Real Estate News & Articles

Crea: Update on Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation

2013-06-03

Other Since 2009, CREA has actively and successfully lobbied to preserve critical marketing practices and significantly ease the burden of complying with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). The rules are not final and some additional cha…

Retirement Homes In Canada

2013-06-01

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Retirement Homes in Canada

2013-06-01

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BC hotel revenue performance is trailing most of Canada

2013-06-01

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$500M plan will transform Port Coquitlam

2013-06-01

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Buyers have seldom had it so good

2013-05-30

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Harvest 87 townhomes in Abbotsford by Polyhomes

2013-05-30

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Oakridge development plan under the microscope

2013-05-30

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Getting too expensive to buy commercial property in Vancouver

2013-05-29

Garry Marr Other Valuations are getting so high in Vancouver's commercial market it is starting to affect deal flow, says a new report. RealNet Canada Inc. says capitalization rates - the implied rate of return on a property - in British Co…

Montreal board gathers list of demands for CREA

2013-05-29

Danny Kucharsky Other The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board is leading an initiative among Quebec boards to present CREA with a common list of demands for changes. At stake is the future membership of the Quebec boards in the national asso…

Grandview-Woodland: Neighbourhood numbers

2013-05-24

Andrew Fleming Van. Courier $2.95 is the longstanding cost of the popular all-day breakfast special at Bon’s Off Broadway restaurant. Photograph by: Dan Toulgoet , Vancouver Courier. 1.5: In kilometres , the distance between Grandview…

Grandview-Woodland: Then and Now

2013-05-24

Van. Courier Grandview Theatre, 1730 Commercial Drive, July 22, 1930. VPL Accession Number: 11049. Photograph by: Photographer/Studio , Frank, Leonard Grandview Theatre, 1730 Commercial Drive, now. Photograph by: Dan Toulgoet, Vancouver Cou…

Concider having a Pre-Inspected Listing

2013-05-24

Other Home inspections have traditionally been for the benefit of the purchaser. Pre-inspected listings benefit all parties - purchasers, vendors and Realtors. Deals Won't Fall Through. Home inspections, performed as a condition of the offe…

Big fall in Canadian market ‘unlikely’ in short-term, says report

2013-05-24

Other A significant correction in the Canadian housing market in the short term is unlikely, says a new report. Housing affordability is largely unchanged in first three months of 2013 along with mortgage rates, home prices and household in…

Three industry professionals gaze into their crystal balls to consider what’s ahead this year for real estate in the Lower Mainland

2013-05-23

Reading The Signs STEVEN THRENDYLE Other FROM LEFT: TONY ASTLES, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF BENTALL KENNEDY, ERIC CARLSON, OF ANTHEM PROPERTIES, and COLIN BOSA, CEO OF BOSA PROPERTIES TOOK PART IN A PANEL DISCUSSION DURING URBAN DEVELOPMEN…

Think that Former Grow-Op is a Deal? Think Again.

2013-05-23

Scott Dawson Other Whenever I get a call from a REALTOR or client asking me about obtaining mortgage financing for a former grow-op the first thought that comes to my head is, "Why would anyone want to buy a former grow-op? ". This blog pos…

Tsawwassen Springs 5099 Springs Bouldevard, 6-level condo building 490 homes by Crosby

2013-05-23

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Teja Vista 9010 School St., Chilliwack, 4-level, 26 condo building by ICE Development

2013-05-23

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Grandview-Woodland: Neighbourhood at a glance

2013-05-23

Fiona Hughes Van. Courier Grandview-Woodland Photograph by: Courier , file It's officially known as Grandview-Woodland, but most Vancouverites refer to the neighbourhood that is bounded by Broadway to the south, Burrard Inlet to the north, …

Look out REALTOR, Rogers Communications wants a piece of your cut

2013-05-22

Garry Marr Other Zoocasa will act as a brokerage hooking up consumers with agents from existing firms, and getting a fee for itself in the process. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press Rogers Communications Inc. subsidiary Zoocasa plans a fu…

A Greenwich House Aims to Sell for $190 Million

2013-05-22

An eye-popping price tag in Connecticut is a new test of the ultra-high-end property market ALYSSA ABKOWITZ Other Named Copper Beech Farm, the Greenwich, Conn., estate sits on 50½ acres and includes a 12-bedroom Victorian, French-ren…

Up to date info for various Fintrac requirements

2013-05-21

INDIVIDUAL CLIENT IDENTIFICATION Other Q: What should a brokerage do if a client absolutely refuses to provide the information required to complete either the Identification Information Record or the Receipt of Funds form? A: The strict leg…

Foreign Investment in Vancouver Real Estate

2013-05-21

Elizabeth Wilson Other When it comes to foreign ownership of Vancouver real estate, we operate in a data vacuum. No agency collects information on where home buyers come from. It's not that this is an impossible task: Australia, Albert…

Immigration Reform Could Generate $500 Billion in New Real Estate Transactions

2013-05-20

Other If current legislation that creates a path to legalization for 11 million undocumented immigrants is passed, the nation's Hispanic real estate leaders estimate that it would create a new pool of 3 million homeowners and pump more than…