<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Vancouver Real Estate Anecdote Archive]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://vreaa.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[vreaa]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://vreaa.wordpress.com/author/vreaa/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&#8220;I long for those days when a home was just that, a home. We all weren’t constantly watching our house values like it was some investment in the stock&nbsp;market.&#8221;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><em>BC RE Assessments are out this week. A poster bemoans the profound negative effects that RE has had on local social discourse. -vreaa</em></p>
<p>This from <a href="http://vancouvercondo.info/2010/01/bc-2009-property-tax-assessments.html#comment-61326">Crash at vancouvercondo.info 4 Jan 2010 10:22 pm</a> &#8211;</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;The talk around the water cooler is: “what did your place get assessed at”? Geez…I’m so sick of it. &#8230; I long for those bygone days when a home was just that, a home. We all weren’t constantly watching our house values like it was some investment in the stock market. &#8220;</strong></p>
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