One agent, one side
BC rules generally stop one licensee acting for both buyer and seller in the same deal. You always know whose side we are on.
1 BCFSA rules on dual agency, in force since June 2018 · checked 20 Oct 2026
Vancouver, BC · buying and selling
An open book. Every cost, before you sign.
Turn the pages and see what a move in BC really costs: commission, property transfer tax, legal fees, inspection and the movers. Every figure carries a source and a date.
Kestrel Bay · 2026 sample edition
The Cost Book
Buying a home in BC, page by page
Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage)Figures are samples. Check current rates.
Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage)
Licensed by the BC Financial Services Authority · brokerage licence SAMPLE-X04821 · Managing broker: Ines Halvorsen (fictional) · Suite 410, 900 Kestrel Quay, Vancouver, BC (sample address)
01 · The open book
Running total$0
Scroll to turn the pages. All figures are samples for a demo, not advice. Check current rates, starting with the BC government's property transfer tax page.
02 · How we're paid
No small print. Just print.
Four things you will see in writing from us before any work starts. Each one is dated and sourced, like everything else on this page.
Two forms first
You get the Disclosure of Representation in Trading Services form before we give advice, plus the unrepresented-party form if the other side has no agent.
2 BCFSA disclosure forms · checked 20 Oct 2026
Commission in writing
Our listing commission is negotiable and set out line by line, including the share offered to the buyer's brokerage. The cost book shows a sample structure.
3 Sample structure for this demo · BC sets no standard rate
Deposits held in trust
Deposits go into the brokerage's trust account, not anyone's pocket, and are released only as the contract says.
4 BC Real Estate Services Act, trust accounts · checked 20 Oct 2026
03 · Listings
Every listing opens its own cost book.
Sample homes. Tap “Cost this home” and the book above reopens at that price.
Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage)SAMPLE
$899,000SAMPLE
Two-bed strata, Mount Pleasant
2 bed2 bath880 sq ft
Main Street shops, Jonathan Rogers Park, Broadway Subway (under construction). Strata fee $520/mo (sample).
Listed by Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage) · MLS® R0000001 (sample)
Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage)SAMPLE
$1,849,000SAMPLE
Character house, Grandview–Woodland
4 bed3 bath2,210 sq ft
Commercial–Broadway Station, Grandview Park, Britannia Community Centre.
Listed by Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage) · MLS® R0000002 (sample)
Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage)SAMPLE
$1,395,000SAMPLE
Townhome, Kitsilano
3 bed2.5 bath1,320 sq ft
Kitsilano Beach, Kitsilano Secondary, West 4th Avenue shops. Strata fee $410/mo (sample).
Listed by Kestrel Bay Realty Ltd. (Brokerage) · MLS® R0000003 (sample)
Listing data shown here is sample content. On a live site, listings come from the board's DDF®/IDX feed with the listing brokerage named on every card.
04 · The team
Three people. Three licence numbers.
Fictional people for this concept. Each card shows the licence you can check, not a title we made up.
Ines Halvorsen
Managing broker
BCFSA licence SAMPLE 04-1186Runs the brokerage, signs off every cost book and holds the trust account.
EnglishNorwegianStrata sales
Tomas Reyna, REALTOR®
Licensed representative, trading services
BCFSA licence SAMPLE 12-5530Works mostly with first-time buyers on the east side, from Mount Pleasant to Renfrew.
EnglishSpanishFirst homes
Priya Castellan, REALTOR®
Licensed representative, trading services
BCFSA licence SAMPLE 19-2274Lists houses and townhomes on the west side and prepares every seller's cost book.
EnglishFrenchSellers
05 · Reviews
What clients noticed.
Sample reviews for the concept, each with its platform and date.
“We knew our closing costs to within a few hundred dollars before we wrote an offer.”
Google · 12 Sep 2026
“The commission was on one page, with the buyer-side share spelled out. No surprises at completion.”
Google · 28 Aug 2026
“Movers ran over the estimate, but they had warned us month-end would. Honest throughout.”
Facebook · 3 Aug 2026
06 · Contact
Get your own cost book.
A 20-minute call. We fill in the book with your real numbers and send it to you, dated, whether you hire us or not.
604-555-0142Mon–Sat, 9 am to 6 pm (sample hours)
Suite 410, 900 Kestrel QuayVancouver, BC · brokerage office (sample address)
[email protected]Replies within one business day (sample)