Abbotsford Real Estate

A good excuse for driving around in dirty car: local reservoirs have dropped to “dangerously low” levels and the City of Abbotsford will ban lawn watering, vehicle washing and similar activities as of Tuesday July 28. The sprinkling restrictions had been working so far but the city is making an attempt to keep enough water in the ...

Fraser Valley real Estate Board will be changing lockbox suppliers to the REALTOR®-owned company Sentrilock. This change is scheduled to occur when the Board’s contract with the current supplier, GE Supra, expires this October. The Greater Vancouver and Chilliwack real estate boards will also make the change to SentriLock. So be ...

Yes, its happens every year. Local newpapers (and sometimes The Province and Vancouver Sun) will publish stories about the propane-fuelled bird scare devices or "blueberry cannons" as we call them. Then a chain reaction of letters to the editor from both proponents and opponents of blueberry cannons will last all summer. Shrinking ...

Clearbrook Village - a family-oriented complex comprising of 2 and 3 bedroom town-homes - located at 3030 Trethewey Street is getting a major makeover. After month and months of haggling the strata development has finally started the long over due renovation work. Special assessment is paid by most owners and construction crews are already working ...

The tax proposed to help generate $850,000 to improve drainage services in rural upland areas of Abbotsford is on hold for this year at least. A group of rural Abbotsford residents are work with the city to get a proposed rural upland drainage fee taken off the table for good. New rural ratepayers' association was formed in response to the ...

The City of Abbotsford and the District of Mission have teamed up to offer a rebate of $50 for each toilet replacement when a new ultra-low flow model is installed in your home. It's all part of a program to make bathroom renovations more environmentally-friendly. Abbotsford and Mission are also hoping to cut down on sewage treatment ...

Tourism Abbotsford has recently launched its new mobile service site myabbotsford.mobi. The new site is designed specifically for wireless devices like cell phones and PDAs. Myabbotsford.mobi will allows visitors to download and view information on local restaurants, stores, accommodation, businesses, weather, flight schedules, local events and ...

Abbotsford will command the highest growth rate among 14 small and mid-sized cities across Canada this year according to a report released by the Conference Board of Canada. Abbotsford and Mission, which comprise the Abbotsford Census Metropolitian Area (CMA), are expected to lead the 14 small and medium CMAs in the country. At 2.5 per cent, ...

Finally its going to become reality, Fraser Valley is getting its own university. BC Premier Gorden Campbell was in town earlier this week to announce that University College of Fraser Valley (UCFV) will get a full university status by the end of this year. Legislation will be introduces next week and in September 2008 University of Fraser ...

Abbotsford took the third spot after Toronto and Vancouver for the largest proportion of visible minorities among major Canadian cities according to Statistics Canada's latest release of 2006 census data. Almost 23 per cent of Abbotsford's population was made up of visible minorities, Statistics Canada reported. Abbotsford has the highest ...