Screening it will be my top priority for now on.

I've finally decided to create an account on BP after soaking up loads of valuable information - fantastic resource and podcast.

Thank you for sharing your resource too!

Should I use online resources?

But that's not surprising considering it's in a major market like Vancouver at the top of a real estate cycle.You either A) need to look at a different market or B) need to get more creative in terms of value-add.

After rapid expansion over the past decade, OKC was recently named the top city for entrepreneurs.

@Chris PrefontaineThanks for the resource and the advice. 

But if you want to see that baseline index... the chart is adding vertical space on the Y axis every week as it continues to hit the top of the chart.The big question for me as a lender: when I preapprove someone, knowing they are going to spend weeks or months house hunting, and looking at that trend-line, should I be qualifying them at current rate + 0.25%, or current rate + 0.75%? 

For example, if you are discussing selling a home with a seller, and you tell them, you really should fix this and do that and clean this and you'll get top dollar.

For example, if you are discussing selling a home with a seller, and you tell them, you really should fix this and do that and clean this and you'll get top dollar.