Real Estate News & Articles

Reliance Properties Ltd. and Jim Pattison Developments Ltd. announce a $500-million mixed-use development called Burrard Gateway. At the corner of Drake & Burrard – Jim Pattison Toyota Location

2010-10-29

Burrard site may contain 510 strata units Mike Howell Van. Courier A new development proposal would put three new towers—one 48 storeys—near the north end of the Burrard Bridge, a 36-storey condo building (355 feet) and a 13-sto…

Jim Pattison/Reliance Properties Burrard-Gateway Project

2010-10-27

Greg Mitchell Other Burrard Gateway Development Jim Pattison/Reliance Properties Burrard  Gateway Development at Burrard and Drake to cost $500 million. Three new high-rise towers are on the drawing board at Vancouver City Hall pe…

Residents voice laneway housing concerns at Vancouver city hall

2010-10-26

Lack of notification rankles some neighbours Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier Peter Selnar, a member of the Dunbar Residents Association, says the city must do a better job of notifying neighbours of pending laneway housing. Photograph by: Dan Tou…

Buyers powered as sales fall, prices stabilize

2010-10-23

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HST, GST, Home Buyers Plan Info + 18 other tips that every new Buyer should know about

2010-10-15

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Millennium owners want to sell condos at lower price

2010-10-13

Malek brothers need permission from city to sell below base rate Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier Millennium Development Corporation and Rennie Marketing Systems hope "momentum pricing" at the Olympic Village will help Millennium get back on track…

Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver September 2010 Stats

2010-10-01

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Bank foresees short-term relief on home costs but expects them to rise again

2010-09-30

Sunny Freeman Other The cost of owning a home in Canada continued to climb in the second quarter, but homeowners may soon experience some temporary relief as house prices and some mortgage rates subside, according to a report released Monda…

Kitsilano flair at Surrey's SUN at 72

2010-09-27

Other VALUE BY DESIGN: Solterra is offering a limited time promotion so hurry in so you also get the best selection and pricing available. The SUN at 72 presentation centre and two designer display homes are now open noon to 5 p.m. daily (e…

Flickr's 5 Billionth Photo

2010-09-20

Woodward's Building, Vancouver Aaron Yeo Other http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeoaaron/5000000000/

Marpole rezoning plan tops unprecedented heights

2010-09-15

Proposal includes 24-storey tower Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier The building proposal includes a 24-storey rental tower. Photograph by: submitted, for Vancouver Courier A key property in Marpole on Granville near West 70th Avenue could undergo …

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2010-09-07

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Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board Stats For August 2010

2010-09-03

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Cracking the code of a marketing craze

2010-09-01

Vancouver firm uses new technology to turn smartphone users into environmental activists Gillian Shaw Sun Darren Barefoot, a partner at Capulet Communications, is behind the Big Wild campaign that uses posters bearing a strange code. People…

Forecast of Metro house sales downgraded

2010-09-01

National housing agency hedges May prediction Derrick Penner Sun Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. has reduced its expectations for Metro Vancouver's housing markets, a prediction that speaks as much to the mad rush of sales in late 2009 as…

Housing prices threaten growth

2010-09-01

There are reasons why Vancouver has become forbiddingly expensive, and they are no mystery Michael Goldberg Sun 'We did it: We are the least affordable city in North America." Those are the words of Sun columnist Don Cayo , who recently wro…

Controversial apartment project delayed for further consultation

2010-09-01

Doug Ward Sun Mayor Gregor Robertson has placed the controversial plan to build a 22-storey apartment project in the West End on hold to allow further community consultation. Robertson's profanity-laced remarks in July about neighbourhood o…

home you like and can afford trumps the market

2010-09-01

Craig McInnes Sun Are we in a housing bubble that's about to burst? Most real estate analysts don't think so. But it's still a pretty scary prospect for homeowners who owe what may be more than their house is worth if we have an American-st…

Bubbles looming in hottest housing markets, report warns

2010-08-31

Norma Greenaway Sun Steep housing price increases in six of Canada's hottest real estate markets since 2002 have all the hallmarks of an "accident waiting to happen" if mortgage rates rise too sharply, warns a new report. The report by the …

Researcher has a wake-up call about wireless

2010-08-31

B.C. author promotes consumer guide to reducing electromagnetic radiation Pamela Fayerman Sun Kerry Crofton owns a cellphone, but uses it primarily for emergencies. Photograph by: Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Sun Kerry Crofton trav…

Vancouver real estate 'bubble' at 30-year peak, report cautions

2010-08-31

Norma Greenaway Sun The unchecked rise in housing prices in major Canadian cities since 2002 could lead to a collapse in the market, a new report suggests. Photograph by: Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun OTTAWA — Steep housing price increas…

Housing bubble to burst?

2010-08-31

High prices in top six cities showing signs of crumbling Norma Greenaway Province A housing-bubble burst is a rare economic phenomena in Canada. It's hit Vancouver twice, in 1981 and 1994. Photograph by: Wayne Leidenfrost, PNG, Postmedia Ne…

CRTC delivers blow to Bell

2010-08-31

Major Internet providers must now lease network space to independents Jamie Sturgeon Province The country's major Internet providers, such as BCE Inc.'s Bell Canada and Telus Corp., will be forced to lease network space to smaller competito…

Olympic Village apartments to remain empty until November

2010-08-30

Cops, teachers, doctors get first dibs on units Mike Howell Van. Courier Prospective tenants on waiting lists to rent the 252 affordable housing units at the Olympic Village will likely have to wait until November before moving in, accordin…