Real Estate News & Articles

Vacant Remand Centre Turned Into Affordable Housing

2014-02-17

Sara Harowitz Other Vancouver 's latest stab at innovative and affordable housing (after laneway homes and shipping container homes ) comes in a more unexpected form: a jail. The former Remand Centre (250 Powell St.) in downtown Vancouver i…

Look beyond real estate investment

2014-02-16

Lori Pinkowski Other The ever-popular topic of real estate in Vancouver is showing no sign of letting up, as it continues to dominate headlines. For example, the long time controversial program that gave immigrant investors a fast-track to …

Deep freeze chills Canadian home sales in January, prices rise

2014-02-14

TARA PERKINS Other The number of existing homes changing hands in Canada softened for the fifth month in a row in January, but prices continue their upward climb. Sales of homes over the Multiple Listing Service dropped 3.3 per cent from De…

Vancouver Real Estate Market Ponders Loss Of Wealthy Asians

2014-02-13

Other Vancouver 's property moguls are in a tailspin following this week's federal budget decision to cut off the valuable Immigrant Investor Program that has proved hugely popular with wealthy Asians looking to move to Canada. The scheme o…

Condo correction not in the cards for Toronto, Vancouver, says new report

2014-02-13

Garry Marr Other The rental housing market has “passed it peak” but condominium investors can probably rest easy because vacancy rates will only edge up slightly, says a new report. CIBC says all those real estate bears waiting …

4 ways to connect with past clients

2014-02-12

Matthew Collis Other Real estate is all about relationships. How well you build, grow and maintain them greatly impacts your success in the industry, particularly as it pertains to referrals and repeat business. Using your real estate conta…

ANALYSIS | Rental housing: The new engine of the real-estate profitability in Vancouver

2014-02-12

Nathan Crompton Other Today there is an increasingly skewed perspective about what the private rental market can and can’t do. In the face of unaffordable condo prices, think tanks and governments have promoted rental housing as an af…

B.C. property market hazy after 'millionaire visa' scrapped

2014-02-11

Tens of thousands of applications from wealthy investors scrapped after two years on hold Other Real estate agents in Vancouver say property prices could take a hit, after Canada scrapped a program which allowed wealthy immigrants to fast-t…

Exclusive: Vancouver facing an influx of 45,000 more rich Chinese

2014-02-08

Over 60% seeking Canadian wealthy investor visa are from China and want to live in British Columbia's main city, data shows Other A South China Morning Post investigation into Canada's immigration programme for millionaire investors has rev…

Newport at West Beach 14949 Maine Drive White Rock

2014-02-06

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Innovat or Stagnate

2014-02-06

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Condo Owners Urged to Check Strata Fees

2014-02-05

Frank O'Brien Other A local real estate expert is warning condo owners to check their strata fees are sufficient, after a recent legislative change that allows strata corporations to require owners pay for certain repairs, if a majority of …

Condo Owners Urged to Check Strata Fees

2014-02-05

Frank O'Brien Other A local real estate expert is warning condo owners to check their strata fees are sufficient, after a recent legislative change that allows strata corporations to require owners pay for certain repairs, if a majority of …

House prices still rising in Toronto, Vancouver

2014-02-05

Detached homes up 12% in GTA, 3% in Greater Vancouver from January 2013 to 2014 Other There seems to be no end in sight to the housing bubble in two of Canada's largest cities, with the real estate boards of Toronto and Vancouver reporting …

Vancouver Real Estate: 3D Scanning Technology Could Change Market

2014-02-05

Other If drones can help you pick a new home, why can't 3D technology? Vancouver-based animation company LNG Studios has introduced a new innovation that it says will "radically" change the way real estate is marketed and sold. The 3D-scann…

Vancouver home sales jump 30% in January from a year ago, board warns people to ‘price’ home right

2014-02-04

Garry Marr Other The message from realtors in Canada’s most expensive city is clear — price your home right if you want it to sell. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said there were 1,760 sales through the Multiple List…

Vancouver home sales up 30 per cent in January from year before

2014-02-04

Other Home sales in the Vancouver region for January were 30.3 per cent higher from the same month a year ago. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says sales through its multiple listing service totalled 1,760 for the month, up from …

Vancouver housing dilemma: Is it better to rent or buy?

2014-02-03

Lynda Steele & Sandra Hermiston Other Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but that global cachet has ratcheted up housing prices to levels that have made it impossible for many Vancouverites to get into the real esta…

A comprehensive analysis of the multifamily real estate market in Metropolitan Vancouver

2014-02-01

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Chinatown: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden finding place in history

2014-01-31

National designation sought Sandra Thomas Van. Courier The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden and adjoining park are one step closer to being listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places thanks to a statement of significance fro…

Victoria eyes a mini-boom

2014-01-31

Developers kick-start biggest cycle of speculation since 2006 peak Bill Cleverley Other Download Document

Transportation network vital to business as population shifts to south of the Fraser

2014-01-31

Valley in motion Sanor Gyarmati / Jen St.Denis Other Download Document

Hotel market heats up

2014-01-31

Doldrums ending as private investors check into wetern markets Peter Mitham / Frank O'Brien Other Download Document

Credit Suisse breaks ground on $200 million tower despite no tenants

2014-01-31

Other Credit Suisse Real Estate Asset Management and SwissReal Group revealed their confidence in Vancouver's office market by launching construction of their long-planned $200 million Exchange office tower at 475 Howe Street despite not ha…