http://www.susiefrank.com/blog Real Estate in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:12:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the fourth year in a row, Whistler has topped the “best place to ski and stay in North America” category in Condé Nast Traveler’s annual readers’ poll. Photograph by: FABRICE COFFRINI, AFP/Getty Images B.C.’s Whistler Blackcomb Mountain has earned international acclaim yet again. For the fourth year in a row, the resort topped the ... http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2010/12/15/whistler-blackcomb-best-place-to-ski-in-north-america/ Whistler Mountain to Open Six Days Early Skiers and snowboarders have been glowing with excitement since the announcement that Whistler Mountain will be opening on Friday, November 19 - six days earlier than scheduled. So far, the total cumulative snowfall is 141 cm and the snowbase is approximately 105 cm. The ... http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2010/11/18/theres-snow-in-whistler-village-today/ Party in Whistler at World Ski and Snowboard Festival By Jack Christie from The Georgia Straight Good things may come in threes, but no one in Whistler ever foresaw anything quite like the trio of events to hit town over the past three months: back-to-back Olympic and Paralympic Games, and now the upcoming ... http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2010/04/16/telus-ski-and-snowboard-festival-whistler-bc/ http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2010/02/08/rammed-earth-house/ Trying to gauge the 'Olympic effect' on Whistler property sales By Derrick Penner, Vancouver SunJanuary 30, 2010 Let the sales pitch begin. With the 2010 Olympics at Vancouver and Whistler's doorstep, one local real estate insider has crunched a decade's-worth of Whistler sales results to make the case that the 2010 Olympics have ... http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2010/02/02/2010-olympics-and-whistler-real-estate/ http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2010/01/21/rammed-earth-whistler/ from David Burke, The Whistler Question Whistler – The Blackcomb Mountain fire is now 100 per cent contained, officials announced late Sunday (Aug. 2). In a statement issued Sunday at 9:49 p.m., the B.C. Ministry of Forests and Whistler Fire Rescue Service (WFRS) jointly announced that the fire — which burned something ... http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2009/08/03/blackcomb-fire-100-contained/ With home sales — and prices — dropping in B.C., is now a good time to invest in real estate? The B.C. Real Estate Association says it just might be, pointing to a large drop in carrying costs for an investment property today compared to a year ago. “It doesn’t matter what ... http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2009/02/27/is-it-a-good-time-to-buy-real-estate-in-whistler/ As published in the Vancouver Sun, Saturday, January 10, 2009 Section H, page 1 by Gillian Shaw ...If there's a silver lining to the cloud, it's that for those with money in their pockets, now is the perfect time to score a deal on a vacation. And if you have lots ... http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2009/01/13/excerpt-from-vancouver-sun-commenting-on-whistler-real-estate/ http://www.susiefrank.com/blog/2009/01/13/whistler-real-estate-buyers-origins-2008/