Daniel RaeCENTURY 21 In Town Realty

Vancouver real estate · CENTURY 21 In Town Realty

Vancouver real estate.
Better informed decisions.

Aerial view across False Creek toward downtown Vancouver and the North Shore mountains

I'm Daniel, a REALTOR® in Vancouver. I help people buy and sell condos, townhouses and houses, and I do the homework first: what similar homes actually sold for, what's in the strata records, and what it'll really cost. If the right move is to wait, I'll tell you.

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Focusing on KitsilanoMount PleasantDowntown VancouverOlympic VillageYaletown, and across Metro Vancouver when it makes sense for a client.

Selling

What would your home actually sell for right now?

A pricing review built on recent comparable sales and the listings you’d be competing with, plus what to fix, what to leave, and how the marketing and negotiation will run.

How I sell homes

Buying

Know what you are buying before you remove subjects.

Strata minutes, depreciation reports, special levies, insurance, inspections and closing costs, reviewed and explained before the offer becomes firm.

How I work with buyers

The work behind the advice

What you get when we work together.

How I approach it

  1. Pricing from what actually sold

    For sellers, a realistic range built on recent sales of homes like yours and the listings you'd be up against, with every adjustment explained.

  2. Strata documents, read as a set

    Minutes, financials, depreciation report, Form B, insurance and bylaws. I read the minutes alongside the financial statements and reports, and follow up on anything that needs a closer look.

  3. Levies and the reserve fund

    What a levy could mean for your unit, whether the contingency reserve fits the building's age, and whether the funding plan in the depreciation report looks realistic.

  4. The real cost of closing

    Property transfer tax and the exemptions, GST on new builds, adjustments, the home flipping tax if you might sell early, and the cash you'll need on top of the down payment, all from the current provincial and federal rules.

  5. An offer you understand

    Why this price, why these dates, which subjects matter and what happens if the seller counters. It's your decision; my job is to make the reasoning clear enough that you could explain it to a friend.

  6. Preparation that's worth the money

    A short list of what's worth doing before you list and what isn't, judged against the homes buyers will see the same week.

Neighbourhoods

The neighbourhoods I focus on.

Notes on the housing stock, what to check, and what is changing in each area.

All neighbourhoods
Rocky shoreline and calm water at Kitsilano Beach at sunset

Kitsilano

Character houses, 1970s walk-ups and the beach, with the Broadway subway, Senakw and multiplex zoning changing the edges.

Aerial view north over Vancouver's Broadway corridor to False Creek, downtown and the North Shore mountains at sunset

Mount Pleasant

Main Street, the Brewery District and a hundred years of houses, now at the centre of the Broadway Plan.

Downtown Vancouver towers seen across the water at Coal Harbour

Downtown Vancouver

Coal Harbour, the West End, Gastown and the core. Almost all condos, and the building matters more than the view.

Olympic Village seen across False Creek from the north shore seawall, with the village's mid-rise buildings along the water

Olympic Village

Southeast False Creek. Built for 2010, now a mature strata neighbourhood with district energy, seawall and a first round of big-ticket maintenance.

Aerial view of the Yaletown waterfront and David Lam Park on False Creek, with downtown Vancouver and the North Shore mountains behind

Yaletown

Brick warehouses on Hamilton and Mainland, glass towers along the seawall, and a lot of buildings reaching the age where the depreciation report matters more than the lobby.

Daniel Rae

About

Daniel Rae

REALTOR® · CENTURY 21 In Town Realty

I'm a REALTOR® with CENTURY 21 In Town Realty. I live in Mount Pleasant and focus on Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Downtown, Yaletown and Olympic Village, working with buyers and sellers of condos, townhouses and houses. I'll work across Metro Vancouver when it makes sense for a client.

More about how I work

Resources

A few guides worth reading.

All articles

Thinking about selling in the next year or two?

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Get in touch

Questions are welcome, even early ones.

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Email

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Brokerage office

CENTURY 21 In Town Realty
419 Pacific Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2P5
604-685-5951