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Economic Uncertainty Prompts Modest Decline in CLI

2015-09-02

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Owner Built Homes - Info from Real Estate Council

2015-09-02

RECBC Other The Council has become aware that some owner-built homes in the province are being offered for sale illegally. Are you confident that the homes you are helping clients to buy or sell can be legally sold?  Before a property …

Owner Built Homes - Info from Real Estate Council

2015-09-02

RECBC News Other The Council has become aware that some owner-built homes in the province are being offered for sale illegally. Are you confident that the homes you are helping clients to buy or sell can be legally sold?  Before a prop…

The Remax 2015 Spotlight on Luxury Magazine

2015-09-01

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B.C's housing affordability unlikely to ease

2015-09-01

Barbara Yaffe The Vancouver Sun According to figures for July from the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board, the typical price for all types of residential property in Metro Vancouver now stands at than $700,500, up 11.2 per cent in the past…

Condo boom for Toronto says RealNet

2015-08-31

Steve Randall Other Presales data for condos in Toronto suggest that talk of a correction in the market is unfounded. RealNet Canada says that almost 11,000 units were sold in the first half of 2015, the third best year on record. With buye…

Airbnb to include small tourism tax on rentals

2015-08-31

Other The home-sharing company Airbnb has agreed to incorporate in its prices a small tourist tax on rental apartments in Paris — following a request by Paris authorities. In a statement Tuesday, Airbnb said it would collect 0.83 euro…

Airbnb to include small tourism tax on rentals

2015-08-31

Other The home-sharing company Airbnb has agreed to incorporate in its prices a small tourist tax on rental apartments in Paris — following a request by Paris authorities. In a statement Tuesday, Airbnb said it would collect 0.83 euro…

OLD IS NOT NECESSARILY OBSOLETE

2015-08-27

Legally Speaking BCREA Other On occasion, buyers become interested in properties that are subject to historical easements, some over one hundred years old. The Property Law Act provides that a court may cancel an easement where the easement…

How mortgages are done in the future by RBC

2015-08-25

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Realtors targeted in real estate audit

2015-08-24

Steve Randall Other The real estate industry is the subject of a money-laundering audit by Canada’s finance intelligence unit Fintrac. The Province reports that the audit has been ongoing for several months and that it could result in…

Landlords seek ban on Airbnb

2015-08-24

John Tenpenny Other An ongoing saga continues to make headlines as a group of landlords in Quebec ask the government to curb the growth of short-term rental services such as Airbnb. The Association des propriétaires d’apparteme…

A Plunge in China Rattles Markets Across the Globe

2015-08-23

NATHANIEL POPPER and NEIL GOUGH Other Stocks around the world tumbled in volatile trading on Monday, leaving investors to wonder how much government officials can and will do to insulate the global economy from the turmoil. The upheaval in …

Singapore - property price curbs introduced by the government have created a soft landing for Singapore's housing market

2015-08-23

When will the Singapore market recover? Adrian Bishop Other The eight rounds of government cooling measures have hit Singapore’s property market over the last few years, have certainly taken their toll and the bad news for those in th…

Kevin O’Leary addresses ‘real estate correction’

2015-08-19

Other Canada’s most-celebrated and controversial investor is offering real estate buyers a word of caution – in addition to his take on market corrections. “I don’t know if it’s going to be a 30 per cent correc…

Foreign investor debate heats up

2015-08-19

John Tenpenny Other Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s election campaign promise to collect data on foreign ownership in the real estate market has gotten mixed reviews. Last week in Vancouver, where the average price of a detached home …

B.C. home prices to increase over next 2 years: RBC forecast

2015-08-19

Growth is expected to decelerate by the end of 2016 Emma Crawford Hampel Van. Courier The price of homes in British Columbia will continue to increase over the next two years, according to an RBC forecast released August 19, but the rate of…

Why confusion reigns over Indonesia’s foreign property rules

2015-08-19

Other Overseas property professionals and buyers have been encouraged by press reports suggesting that Indonesia is considering removing the current price restriction limits on foreign buyers. The media quoted minister of land and spatial p…

Foreign data pledge welcomed by economists

2015-08-17

Steve Randall Other Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s election promise to collect and analyze data on foreign ownership of real estate has been welcomed by economists. However, they want any decisions on policies to restrict overseas in…

How Grosvenor Americas is Forging

2015-08-17

Other Grosvenor Americas has received unanimous rezoning approval from the District of North Vancouver for a mixed-use project in Edgemont Village, support secured largely thanks to the long-term vision put forth by the firm. Grosvenor Edge…

Strong sales in Vancouver boosted by consumer confidence

2015-08-14

Steve Randall Other Higher consumer confidence has pushed home sales up by 20.7 per cent in Vancouver to 10,247 in July. New figures from the British Columbia Real Estate Association show that total sales dollar volume was $6.2 billion, up …

Elevated home sales point to strong consumer confidence

2015-08-13

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Overvaluation warning for Canada’s hottest market

2015-08-13

Jennifer Paterson Other Toronto has been added to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s list of the country’s riskiest housing markets, with the insurer citing a combination of price acceleration and overvaluation. &ldqu…

Best waterfront buys across British Columbia

2015-08-12

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