VANCOUVER, B.C. March 3, 2009 Residential housing sales in Greater Vancouver rose 94 per cent in February compared to the month before, with 1,480 sales registered in February compared to 762 sales in January, which was the slowest month for housing sales in 25 years. Over the past 10 years, February sales have typically surpassed January by an average increase of 53 per cent.

At the same time, new MLS® listings for residential properties continued to decrease for the fourth month in a row. New listings decreased 25.6 per cent in February compared to the previous year; 20 per cent in January; 8.6 per cent in December; and 10 per cent in November.

There are terrific opportunities out there right now, but with property listings continuing to decrease, those opportunities may be available only for a brief window of time, said Dave Watt, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).

REBGV reports that year-over-year property sales in Greater Vancouver declined 44.7 per cent in February 2009 from the 2,676 sales recorded in February 2008. Year-over-year, those are the lowest sales figures for February since the mid-1980s.

REALTORS® are reporting more activity compared to recent months as people begin to see whether their position in the housing market has strengthened as a result of falling interest rates and improved affordability, Watt says. It took, on average, 67 days to sell a home in Greater Vancouver in February, seven days less than last month, but behind the sellers market of last February when the average stood at 33 days.

Sales of detached properties in February 2009 declined 41 per cent to 587 from the 995 units sold during the same period in 2008. The benchmark price, as calculated by the MLSLink Housing Price Index®, for detached properties declined 14.2 per cent from February 2008 to $653,452.

Sales of apartment properties declined 45.6 per cent last month to 650, compared to the 1,197 sales in February 2008. The benchmark price of an apartment property declined 13.9 per cent from February 2008 to $333,143.

Attached property sales in February 2009 decreased 49.8 per cent to 243, compared with the 484 sales during the same month in 2008. The benchmark price of an attached unit declined 9.7 per cent between Februarys 2008 and 2009 to $426,268.

New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties declined 25.6 per cent to 3,916 in February 2009 compared to February 2008, when 5,260 new units were listed.

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The Domain Registry of Canada is pulling a mail-out scam.
Has anyone else received one of these? They mail a notice of renewal for your domain name with pricing, check boxes and a credit card information area for them to renew your domain name.

It’s been my experience that the average person has little understanding of who their domain registrar actually is and how it all works and I am guessing that this is what The DRoC people are hoping for.
As a domain name registrar reseller myself receiving this notice stood out to me like a red flag. They are using the word “renewal” as if this is coming from YOUR current domain registrar but what they are really trying to do is TRANSFER your domain name to their services.

Normally, a succesful transfer relies on the person clicking “yes” in a confirmation email from the current registrar but what the fine print on the back of these DRoC mail-outs say is that in the event a transfer doesn’t take place they will keep trying daily until it becomes available for transfer. Not only that but “You agree to pay prior to the effectiveness of the desired services.” In otherwards, if your transfer to them fails, you still pay.
I don’t know of any domain registrar who does that except for DRoC.

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This was the most painful thing I have ever experienced and I have a lot of experience being in pain. I think I overdosed on the painkillers but I am just starting to feel better now.

The surgery: The gum is separated from my teeth to gain access to the roots and surrounding bone. After the roots were thoroughly cleaned, a drill and sharp hand instruments are used to reshape the bone around the teeth. Bone is removed in certain areas to restore the normal rise and fall of the bone. A membrane is place over the areas with the most bone loss which allows new bone to move into this area instead of letting the faster growing gum tissue to take it’s place. The gums are then placed back over the remaining bone and stitched in place.

Two teeth couldn’t be saved and had to be removed.

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I found this video somehow. I was amazed only 119 people had looked at this on Youtube in the 2 years it’s been there. A jewel that needs some promo. Some cool beats at the very least.

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