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Burnaby House Price Comparisons - Property Sales in Burnaby

By Nicola Way - Special to the Sun. © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun


WHO KNEW A TOWNHOUSE COULD BE SO DRAMATIC?

Burnaby

9236 University Crescent

Type: 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom townhouse

Size: 970 sq.ft.

BC Assessment, July, 2009: $321,900

Listed for: $319,900

Sold for: $310,000

Sold on: June 29

Days on market: 22

Listing agent: Robert Crowe at RE/MAX Real Estate Services

Buyers agent: Keith Volz at Royal LePage - Coronation Park

The big sell: According to listing realtor Robert Crowe, this is a good example of how staging can help a property by optimizing the available space. Having previously been on the market for 351 days with another agent, this townhouse in the Novo 2 development was re-listed and the main floor staged, resulting in a sale in just 22 days. It is a two-level suite with a large private patio that provides space for container gardening and entertaining. There are two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs, with another bathroom on the main floor. The complex is part of the residential development at Simon Fraser University and provides recreational facilities inside with a gym, billiards room and lounge, as well as outside with myriad walking, hiking and mountain bike trails around Burnaby Mountain.



These transactions were compiled by Nicola Way of BestHomesBC.com and AssignmentsCanada.ca