Real Estate News & Articles

Chinese buyes target B.C. hotels and resorts

2013-10-27

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Sunset: Neighbourhood at a Glance

2013-10-25

Megan Stewart Van. Courier Bordered by Ontario Street in the west and Knight Street in the east, Sunset begins at 41st Avenue and continues south toward the Fraser River. The neighbourhood was once part of the incorporated District of South…

Vancouver city staff reject proposal for Stong's site

2013-10-25

Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier City of Vancouver staff have rejected a rezoning application for a six-storey mixed-use building on the Stong’s Market site. Brian Jackson, the city’s manager of planning and development, recommended…

Tsawwassen Springs at 5099 Springs Blvd. 296 Condos

2013-10-24

For homebuyers ready for a lifestyle cange Other Download Document

Why It`s Tougher to Get Financing

2013-10-24

Gillian Lunde Other If you’re finding it hard to secure a mortgage, you’re not alone. Ottawa’s tougher rules on lending have hit home, particularly with young, first-time buyers, self-employed buyers, real estate investors…

Amazon.com set for major expansion in Vancouver

2013-10-23

Online retailer has leased space for up to 1,000 staff in new high-tech building Other Online retailing giant Amazon appears to have plans for a massive office expansion in Vancouver, according to some industry insiders. The Seattle-based t…

B.C. housing rally expected to continue through 2014

2013-10-22

BRENT JANG Other A rally in British Columbia’s housing market is expected to extend through 2014 as the provincial economy gathers steam. Sales on the Multiple Listing Service are on pace to reach 71,700 units in 2013, up 6 per cent f…

The Edge 12075 Edge Street Maple Ridge by MacLean Homes

2013-10-17

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Three Harbour Green 227 Thurlow Street Vancouver - Penthouse

2013-10-15

MICHAEL BERNARD Other So what would you expect to see stepping through the front door of a condo listed for a jaw-dropping $22.3 million? Twenty-four carat gold leaf wallpaper? Pillars of pure marble shipped in from Greece? Rare and exotic …

Real estate sizzle in September -The impact on U.S. property investing - Confidence in Canada soars

2013-10-14

Other With more buyers snapping up properties to capitalize on historically low interest rates and wanting to lock in mortgages, home sales increased again in September. Year-on-year, sales of existing homes across Canada increased by 18.2 …

Redbrick 245 Condos in Burnaby's Edmonds neighbourhood

2013-10-10

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House Hunting in ... West Vancouver

2013-10-09

A THREE-BEDROOM WATERFRONT HOUSE IN WEST VANCOUVER VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE Other $2.5 MILLION (2,575,000 CANADIAN DOLLARS) Built in 1987 and renovated inside and out in 2006, this house is at the water’s edge in West Vancouver, an affluen…

River Green 5111 Hollybridge Way Richmond by Aspac

2013-10-07

Canada’s Most Significant Waterfront Community Other Just south of Vancouver on the banks of the Fraser River, Aspac has taken the same expertise, attention to detail and focus on excellence lavished upon Coal Harbour to create its ne…

Penthouses at Harbour Green 1169 and 1139 West Cordova

2013-10-07

Community builder with a mission Other 2013 marks a very special year for Aspac Developments. In 1993, Aspac partnered with Marathon Realty, the real estate arm of Canadian Pacific Railway, to create one of the most ambitious urban developm…

If email has changed; is it time to go mobile?

2013-10-05

Other I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but email has changed quite dramatically in the last couple of years. For many of us using it for email marketing or sales it just doesn’t work as well as before. There are at least th…

Oakridge residents wary of mall redevelopment’s scale of Oakridge Mall

2013-10-04

Architect argues project density must be 'future proof' Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier Tower heights and density topped the concerns of people the Courier spoke to Thursday evening at the first of two open houses revealing revised plans for t…

Paragon Tries Again for Casino

2013-10-03

Other Paragon Gaming Corp has resubmitted a proposal to move its Edgewater Casino into a $535M redevelopment of BC Place lands--but this time promising not to expand the gambling operations. (It's called compromise, you may have forgotten a…

The Shore in North Vancouver by Adera Developments

2013-10-03

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Home prices in the GTA continue to climb despite Ottawa’s efforts to cool real estate market

2013-10-03

Sales across the GTA were up 30 per cent in September, year over year, and prices were up 6.5 per cent over September 2012, according to figures released Thursday by the Toronto Real Estate Board. Susan Pigg Other Toronto house sales - and …

Banks not affected by rate hikes... yet

2013-10-03

Other Fitch Ratings released a report Monday stating that the Canadian banks have yet to experience a significant decrease in their mortgage sales, despite the increase in interest rates that many thought would price consumers out of the ma…

Delta Rise 11941 80th Avenue Delta BC 37-storey tower by Blexo Developments

2013-10-03

Tom Zytaruk Other NORTH DELTA —  What will Delta Rise, the municipality’s tallest tower, look like? Politicians and journalists were given a sneak peek Wednesday at an architect’s model of the building, as well as a t…

Hollyburn Mews at 21 Street and Esquimalt Avenue in West Vancouver - summer homes for Vancouverites

2013-10-03

Susan Boyce Other It’s been more than six years in the making. It’s been the subject of scrutiny, controversy, and even outrage. Yet today, when people experience their first glimpse of Hollyburn Mews the reaction is inevitably …

Ridge theatre's stained glass windows shattered

2013-10-02

Saving the windows deemed too costly Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier The sound of shattering glass propelled neighbours to the Ridge Theatre into the street last Wednesday. “All the neighbours came out of their house,” said David Chap…

SENIORS: Affordable housing and the arts

2013-10-02

Martha Perkins Other The average income for a retired senior citizen in Canada is $30,000 a year, according to Stats Canada. The average income for a retired senior citizen who worked in the arts or performing arts in Canada is $10,000 a ye…