Real Estate News & Articles

Convenience or conformity?

2017-09-16

Franklin Foer The Vancouver Sun When it comes to the most central tenet of individualism — free will — the tech companies have a different way. They hope to automate the choices, both large and small, we make as we float through…

Foreign buyers' tax is working says Ontario government

2017-09-15

Steve Randal REP The number of non-resident owners of real estate in The Greater Golden Horseshoe has declined since the introduction of Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan in the spring. Ontario’s Ministry of Finance says that new data…

BC market sees sluggish end of summer stats

2017-09-15

Canadian Real Estate Wealth Prices may be recovering, but buyers in British Columbia just aren’t as enthusiastic as they once were. “BC home sales in August remained unchanged from July, on a seasonally adjusted basis,” sa…

Total Home Sales Value in BC Rises 22% to $6.2bn

2017-09-14

Joannah Connolly REW The dollar-volume value of home resales across the province in August was 22% higher than one year previously – but that is mostly to do with the rise in prices rather than unit transactions, reveals the British C…

Rental bylaws may deter property speculators

2017-09-14

Find the right fit with rental bylaws Tony Gioventu The Province Dear Tony : Our strata is considering a rental bylaw that limits the number of rentals to 10 out of 100 units. We are slowly seeing the number of rentals and Air BnB’s i…

Foster Martin one to four bedroom homes at 1484 Martin Street 334 homes by Landmark Premiere Properties

2017-09-14

Foster Martin one to four bedroom homes at 1484 Martin Street 334 homes by Landmark Premiere Properties Mary Frances Hill The Province Foster Martin Where : 1484 Martin Street, White Rock What : 334 homes in three towers Residence sizes and…

Second + Main 1847 Main Street 233 homes in a 12-story tower by Create Properties

2017-09-14

Life with the Hip Crowd at Second + Main REW Main Street, once a working-class neighbourhood, has experienced quite a revival over the last decade. Dubbed one of the top 15 coolest streets in North America by real estate firm Cushman & …

Moody's Analytics maintains the Toronto and Vancouver home prices could drop by as much as 60% in the coming years

2017-09-13

Brace yourself for five years of glacial growth in Canada?s housing market, Moody?s warns Garry Marr The Vancouver Sun Single-family house prices may be overvalued by as much as 60 per cent in Toronto, but cooling measures may take a bigger…

Chinese Homebuyers Eyeing Canada Jump By 30%, Despite Foreign-Buyer Taxes

2017-09-13

Chinese buyers still appreciate Canada Huffpost other Interest in Canadian real estate among Chinese buyers soared 30 per cent in the first half of this year, compared to a year earlier, according to data from Juwai.com, China's largest rea…

Google Drive Shutting Down?!? Here's the real story

2017-09-12

Darci LaRocque other Watch Darcy's explanation video Here That is the incorrect rumour out there! Do not panic. Google is just changing things up a bit and renaming some apps. You have until March 12, 2018 to install  BACKUP …

BC Home Sales Robust and Unchanged in August

2017-09-12

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'Millionaire cities' attest to ever-growing household wealth - report

2017-09-11

Ephraim Vecina Canadian Real Estate Wealth Along with the meteoric rise in the national economic growth rate, and increasing proportion of Canadians are now gaining access to significant wealth via their residential properties. This, accord…

Bank of Canada forges ahead with rate hike as economy surges

2017-09-11

Canadian Real Estate Wealth The Bank of Canada forged ahead with another interest rate hike in a nod to the country’s surging economy, while signalling its appetite for further tightening may be curbed by a rising currency and sluggis…

Annual pace of housing starts in Canada sped up in August compared with July

2017-09-11

Canadian Real Estate Wealth Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in August increased compared with July. The agency says housing starts came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 223,232 units for Au…

Apartments, townhomes lead demand for Fraser Valley

2017-09-11

Steve Randall Canadian Real Estate Wealth Home sales increased in the Fraser Valley last month compared to July but remained lower than a year ago. Townhomes and apartments took the lion’s share of home sales (54%) with 1,018 of the 1…

What you need to know about the Equifax data breach

2017-09-11

Canadian Real Estate Wealth Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting companies, said this week that a major data breach exposed Social Security numbers and other important information of millions of people. The breach affected about …

Chinese investors discover sleepy Point Roberts, Washington, on B.C. border

2017-09-10

Chinese investors discover peaceful Point Roberts Larry Pynn The Province For decades, the sleepy U.S. backwater of Point Roberts, Wash., has been overrun by foreigners — Canadians. They’ve come to buy recreational property, buy…

Ella 1588 Ellis Street Kelowna 116 condos in a 20 storey tower by Mission Group

2017-09-09

20-storey tower, Ella, offers homes in heart of bustling Bernard district Michael Bernard The Vancouver Sun Project: ELLA Project Location : 1588 Ellis Street, Kelowna Project Size/Scope: A total of 116 condominium suites in a LEED-certifie…

Terraces at the Peak 8940 University Crescent Burnaby 117 homes in a 13 storey tower by Intergulf

2017-09-09

Residents of Terraces at the Peak will have stellar outlooks from their homes atop Burnaby Mountain Simon Briault The Vancouver Sun Terraces at the Peak Project location : 8940 University Crescent, Burnaby  Project siz e: 117 homes in …

Kik bans Canadians from investing in new crypto-token

2017-09-09

Claire Brownell The Vancouver Sun Citing “weak guidance” from regulators, Waterloo-based messaging app Kik Interactive Inc. has banned Canadians from participating in a public sale of its new crypto-token. In a blog post publish…

Almost half of Canadians would struggle if paid a week late

2017-09-08

Steve Randall Canadian Real Estate Wealth The state of the nation’s finances continues to produce some worrying stats and the latest report from the Canadian Payroll Association reveals how fragile some households are. Its latest surv…

B.C. realtors to be banned from dual agency as part of rule changes

2017-09-07

Proposed new rules address problems in real estate industry David Carrigg The Vancouver Sun B.C. real estate agents will be generally banned from acting as dual agents for both buyers and sellers under tough new rules drafted by the Of…

B.C. realtors to be banned from dual agency as part of rule changes

2017-09-07

Proposed new rules address problems in real estate industry David Carrigg The Vancouver Sun B.C. real estate agents will be generally banned from acting as dual agents for both buyers and sellers under tough new rules drafted by the Of…

B.C. realtors to be banned from dual agency as part of rule changes

2017-09-07

Proposed new rules address problems in real estate industry David Carrigg The Vancouver Sun B.C. real estate agents will be generally banned from acting as dual agents for both buyers and sellers under tough new rules drafted by the Of…