Real Estate News & Articles

Housing market defies expectations with latest CREA figures

2013-12-16

TARA PERKINS Other Canada ’s housing market is on track to close out 2013 on a stronger note than last year, defying the expectations of economists just a few months ago. The picture is mixed across the country, and sales are certainl…

Meet modernist design, Vancouver’s new housing trend

2013-12-14

FRANCES BULA Other When Maria Grigoriadis’s new house started going up, her neighbours were intrigued. People driving by slowed down, stopped, got out of the car to ask about it. It didn’t look like anything else on her block of…

With Vancouver prices up, some frustrated house hunters to call for curbs on the foreign buyers they blame for stoking the rapid ramping up of housing values

2013-12-13

KERRY GOLD Other Along with a jump in house sales, house prices in Vancouver have risen sharply and will likely continue to climb in the new year, pushing some frustrated house hunters to call for curbs on the foreign buyers they blame for …

Binning tower 3355 Binning Road 216 Homes

2013-12-12

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How a Condo’s Age Affects its Price

2013-12-12

Frank Schliewinsky Other If you haven’t woken up to the fact that there’s housing for the 1 per cent and then there’s housing for the rest of us, then you just haven’t woken up. The Vancouver condo market is now firm…

Vancouver Real Estate Sales Tied For Tops In Canada: Re/Max

2013-12-11

Other Vancouver real estate led the country in what proved to be a bounce-back year for housing sales, says a new report from Re/Max. The realtor's Housing Market Outlook 2014 showed Vancouver tied with Kelowna for Canada's top home sales g…

Empress provides housing for vulnerable Vancouver women

2013-12-10

Hell hotel finds new life as haven Mike Howell Van. Courier The drug dealer doesn’t live there anymore. He was evicted. But he was on the corner last Friday morning, lurking. Inside the old building in which he lived, there now exists…

Should we tax foreign buyers of Vancouver real estate?

2013-12-06

South China Morning Post story considers a levy on international buyers in Vancouver Other Vancouver ’s sky-high real estate prices and the influence of offshore investors has come under fire again, in a controversial article on the S…

Heritage activists fret as old homes fill Vancouver landfills

2013-12-06

Kerry Gold Other Old Vancouver housing, which has been under fire from rampant new development, got a bit of a break this week. The two neighbouring historic mock-Tudor houses nicknamed “the Dorothies ” look like they might be s…

8 tips For Holiday Home Sellers

2013-12-05

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Modello 6225 Cassie Avenue 170 units in 37-storey tower by Bobbo

2013-12-05

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City debuts renovated York Theatre

2013-12-05

Vancouver spent $13 million to restore theatre in deal brokered by the late Jim Green Mike Howell Van. Courier It was dilapidated, filthy with rats and was once slated for redevelopment. Now the 1913-era theatre at 639 Commercial Dr. has ha…

Want Vancouver real estate to be cheaper? Build a wall, jokes economist

2013-12-05

Other Want Vancouver real estate to get cheaper? Raze the mountains, fill in the ocean, build a wall around it to stop any more people from coming, and sabotage the economy. Those were the innovative suggestions urban economists offered whe…

Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent

2013-12-04

Other 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. The global economy is expanding at a mode…

Jack Chow Building at Pender and Carrall world’s narrowest building un renovation

2013-12-04

Martha Perkins Other Magicians are known for being able to pull rabbits out of a hat so imagine what Rod Chow is going to be able to pull off at the world’s shallowest commercial building. The six-foot-wide, 100-foot-long Jack Chow Bu…

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2013-12-04

TARA PERKINS Other Home sales continued to be strong in a number of major cities in November, with preliminary local data indicating that the country’s housing market is still rebounding. The number of homes that changed hands by way …

City of Vancouver hopes developers buy into Rental 100

2013-12-02

Mike Howell Van. Courier Do you get as excited about amendments to city bylaws as I do? Didn’t think so. But if you’re a renter, or looking for a place to rent, you might want to jump on the City of Vancouver’s website and…

Experts split on how many new Metro condos is too many

2013-11-28

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2013-11-28

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Experts predict 2014 new home market

2013-11-28

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BosaSPACE at University district in Surrey: Transform Your Condo Space

2013-11-27

Other The buzz and momentum have been building for months. Finally came the grand reveal. Bosa Properties has now officially launched BosaSPACE : a new lifestyle concept at University District in Central Surrey. On opening day, speculation …

According to the IMF, Canada has the most overvalued housing market in the world

2013-11-27

Steven Perlberg Other While housing markets across the globe slowly recover, it’s no great secret that some seem crazy overvalued. Take London, for example, where asking prices jumped 10% in October alone and foreign buyers are swoopi…

Plans for new Downtown Eastside housing debated

2013-11-26

City prepares to release new community plan Mike Howell Van. Courier The City of Vancouver is expected to release its report on a new community plan for the Downtown Eastside before the end of the year. photo Dan Toulgoe. The type of new ho…

Arbutus neighbourhood at a glance

2013-11-25

Sandra Thomas Van. Courier The neighbourhood of Arbutus Ridge is interesting in that it encompasses several enclaves, including Mackenzie Heights, and reaches blocks into territory typically considered Kerrisdale. The boundaries include Wes…