tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post7548614674521541678..comments2024-03-08T08:55:52.985-08:00Comments on Whispers from the Edge of the Rainforest: Chinese New Year is upon us... will real estate sales surge? - UpdatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-23096000044598189072013-02-08T10:02:10.835-08:002013-02-08T10:02:10.835-08:00Whether they be locals(which is more often the cas...Whether they be locals(which is more often the case now) or offshore investors, Chinese are the only buyers left in the Vancouver market. A realtor telling us that "the Chinese are active" doesn't tell us anything at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-47603780705750098592013-02-08T09:55:58.123-08:002013-02-08T09:55:58.123-08:00China has more than 1000 spies in Canada, more tha...China has more than 1000 spies in Canada, more than in any other country outside China. The Canadian government fears that the Chinese have stolen considerable business and industrial secrets from the country. The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Richard Fadden in a television interview was assumed to have implied that various Canadian politicians at provincial and municipal levels had ties to Chinese intelligence. In an interview, he claimed that some politicians were under the influence of a foreign governmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-61769735149541404272013-02-08T09:00:05.374-08:002013-02-08T09:00:05.374-08:00I've got a fee Vancouver Sun at the Skytrain t...I've got a fee Vancouver Sun at the Skytrain this morning. I saw the RE article about "sales surge"....the comedy never stops here !!! Since when wishful thinking is a news? Propaganda and nothing more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-24810767607131780162013-02-08T08:49:54.053-08:002013-02-08T08:49:54.053-08:00No tip in Chinese restaurantNo tip in Chinese restaurantApocarypse Maonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-1271618974395178612013-02-08T07:15:03.879-08:002013-02-08T07:15:03.879-08:00Why noooooooooooo Haaaaaaaaaat tiiiiiiippppppp. !?...Why noooooooooooo Haaaaaaaaaat tiiiiiiippppppp. !?!!?!?!?Loonhttp://no.name.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-22468201848720950742013-02-08T06:49:22.921-08:002013-02-08T06:49:22.921-08:00One musn't confuse pre CNY "activity"...One musn't confuse pre CNY "activity" with actual intent to purchase. To many Chinese, perusing open houses in the spring without buying has become a recreational pastime... kind of like walking around the malls without actually having to spend any money. What else do you do in rainy Vancouver in February?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-59360454334053805402013-02-08T00:18:56.280-08:002013-02-08T00:18:56.280-08:00Our government knows what's best for us.Then y...Our government knows what's best for us.Then you get the real estate cartel telling us that foreigners will return and everything will be OK.In other words the real estate market in Vancouver is meant for foreigners and not local tax paying citizens.<br />Don't other countries have laws to protect their citizens from this kind of crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-38192368351112317102013-02-07T23:32:32.234-08:002013-02-07T23:32:32.234-08:00Bo Xilai very happy with Hat Tip.
Bo Xilai not so...Bo Xilai very happy with Hat Tip.<br /><br />Bo Xilai not so happy with VREAA who ripped off Financial Times article about dumb McNab realtor brothers and Crib Crawl flop. <br /><br />VREAA give no Hat Tip.<br /><br />No Snake Soup for VREAA during CNY!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940948125852748584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-52130641578793610352013-02-07T22:38:55.753-08:002013-02-07T22:38:55.753-08:00Why are we allowing the destruction of our country...Why are we allowing the destruction of our country by selling property to non-citizens? If we let them buy and screw us all, at the very least we should charge them a very high % tax every year they own. There is no justification whatsoever to allow non-citizens to 'invest' in our real estate market. It is of no advantage to anybody living in Canada. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-25066395638040200762013-02-07T20:35:52.045-08:002013-02-07T20:35:52.045-08:00If anything, it's the year of the dragon when ...If anything, it's the year of the dragon when Asians should buy. It's the year of the dragon where Asians want to have their babies. <br /><br />Not the year of the snake. <br /><br />I think realtors are now grasping at straws and using anything they can to "spice up" the media for attention. <br /><br />*rolls eyes*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-30904474763360566582013-02-07T19:43:54.347-08:002013-02-07T19:43:54.347-08:00OMG... it is so shameless and transparent.OMG... it is so shameless and transparent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com