Real Estate News & Articles

How to Buy a Home and Keep Your Lifestyle

2014-07-08

Elizabeth Wilson Other In this pricey Vancouver real estate market, do you have to give up the lifestyle and neighbourhood you love to buy a home you can afford? Not at all. There’s a back door to the real estate market, and not many …

Trapp + Holbrook breathes new life into the Historic Downtown district

2014-07-03

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CP wants Arbutus Corridor cleared

2014-07-03

Gardens, sheds and vehicles must be removed from rail right-of-way by end of July Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier A community garden borders the rail line on the Arbutus Corridor at the foot of Fir Street. Photo Rob Newell. Canadian Pacific is…

Cambie Corridor faces its future

2014-07-03

Longtime residents of a family-oriented neighbourhood face massive change Christopher Cheung Van. Courier Many houses on major Vancouver arterial routes like Cambie Street are advertised for condominium potential to attract developers. Phot…

Vancouver's ten most Expensive Condos

2014-07-03

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Why Apartment Investors Love The 'Burbs

2014-07-02

Other Residential real estate investors are giving Metro Vancouver's suburbs a "warm embrace" of late, market analyst  David Goodman tells us. (Like a grandmother or the sun at the beach.) They're drawn to the larger lot sizes , unused…

Green Lights for North Shore Developments in Lynn Valley by Bosa

2014-06-30

Jeremy Shepherd Other North Vancouver is poised for more radical change as two major new developments were approved by council in June: Bosa’s Lynn Valley project and the Lower Capilano towers proposed by Pacific Gates Investments. Af…

Jade 29 condos in a 4 storey building at Fraser and East 43rd

2014-06-26

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Cool Tech for the Smart Home

2014-06-26

Susan Boyce Other The saying goes that home is where the heart is. But in today’s wired world, it increasingly feels like home is where the technology is. A built-in kitchen island for dumping groceries and perhaps a briefcase now rai…

First-Time Home Buyers Driving Surrey Market

2014-06-24

Patrick Blennerhassett Other Canada ’s 2011 census revealed Surrey was Canada’s third-fastest-growing city, with population growth outpacing Edmonton and Calgary – two cities that are part of a booming oil sector and not h…

Guidance on Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)

2014-06-23

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Fraser Valley Set For Strong Household Growth

2014-06-23

Elizabeth Wilson Other When you cross the bridge, forget what you know.” Colin Scott of Fifth Avenue Marketing tells his developer clients to drop their city-slicker attitudes when they come to the Fraser Valley. Speaking to the Urban…

No Let-up in Metro Development as Major Land Deals Surge

2014-06-19

Joannah Connolly Other Metro Vancouver has seen a surge in the completion of large-scale land purchases by developers over the past six months, according to Colliers International’s Metro Vancouver LandShare Spring Report released Jun…

Real Estate Boom Projected For Vancouver's West End

2014-06-18

A new community plan unlocks value - and development potential - in one of Vancouver's most storied (and storeyed) neighbourhoods Margo Harper Other Vancouver 's West End is on the verge of a dramatic real estate revival sparked by density …

Oil tanks, drug labs among ugly real estate surprises

2014-06-18

Frank O'Brien Other A Metro Vancouver residential property purchase can reveal some ugly surprises, from marijuana grow-op and meth lab damage to old oil tanks, aboriginal middens or a heritage designation, all of which can prove costly to …

CMHC looks to fill research gaps on housing market

2014-06-18

Tara Perkins Other Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is going to be releasing more data about the state of the country’s housing market, amid complaints from economists that there is too much we don’t know. CMHC CEO Evan Siddall…

CMHC to return to lower-risk roots

2014-06-16

Boyd Erman and Tara Perkins Other The head of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is shifting the priority of the mortgage insurer to helping Canadians buy homes they need, not the bigger, pricier homes they might want. Chief executive office…

Monster May for housing sales doesn’t mean the market won’t slow

2014-06-16

Garry Marr Other May was a phenomenal month for existing homes sales across the country but the jump in activity might say more about the harsh winter than the state of the market. The Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday that sales…

REBGV May 2014 Stats

2014-06-11

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False Creek waterfront park remains in limbo

2014-06-11

Council approves two towers for Concord development on Expo Boulevard, but no date given on when nine-acre park will be built Mike Howell Van. Courier Vancouver ’s head planner was unable to provide city council this week with a clear…

Metro Vancouver housing starts rise in May

2014-06-09

Emma Crawford Hampel Other Total housing starts were trending at 19,001 units in May in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation data released June 9. This figure, which represents a six-m…

CMHC drops mortgage insurance for condo developers

2014-06-06

Tara Perkins Other Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it will no longer offer mortgage insurance to developers to finance the construction of new condo buildings. The Crown corporation has not actually provided any of the controversial …

Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent

2014-06-04

Other OTTAWA , June 4, 2014 /CNW/ - The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Total CPI i…

Foreign buyers looking to sell?

2014-06-04

Vernon Clement Jones Other Fears that federal government's move to pull the plug on an incentive program attracting wealthy foreign property buyers to Vancouver and Toronto are indeed grounded, says one Chinese market analyst.  Ian You…