Real Estate News & Articles

Vancouver House Prices Still Not Affordable: RBC

2012-03-08

Jennifer Harrison Other Despite registering the country’s most significant reductions in home-ownership costs in the final stretch of 2011, B.C.’s housing market remained the priciest in Canada, according to the latest Housing T…

Proposed tower twists from triangle to rectangle

2012-03-07

Plan includes 49 storeys at north end of Granville Street Bridge Jared Gnam Van. Courier The proposed 49-storey tower at the north end of the Granville Street Bridge starts as a triangle at the base but twists into a rectangle higher up abo…

Marpole liquor store will sit on native burial ground

2012-03-07

Former Fraser Arms site renamed Luminaire Plaza Stanley Tromp Van. Courier Store manager Eliana Bray stocks the beer cooler at a new liquor store at 1450 Southwest Marine Dr. Photograph by: Dan Toulgoet , Vancouver Courier If you are in one…

Rize Alliance Properties to build a 19-storey condo town at the corner of Broadway and Kingsway

2012-03-06

Mount Pleasant businesses split on Rize high-rise proposal Andrew Fleming Van. Courier The public hearing over the rezoning application by Rize Alliance Properties to build a 19-storey condo town at the corner of Broadway and Kingsway conti…

Surrey takes lead in office strata

2012-03-06

Other Buying office space as strata, rather than leasing, is becoming a major market push in Surrey, led by the success of a new 150,000-square-foot office tower at Morgan Crossing. And realtors close to the action say strata office space i…

New Strata Regulations regarding depreciation Reports & Form B Overview from Real Estate Council

2012-03-03

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New Strata Regulations regarding depreciation Reports & Form B Overview from Real Estate Council

2012-03-03

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Privacy Protected Listings - what you need to know

2012-03-02

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Photos: Vancouver's Strathcona one of Canada's 10 Best Old House neighbourhoods

2012-03-02

Old House magazine recently compiled a list of the Best Old House Neighbourhoods in Canada, including Vancouver's Strathcona. Old House Magazine Other

Further Mortgage Restrictions "Not Needed"

2012-03-01

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What's Hot in the Resale Condo Market

2012-03-01

Frank Schliewinsky Other High Rise Market Low Rise Market Townhouse Market January MLS sales indicate that there will be a seasonal upswing in apartment and townhouse condo sales . But after the first quarter? The markets to watch are Wests…

Ski resorts, hotels, condos and fractional condos - high supply, stalled demand

2012-03-01

B.C. ski resorts stare down slippery slope of high supply, stalled demand from condo investors GLEN KORSTROM/FRANK O'BRIEN Other British Columbia ski resorts may have reached the tipping point on the number of resorts needed - and any new d…

Buying with a friend or family

2012-03-01

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Rize Alliance Properties to build a full-block, 19-storey condo tower on the southwest corner of Broadway and Kingsway

2012-02-29

Vancouver residents rise up with Rize development plan Andrew Fleming Van. Courier City council met Monday night to discuss a controversial rezoning application for a high-rise development that some residents worry would make Mount Pleasant…

Port town of Prince Rupert on tenderhooks as governments and resource giants decide its fate

2012-02-29

FRANK O'BRIEN Other News that a giant LNG plant - that would need 1,000 workers to build - is being considered for the northern port city of Prince Rupert has come hard on the heels of a record-setting year at the second-largest coal and co…

Victoria Facelift - The largest development on the island

2012-02-29

In Colwood a near-14-acre development will include housing, retail and four floors of office spacet on the Island indicative of urban makeovers in B.C.'s historic capital Other Armed with a multimillion-dollar initial construction budget, V…

HST/PST Transitional Rules from Real R=Estate Lawyer Spagnulo & Company

2012-02-28

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New resource on the home buying and selling process available in six languages

2012-02-26

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MLS Home Price Index Launches in major canadian markets

2012-02-26

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Home Inspections - the how to report

2012-02-24

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Vancouver's condo market - What goes up...

2012-02-24

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Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) is developing its 724 hectare (1,800 acre) property on the north side of Highway 17 between the Deltaport Terminal and 52nd Street

2012-02-24

Tsawwassen First Nation breaks ground on new development Other “We’re building a better future for our members and for the community,” said Chris Hartman, CEO of the TFN Economic Development Corporation, speaking to member…

CMHC Canada Housing Outlook for 2012 & 2012 - starts remain relatively the same

2012-02-24

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New regulation surrounding changes to the First Time Homebuyer program

2012-02-24

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