when has there ever been a big ‘crash’ in the Van housing market? Never! I’m a dinosaur born n raised in the lower mainland, and I can tell you, it will never happen here. Prices will only ever go up as they always have, because of the limited development available in relation to available land. In case you haven’t noticed, Vancouver’s stuck between mountains and water. There’s limited land to build in between so the only way to get more housing is up - utilizing the sky (that’s where towers come in, and of course they’re never gonna be cheap either). Living in Vancouver will always come at a premium b/c you’re paying for the surrounding beauty of mountains and water. And with jackass Trudeau at the helm, we can expect rising property costs, salaries that won’t go up in par with inflation, and our taxes won’t even slightly go down, so home owners will always be struggling to make ends meet, and people who wanna get into the market never will unless they have rich, generous parents to help them. This has been the case for decades now, and it’s just getting worse. There will never be a market crash in Vancouver.

Super helpful info, thank you for the post!

By over-protecting tenants without any significant counter-balancing measures to protect owners, the BC Government’s efforts to stabilize rent for tenants will very likely backfire: Investors will stop buying properties rental while existing owners will try to sell off their investment properties whenever they can. Let’s wait three years and we’ll very likely see the rental housing stock dwindle further, with rent continuing to rise, to the detriment of NOT those bad tenants, but those tenants who work hard and still find difficulty accessing rentals at affordable rent 😢

At this point, if the place has windows I don’t think I can afford it

Make Vancouver more expensive so we can keep the unwanted faraway ,

I really like how you brought up the elevators. I work in the elevator industry and that’s one thing I don’t think anybody really takes into consideration.

www.youtube.com/@vancouversworstdrivers We have some of the worst driver's in the world. "...Vancouver's drivers are incredibly courteous and law abiding..."? You must be smoking that weed we're so famous for.

Very cool video! The only thing about van specials is that the ground floor/ basements always, always creep me out.

Strata = Condo/HOA board?

Appreciate the balanced presentation. Greetings from the Okanagan.

Loving your videos! How do you differentiate Yaletown from “Downtown?” Do guys have a different term/name for these small districts?

That's my house, like literally my house

First time I went to Canada/Vancouver, we stayed at the house of friend of my wife. This was 2012 and she lived in the basement area of a Vancouver Special. The elderly Italian lady lived upstairs had (most of) the downstairs converted in a little 1 bedroom apartment, after her kids moved out. They have since moved out, first to Mission, later to Vernon (both still in BC?) as the housing prices were getting to ridiculous levels…

I was always told and believed if you live in Langley you better work there.

Many people are getting sick of the commute and are trying to find work close to where they live.

I love your videos, I've watched each and every one of them. I didn't know that Delta got significantly less rain than other areas in the Lower Mainland. In your opinion, should prospective buyers like me be concerned about the potential for flooding in Delta - i.e. is that a real downside that people interested in Delta should be concerned about?

Thank you so much for sharing this video! This has been so helpful for me!! Keep up the good work!

Lived there for 5 years and have to say if career is something of importance there is much better places to go to having a good wage and also being able to live comfortably. Plus Vancouver is such a boring city (not that I would say it is much of a city). Great place to go to University tho

is vancouver safe for woman traveling on her own solo

I 100% agree with the bridge statement. I would never live in a place where I'm on the opposite side of a bridge from where I work. It's too much of a headache. As I work early in the morning before transit opens, so I have drive.

I lived in New Westminster most of my life. It's like a giant intersection of people going through to somewhere else to the headache of the people who live there.

abolutely second the call to inspect your parking space.. as it is also a good way to check the basement structure of th e building. We once viewed a condo in a smaller apartment building which was older already. The parking garage had tarps over some parking spots as the ceiling had several cracks and potential leaks...

Well, u did not add the gangs, the drugs and shitload more

Incredible great information that you provide with your videos! Thank you.

Tip……don’t buy in Vancouver. Why? Crime. Come to Richmond.

This is a fantastic video of knowledge !! I always appreciate a realtor who opens a buyers eyes and ask question they might not think off! Thank you for this video putting out proper knowledge for buyers. Because if you are not told you won't know! Great video! Every buyer needs to watch it ....not just first time buyers❤

Hello Sebastian, I happened onto your video. Thank you very much for this invaluable, and eye opening, information!

Here is a real eye opener. We bought into a condo unit pre construction and received all requisit paperwork etc..for said condo as building continued. What we didnt do was read the fine print or read and understand all the strata building jargon. Long story short, freehold turned out to b only a word to confuse as it was a 200 year lease in truth. We were astounded to learn this. Now it was the deceit...freehold means land included not leasehold. Anyway that issue was not the only. This strata had electrical and other not separated from a rental unit attached. Our strata could never know what fees were actually ours. This was never disclosed to us as, building of rental came later. To say keep your eyes ears etc open is the very least u must do. We moved once we found out all the deceit...and wondered how all the discrepancies could go on.

THE best channel about Vancouver/Greater Vancouver for sure! I like your vids, not that I am able to buy anything in Vancouver as a Dutch but IF I had a big truckload of spendable money I would. I am trying to understand the big differences in living costs between Canada in general and the Netherlands both top tier developed countries with one major difference: space and size. I guess Vancouver is a special situation because there are almost no possibilities to expand as well as a city, so extremely high priced houses and condo's. Same goes for Amsterdam here, incredible expensive these days. I always advice people looking for much nicer and smaller places away from our capital city, still plenty of opportunities!

hello every one , i have heard bad stories about quality of service of west coast express. It is often late and crowed. Please share your experiences here. Thanka