Real Estate News & Articles

Home construction sinks in June, but building permits gain

2010-07-20

Alan Zibel, AP Real Estate Writer USA Today WASHINGTON — Home construction plunged last month to the lowest level since October as the economy remained weak and demand for housing plummeted. But building permit applications, a sign of…

Surrey housing complex becomes model for energy efficiency

2010-07-20

Greenbrook boasts largest solar power installation in Western Canada Scott Simpson Sun Photograph by: Vancouver Sun Graphics, Vancouver Sun A social housing complex in Surrey has become Western Canada's largest solar energy development and …

Shaw Tower's $12.88 million mansion in the Vancouver sky

2010-07-19

Derick Penner Sun The location: The 41st floor of the Shaw Tower is a full-floor suite on sale for $12.88 million. Photograph by: Handout, Randy and Stacy Raymond Which is more stunning, the interior art, or the exterior view? Photograph by…

You may not be tax-exempt

2010-07-18

Taxman can sting strata corporations making cash on the side Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts : Our strata has always been under the impression that strata corporations were tax-exempt. As a result, we are not required to file tax r…

B.C. is homebuyers' territory

2010-07-16

Active listings sit at the highest level since March 2009, economist says Derrick Penner Sun Photograph by: Vancouver Sun Graphic, Vancouver Sun When Maple Ridge's Monika Novosadova went house hunting this spring, she faced an embarrassment…

Vancouver to consider modular housing for homeless, seniors

2010-07-16

Initial experiment could become permanent, mayor says Jeff Lee Sun Modular buildings have advanced far beyond the days of mobile homes, to the point where they could become permanent housing. Vancouver is considering allowing modular housin…

Home sales on downward slide

2010-07-16

Province Home sales in B.C. tumbled 23 per cent last month, the B.C. Real Estate Association says. Residential sales through the Multiple Listing Service in the province plunged to 7,722 in June from the same month last year, the associatio…

Bubble or not?

2010-07-16

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Foreclosure could claim more than 1 million homes in 2010

2010-07-15

Alex Veiga, AP Real Estate Writer USA Today A foreclosed home in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. By Mel Evans, AP file LOS ANGELES — More than 1 million U.S. households could lose their homes to foreclosure this year, as lenders work their …

Latitude brings bistro style back to Main

2010-07-15

Menu features South American flavours tinged with a taste of the Mediterranean Mia Stainsby Sun Larry Nicolay and Lisa Henderson at Latitude, their new restaurant, on Vancouver's Main street. Sablefish with kale, fennel and buttered beans i…

Coast makes its diners feel at home and the food is pretty good too

2010-07-15

Great service makes customers welcome Mia Stainsby Sun Sure, food matters. But the it 's just as important to feed egos. Restaurateurs who don't know this perhaps didn't have mothers like Emad Yacoub's who didn't believe in doors. It was al…

Lolo fits right in to the Lonsdale locale as the cool new neighbourhood hangout

2010-07-15

Great food, great wine, better prices Joanne Sasvari Sun Owner Michael Moller with some of the fare at Lolo restaurant in North Vancouver. Photograph by: Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun, Special to The Sun Dining at Lolo is a bit like hanging ou…

Devilishly good food at heavenly low prices

2010-07-15

Ling Zheng and her staff create the food they want to cook for friends and family Mia Stainsby Sun Server Andrew Beatty with cumin chili-crusted rack of lamb and a bowl of Prohibition Punch at Grub restaurant . Photograph by: Steve Bosch, V…

Old building’s rehab key to condo trade-off

2010-07-15

Some neighbours don’t like plan Sam Cooper Province Opsal Steel building on East 2nd Avenue in Vancouver is part of a development plan that includes an extra-tall apartment building. Wayne Leidenfrost — PNG Does a dilapidated wa…

Waterfront condo development in historic neighbourhood under fire

2010-07-12

Kelly Sinoski Sun Connie Blundy looks over the property that is part of a zoning debate in Fort Langley. Photograph by: Wayne Leidenfrost, Vancouver Sun / PNG While some municipalities like West Vancouver are buying back waterfront for publ…

Jewel II Central Park, Burnaby

2010-07-11

Superb indoor-outdoor living Province Jewel II residences will be fited with good-sized balconies. 'We wanted the intefration of indoor and outdoo living,' says marketer Ivan Tsao. -- RAEF GROHNE PHOTO The Jewel homes are fitted with floor-…

Bylaw provision lets you enforce pet limit

2010-07-11

But strata can't penalize until after filing Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: An owner is challenging us on our new pet bylaws. Our strata adopted a new bylaw in January that limits the number of pets to one per strata lot. There a…

Emerald expresses a love affair with Richmond

2010-07-10

Highrises are Singapore family's fifth development in the Garden City in more than 25 years Suzannah Millette Sun The grounds of the Emerald new-home project 'will set a bit of a standard for quality of landscaping in Richmond,' the archite…

New tablet runs on Google system

2010-07-10

Cius available in 2011 Gillian Shaw Sun Flip MinoHD, second generation Cisco Satellite T230 notebook computer, Toshiba Go Mic, Samson Cius , Cisco, price not announced Not to be outdone by Apple, Cisco is joining other contestants in the gr…

Demand sparks bump in rental units

2010-07-10

Increase is small, but it may show developers are responding to the city's demographic needs, market analyst says Derrick Penner Sun Forty apartment buildings traded hands in Metro in first half of 2010. Photograph by: Bill Keay, PNG, Vanco…

New-home prices rise

2010-07-09

But markets slow as buyers wait to see how developers handle HST, analyst says Derrick Penner Sun New-home prices in Metro Vancouver continued to rise in May, according to Statistics Canada's new-housing price index, but with buyers feeling…

BC Place next in line for new corporate moniker

2010-07-08

Sponsorship will help cover cost of the new roof Brad Ziemer Sun General Motors Place has become Rogers Arena and soon its neighbour, BC Place Stadium, will have a new name. By the time it reopens in the fall of 2011 with a new retractable …

An at-home feeling on the Hastings fringe

2010-07-08

1940s-style cafe's menu is the 'heart and soul of comfort food' Mia Stainsby Sun Peggy Hoffman, who with her husband Alan owns the Acme Cafe on West Hastings, shows a Chicken Club and a slice of Daily Cake, some ... Photograph by: Photo By …

Property owner sues realtor over sale

2010-07-08

Creekside lot sold for $1 million less than asking price Darah Hansen Sun A valuable chunk of Whistler property, next door to a luxury home owned by Vancouver mining magnate Frank Giustra , is at the centre of a real-estate lawsuit that is …