Real Estate News & Articles

How to Find the Perfect Mortgage Helper Property

2015-05-27

If you're looking for a home with a separate suite, there are lots of things to consider. Jo Boxwell of Team Powerhouse Realty offers some great tips Jo Boxwell Other A mortgage helper property is a home with a suite that can be rented out …

Small landlords face big competition

2015-05-26

Jennifer Paterson Other As Canada’s biggest cities grow saturated with condo and apartment buildings, developers are leading a rental revival by selling entire buildings to one investor rather than individual buyers – but what w…

Condo king calls for tax on flipping homes

2015-05-25

Jamie Henry Other Bob Rennie, the ‘condo king’ of Vancouver says that there should be a new tax on those who speculate on the property market. CBC reports that Rennie suggested the idea to an audience at the Urban Development In…

BC Housing Starts, Sales and Prices to Rise as Canada’s Slow Down: CMHC

2015-05-25

BC activity to remain strong and benefit from falling energy prices, as oil-producing provinces continue slowdown over next two years, according to market outlook Joannah Connolly Other BC housing starts will rise 1.2 per cent from 2014, ra…

Tips for paying off your mortgage faster

2015-05-23

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RiverSky by Bosa Properties

2015-05-21

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Sakura in South Surrey 75 4-bedroom townhomes by CastleHill Development

2015-05-21

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New Home Construction Investment in BC Up 13.3%: StatCan

2015-05-21

Growth in BC’s new housing investment far outpacing Canadian average, which is dragged down by declines in other provinces Joannah Connolly Other BC residential construction investment was up 13.3 per cent year over year to nearly $64…

Finance minister addresses housing bubble fears #LesTwarog

2015-05-20

Olivia D'Orazio Other Canada’s finance minister says the country’s real estate market has avoided the so-called bubble, with many markets already experiencing a soft landing. Speaking at a private event on Wednesday, Finance Min…

Government intervention unlikely in Vancouver real estate market

2015-05-20

Buying and selling homes is big business in B.C. Mike Klassen Van. Courier If you have noticed a persistent ringing in your ears lately, take heart as we all are hearing it. It is the sound of government cash registers as they rake in reven…

Realtor referrals challenge consumer protection

2015-05-20

Justin da Rosa Other Complaining about one bank’s Realtor referral program goes deeper than just cutting into potential broker business, according to one industry player. “It’s a free economy and you can’t stop peopl…

What Price to Offer in Multiple Offers

2015-05-14

Suze Other This is a question coming up from our real estate coaching clients a lot in both Toronto and Vancouver so I thought we would address it for everyone. Offer too little and poof – the house is sold to someone else. Offer too …

Blue Heron Marina The Riverfront Lifestyle

2015-05-14

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'Serial' tenants wreak havoc

2015-05-14

Jennifer Paterson Other The litany of sins committed by so-called “serial” tenants continue to hurt landlords and still those offenders get away with it. “The ‘serial’ abusers – tenants who knowingly vict…

Will housing market slow as Newfoundland and Labrador slips into recession?

2015-05-12

Jamie Henry Other A new report by BMO Nesbitt Burns suggests that Newfoundland and Labrador could slip into a shallow recession this year with Alberta on the borderline. The outlook is for NL to see negative growth of 0.5 per cent as the pr…

MP calls for data on foreign ownership

2015-05-12

Jamie Henry Other Kennedy Stewart, the MP for Burnaby, has once again called for a housing study to be conducted by government agencies and for these to include data on foreign ownership. Stewart says that CMHC and Statistics Canada need to…

Ottawa’s commercial market showing recovery

2015-05-12

Jamie Henry Other The commercial real estate market in Ottawa is improving, according to a new report from Colliers International. Its latest transactional report, covering Q1 2015, shows that there was a 12 per cent increase in sales volum…

Vancouver and BC New Home Prices Continue Decline: StatCan

2015-05-12

Joannah Connolly Other Despite the seemingly unstoppable rise in resale house prices in Metro Vancouver , the price of a newly built home in the city continued to drop in January this year, according to Statistics Canada figures released Ma…

Why the North Shore is Heating Up

2015-05-11

Bisnow Other Commercial real estate deals on the North Shore generated $173M last year , the second-highest dollar volume on record, with just three transactions surpassing $10M . There's “ virtually no land available ” for comm…

10 Signs That You Might Be A Real Estate Agent

2015-05-08

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Building permits value up 11.6 per cent in March

2015-05-08

Jamie Henry Other There was an 11.6 per cent increase in the value of building permits in March compared to the month before. New data from StatsCan shows that the total value of permits increased to $6.9 billion, the first increase in thre…

Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Stats for April 2015

2015-05-07

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Vancouver's Residential Construction Permits Up 97% in March: StatCan

2015-05-07

Joannah Connolly Other The value of Vancouver’s residential building permits in March was nearly double that of the same month last year, according to Statistics Canada data released May 7. Residential permits in the city totalled $97…

Canadian Building Permits rose 12 per cent

2015-05-07

Other The total value of Canadian building permits rose close to 12 per cent on a monthly basis in March, led by higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in BC and Alberta as well as higher permits for multi-family dwell…