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Recent Publications

(Jan 19, 2012)
Uses in 05 & 06 classes

(Jan 19, 2012)
2011 05 & 06 Mill Rate Comparisons | excel

(Jan 19, 2012)
Classification of Industrial Property for Property Tax Purposes

(Jan 19, 2012)
Reasons To Appeal in 2012

(Jan 12, 2012)
Residential Assessment – Valuation Principles

(Jan 8, 2012)
BC HOME OWNER GRANT LEVEL RAISED

(Oct 12, 2011)
EFFECT ON 2012 PROPERTY TAXES WITH A CHANGE OF LEGAL TITLE

PETER AUSTIN : QUALIFICATIONS


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1970 - 1973
Appraiser in Toronto
1973 - 1975
Knowlton Realty - industrial, commercial, ICI sales and leasing
1975 - 1978
P.G. Austin & Associates Ltd. - appraisal & consulting, shopping centre leasing
1978 - 2003
Burgess, Austin & Associates - appraisal and consulting
1985 - 1991
Director of CV Condo Vacation Ltd. specializing in vacation condominiums
2004 - present
Principal - Austin Real Estate Consultants

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Reading University, England
Bachelor of Science in Real Estate three year full-time course covering all aspects of Real Estate and related law including post-graduate land law.

DEGREES AND DESIGNATIONS

Fellow - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)

Member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AACI)

Chartered Arbitrator (C. Arb)
Bachelor of Science (Estate Management) (B. Sc)

ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Canadian Property Tax Association Chapter chair 2006-2011
Provincial Committee Member 1997 – 2005, 2011 – current
National Committee Member 1997 – 2002
National President 2000
Arbitration and Mediation Institute Provincial Board Member 2011
Asia Pacific Initiative Federal-Provincial Study -Real Estate committee 1995
Greater Vancouver Apartment Owners Association Director 1990 - 1994
Int. Council of Shopping Centres West Canadian Committee  1991 – 1993
Little Mountain Residential Care & Housing Society Director 1984 - 1989
Lecturer U.B.C. Real Estate Diploma Course and Langara College