Buyer's Resources

For all properties in British Columbia, BC Assessments:

• Provide current actual value assessments for tax purposes
• Provide expertise in real estate data

Licensing & Consumer Services (Formerly The Homeowner Protection Office (HPO) is a branch of BC Housing responsible for:

• licensing residential builders and building envelope renovators province-wide
• administering owner builder authorizations, and
• carrying out research and education which benefits the residential construction industry and consumers.

CHOA is the largest association representing the strata industry in British Columbia. They help make your strata living a positive experience by providing:

• Advisory services, education, resources, and support for members
• Full time advisors available to assist members by phone, email or in office meetings (through 3 professionally staffed offices across BC)

Ratehub shows you the lowest rates every institution offers. Of course conditions apply, but this is an excellent resource just to get a sense of what other places are offering.

Research which neighbourhoods fall into which school cachements.

The Fraser Institute’s school rankings uses objective, publicly-available data (e.g. average scores on province-wide tests) and has been the go-to source for parents and educators to measure school performance. The website provides::

• Easy access for parents to find their child’s school 
• Detailed reports on how each school is doing in academics compared to other ranked schools 
• Data on whether the school’s results are improving, declining, or just staying steady over the most recent five years.