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650 first-time home buyers attend free annual seminar
The Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association (GVHBA) presented its 16th annual First-time Home Buyer Seminar to more than 650 eager first-time purchasers on Tuesday, March 23 at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in Surrey.
A panel of housing experts at the seminar guided attendees through the many factors involved in buying a new home. The speakers were Robyn Adamache, senior market analyst, Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation; Bob Maling, chief operating officer, Homeowner Protection Office; Narrinder Dhanoya-Bhangu, vice president, pacific region, Genworth Financial Canada; Harsha Galgewela, manager, mobile mortgage specialist division, TD Canada Trust; Dave Watt, past president, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver; Howard Friedman, national vice president of residential real estate products, Travelers Guarantee; and Adnan Habib, lawyer, Baker Newby LLP. Wendy Acheson, Vice-President and Registrar, Homeowner Protection Branch for BC Housing, was the seminar moderator.
Admission to the popular seminar was free thanks to the generosity of this year’s presenting sponsor, the provincial Homeowner Protection Office, and corporate sponsors The Vancouver Sun, The Province, Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, Genworth Financial Canada, TD Canada Trust, Travelers Guarantee, Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, Shaw Cablesystems, CKNW, Rock 101, AM 730 and 99.3 the FOX.
For a list of the exhibitors at the seminar, click here. Thank you to everyone who generously donated a food item for the Surrey Food Bank.
For information on home buying, click here.
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