Real Estate News & Articles

Unless real estate pros get smart with social media most are just "adding to the noise" without adding value

2012-04-02

PETER MITHAM Other "Use mobile to close the gap between emotion and experience." That's the message Rick Bakas of San Francisco-based Bakas Media delivers when addressing industry groups keen to leverage social media and the dramatic shift …

Affordability of Vancouver real estate

2012-04-02

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West Vancouver considers 'housing reduction' strategy

2012-04-01

James Weldon Van. Courier WEST Vancouver neighbourhoods could take a dramatic turn for the exclusive in coming years if the municipality adopts a "housing reduction" strategy outlined in a staff report tabled in-camera last year. The confid…

Red Maple Park 7938 209 Street Langley

2012-03-29

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Is This a Good Time to Buy? Our Consumer Survey

2012-03-28

Other REW.ca asked consumers for their thoughts on the current Vancouver real estate market. We asked because expert opinion is easy to find -- consumer opinion, not so much. Government, banks, real estate  boards and other industry he…

Can We Combat Uncontrolled Offshore Ownership?

2012-03-23

Peter Mitham Other Recent conversation around the Kitsilano dinner table turned to — as it almost always seems to do — real estate and the role of foreign buyers in Vancouver. The older guests decried the run…

Is China Really Buying Up Metro Vancouver?

2012-03-23

Peter Mitham Other Pundits say the Year of the Dragon, perhaps one of the Chinese zodiac’s most auspicious signs, will strengthen the wave of Mainland Chinese investment flooding into Metro Vancouver. But the pundits didn’t need…

Clean lines help - A home sell: survey

2012-03-22

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Did anyone say "A great investment buy"

2012-03-22

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Spring Market Trends Not Springy for Vancouver

2012-03-22

Jennifer Harrison Other Despite a strong showing in most of Canada’s major real-estate markets in the first two months of 2012, Vancouver experienced a softening in housing activity. Re/Max 's Market Trends Report , which highlights s…

The Ridge Theatre space at West 16th and Arbutus scheduled to be redeveloped

2012-03-16

No wrecking ball soon at 63-year-old theatre Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier Leonard Schein’s Festival Cinemas leases The Ridge Theatre space at West 16th and Arbutus. Photograph by: Dan Toulgoet , Courier Leonard Schein doesn't sound anxio…

Affordable homes abount across metro market

2012-03-15

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Lift At SFU's UniverCity

2012-03-15

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Affordable Housing Task Force Releases Recommendations

2012-03-15

Glen Korstrom Other The City of Vancouver’s task force on affordable housing released its first recommendations March 12. Suggestions include: expediting housing development applications that provide affordable rental premises; develo…

Canada's real estate bubble: Spot the signs and prep for the pop

2012-03-14

Experts say it’s impossible to say for certain when, or if at all, a bubble is going to pop. However, they agree that there are clear warning signs when things in the market aren’t quite right. Gail Johnson Other How many times …

Canadian real estate Bubble - Is it going to happen?

2012-03-14

Experts say it’s impossible to say for certain when, or if at all, a bubble is going to pop. However, they agree that there are clear warning signs when things in the market aren’t quite right. Gail Johnson Other How many times …

udge Orders Failed Copyright Troll to Forfeit ‘All’ Copyrights

2012-03-13

David Kravets Other Righthaven , a copyright-troll law firm that failed in its attempt to make money for newspapers by suing readers for sharing stories online, was dealt a death blow Tuesday by a federal judge who ordered the Las Vegas com…

Indian band thwarts Vancouver ground-breaking

2012-03-12

Protesters gather at Southwest Marine Drive siteCut Stanley Tromp Van. Courier Protesters from the Musqueam Indian Band stopped construction workers from starting excavation of land they say is home to their ancient burial ground. Workers a…

BC Land Title and Survey Authority updates their electronic services

2012-03-09

Other The BC Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA) has updated their electronic services accessed via BC OnLine . These updates include a new electronic filing notice, the improved ability to conduct a search on a package of electronic lan…

Designated Agency comes into effect June 1

2012-03-09

Other Modifications will be made to limited dual agency, effective June 1, to adopt designated agency. This is being done to reflect the current practice followed by brokerages, licensees and the public today. The coming changes only impact…

Plans underway for Surrey Public Market property

2012-03-09

Amy Reid Other SURREY - The Surrey Public Market property, which has been sitting empty for over a decade, is getting a new lease on life. A numbered company purchased the property at King George Boulevard and 64th Avenue for $7.3 million e…

Elements in Willoughby Centre Langley

2012-03-08

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$10,000 Tax Credit Given First-Time Buyers

2012-03-08

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$10,000 gift from the Provincial Gov’t for 1st time home buyers buying a brand new home – valid thru Mar 31, 2013

2012-03-08

Other On February 21, 2012, the BC Provincial Government announced an exciting temporary bonus for first-time homebuyers who purchase a newly constructed home, effective February 21, 2012 through to March 31, 2013. This bonus is calculated …