Real Estate News & Articles

Under-construction Tsawwassen mega-mall hooks major retail anchor

2014-01-31

Frank OBrien Other Outdoor retailer Bass Pro Shops will open a 145,000-square-foot outlet, joining Walmart and Rona as anchors, in the giant shopping centre complex being developed in South Delta. The Tsawwassen First Nation joined with dev…

Contrary to Popular Perception, Business is Booming in the Burbs

2014-01-30

Ryan Berlin Other There’s a growing perception that the role of Canadian suburbs as places in which to live, work and do all the other stuff in between is diminishing. Using data from the most recent census and National Household Surv…

The Immigrant Influence, 2014 - Asian immigration affecting the local housing market

2014-01-30

Susan M Boyce Other Just how much is Asian immigration affecting the local housing market? Are Mainland Chinese purchasers to blame for pushing housing values so high that many locals can’t afford to buy? It’s an ongoing, often …

Opsal 1785 Quebec 165 units in a 24-storey tower by Bastion

2014-01-30

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Vancouver realtors report micro-boom pre-Lunar New Year

2014-01-30

Is it the Year of the Horse, or something else, that's triggered a bump in real estate demand? Annie Ellison Other Realtors in Metro Vancouver usually experience a bump in real estate activity around Lunar New Year, which beg…

B.C. Real Estate Sales To Jump 4.8 Per Cent This Year

2014-01-30

Other B.C.'s real estate market is set to see slower sales growth this year compared to 2013. So says the first quarter housing forecast update from the B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA), which predicts that the province will see sales g…

Property boom in Vancouver’s east side yields calls to rein in speculation

2014-01-30

FRANCES BULA Other A decade ago, Vancouver planning director Larry Beasley sent out a message to developers: Go east. It appears they have, along with business owners and home buyers. An analysis of the change in Vancouver property values b…

Economic & Housing Forecast 2014, West Van Hottest market, 50% of Buyers over $2M are foreigners

2014-01-30

Other In late 2012 after home sales in B.C. fell to the lowest level since the late 1990s, doomsayers were calling for a severe real estate correction. That didn’t happen. In 2013 sales steadily improved and prices stayed relatively f…

Office space returning to pricey Vancouver market

2014-01-29

Home ownership remains unaffordable for many, mayor acknowledges Mike Howell Van. Courier The same week a study was released saying Vancouver has the second least affordable housing market in the world, Mayor Gregor Robertson was boasting t…

Vancouver Real Estate Shows Thriving Luxury Market

2014-01-28

Other The luxury home market powered ahead in Vancouver last year, fuelled in part by redevelopment of teardowns by builders in prime, or upcoming neighbourhoods, according to a new study by RE/MAX looking at upper-end real estate trends ac…

Vancouver Airport releases drawings of luxury outlet mall

2014-01-27

Martha Perkins Other Construction has begun on the new McArthurGlen Designer Outlet at the Vancouver Airport. The 35,000 square-metre luxury, designer and lifestyle retail outlet centre is on the northeast corner of Sea Island near the Temp…

The FINTRAC Charade - Realtors Have to collect the data and store it

2014-01-27

Marty Douglas Other February – when every young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of, “How can I escape this dreary winter?” Then I opened an email from my real estate board. There, buried between the President’s M…

Zoocasa & Redpin - Canadian Discount Real Estate Brokerages have not penetrated the market as originally perceived

2014-01-25

How Canada's housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions TARA PERKINS Other The power of the Internet was going to shatter the grip that realtors have on house sales in Canada, driving down commissions and empowering cons…

Critic calls Pearson proposal ‘ethically wrong’ - The 25-acre Pearson-Dogwood site is located at West 59th Avenue between Heather and Cambie streets.

2014-01-24

Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier Concerns about “institutionalizing” people with disabilities dominated public feedback at city council Wednesday regarding the draft Pearson Dogwood Policy Statement, which is meant to guide redevelo…

Vancouver agents, builders greet signs of a rebound with glee

2014-01-24

KERRY GOLD Other Last year marked a return of confidence to Vancouver’s real estate market, with a 14-per-cent increase in sales over the year before, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. Another year-end report, t…

Brio in Tsawwassen at 5454 12th Avenue 58 units in a 4 storey building by Extol

2014-01-23

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Court rules commission to real estate agents must be paid

2014-01-21

By Bob Aaron Other A ruling of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in December makes it clear that a seller is responsible for paying commission to the real estate agent if a full price offer is presented, whether or not the offer is acce…

Shared property owners in North Vancouver can force sale, B.C. Supreme Court rules

2014-01-21

FRANCES BULA Other A Supreme Court judge has ruled that a majority of owners in a strata-type project in North Vancouver can ask for a sale of the whole property, even if a minority says the sale will force them out of the only affordable h…

Maximizing virtual curb appeal

2014-01-20

Toby Welch Other Curb appeal has been talked to death in the real estate industry for decades.  We get it – a house needs to make a mind-blowing impression when buyers see it for the first time.  As that rarely hap…

Luxury market ‘exceeds expectations’ – Sotheby's

2014-01-17

Other Sotheby’s International Realty says 2013 activity shows a return of buyer confidence in luxury residential real estate in the country’s largest cities. It says that despite a sluggish start to 2013, the luxury real estate …

Brio 5454 12th AvenueTsawwassen 58 homes in a 4-storey building by Extol Developments

2014-01-16

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Mason & Green Townhomes at 7848 209 Street Langley by Polygon

2014-01-16

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Infographic: Costs You’ll Encounter when You Buy a Home

2014-01-16

Other You’ve saved up a down payment, you’re pre-approved for a mortgage, you’ve found a place you love. Now, HEADS UP! There’ll be all sorts of extra fees and charges coming at you. Be prepared with this handy chart…

Edmonton’s skinny homes the latest big idea in housing

2014-01-11

Bill Mah Other EDMONTON - Skinny sells when it comes to lattes and jeans, but will Edmontonians buy skinny houses? Local developer Doug Kelly believes so, having just listed two of Edmonton’s first wave of “skinny homes” o…