Real Estate News & Articles

Don't like your Olympic village deal? Call the condo litigator

2010-06-28

Miro Cernetig Sun The billion-dollar Olympic village has no shortage of hurdles to profitability: a runaway construction budget, the global banking crisis that panicked its mortgage lenders and a business model based on a post-Olympic real-…

SanDisk CEO Eli Harari proves he's no flash in the pan

2010-06-28

Jon Swartz USA Today "Ideas are a dime a dozen," Sandisk CEO Eli Harari says. "It's what you do with a great idea, to create big markets, that matters." - Sandisk LOS ANGELES — At 43, Eli Harari was at a career crossroads — some…

Buyers want out of Olympic Village

2010-06-27

FALSE CREEK CONDOS: Eleven people demand deposits back from Millenium Water John Bermingham Province Cyclists ride past the Olympic Village condos at 1633 Ontario St. in Vancouver on Friday. Eleven people are trying to get out of their purc…

All eyes on Spyglass in North Delta

2010-06-27

Homes in first phase sold out in just three months Province Polygon Homes' recently launched second phase of the Spyglass at Sunstone community in North Delta is comprised of 38 town houses. IAN LINDSAY / PNG Kitchens in the new Spyglass pr…

New law clear on need for smoke alarms

2010-06-27

They must be in place now, but strata corporations must find out who's responsible for them Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: We received a notice that the government brought in new regulations regarding mandatory smoke alarms in re…

Rolston - Privacy sells, and resells, in Yaletown

2010-06-26

Sun Apartment residents want their sleeping quarters behind interior walls, if the preferences of buyers of a new-home project in Vancouver's Yaletown neighbourhood are representative. The developer of The Rolston says that four to one of t…

James, 290 West 1st Avenue

2010-06-26

Special neighbourhood, special name Sun An artist’s rendering of the exterior of Cressey Development’s James new-home project in False Creek, above, a rooftop view below, and an front view at bottom. The James bathrooms and ensu…

If buying new, buy what you need to beat the HST

2010-06-26

The tax on new construction priced less than rebate threshold of $525,000 will be no greater after July 1 than it is today Peter Simpson Sun The excitement is building. There are only five more sleeps until HST becomes a reality in B.C. Fac…

Clearview in Nanaimo is to see, and see from

2010-06-26

Hilltop location means most suites are view apartments; nearby Woodgrove Centre means all are near to shopping, services Suzanne Morphet Sun Clearview apartments give residents easy access to beautiful beaches and Nanaimo and vicinity&#8217…

HST brings new rules for rebates

2010-06-26

Tax will change the process for claiming work expenses Jamie Golombek Sun Not all work expenses are subject to HST. Photograph by: Aaron Lynett, National Post, Financial Post If you're an employee who has to pay some of your own expenses fo…

Conviction Restaurant: This is not a con job

2010-06-26

An eatery staffed by former convicts opens for business today in Vancouver Mia Stainsby Sun Marc Thuet ( right) and Biana Zorich ( second from right) with the ex-convicts who will staff their Conviction Restaurant. Restaurants don't usually…

Neighbourhood group opposes social housing in Mount Pleasant

2010-06-24

TIFFANY CRAWFORD Sun The graphic shows an artist’s rendering of a proposal for an 11-storey social housing building at 675 East Broadway. A group of residents is opposed to the proposal because of concerns over an increase in violence…

Building transferable equity now will help with eventual sale

2010-06-24

Sun Building transferable equity is a task that entrepreneurs often overlook while they are immersed in the day-to-day fog of managing their business. Unfortunately, this oversight can squash their dreams of profitably selling their enterpr…

New website is the future of historical research on B.C.

2010-06-24

Stephen Hume Sun If, as poet Gary Geddes argued on The Vancouver Sun's oped page, history is the deep mirror in which we discover who we are, British Columbians gained another opportunity for reflection this week. A website that makes acces…

ParkLane Bedford Landing development under fire

2010-06-24

Many residents opposed to apartment blocks along slice of waterfront Kent Spencer Province John John Klassen (left), chair of the Fort Langley Community Association, and Doug McFee, a director of the Salmon River Enhancement Society, ponder…

$75M mansion lacking carpets, tiles, walls selling 'as is'

2010-06-22

USA Today Timeshare tycoon David Siegel's unfinished mansion, nicknamed 'Versailles,' in Windermere, Fla. By John Raoux, AP WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — The brochure promises a "monument to unparalleled success." The 90,000-square-foot hom…

May home sales dip 2.2% as effect of tax credit winds down

2010-06-22

Alan Zibel, AP Real Estate Writer USA Today WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied homes dipped 2.2% in May, suggesting that a boost from government home-buying incentives is winding down earlier than expected. The National Associa…

A hand-held TV studio

2010-06-22

Man's invention was inspired by burning pants, and now the market is 'kind of exploding' Gillian Shaw Sun VeriCorder Technology president and CEO Gary Symons shows his company’s software that allows the iPhone to be used for electroni…

Bank of Canada warns of greater risks to stability

2010-06-22

Europe's debt feared as a drag on global growth Paul Vieira Sun The risks to financial stability have shot upward in the past six months, the Bank of Canada said Monday, as mounting worries over Europe's sovereign debt threaten to freeze fu…

Average B.C. households to be hit hard by HST: analysis

2010-06-22

Families could pay hundreds more a year when tax kicks in July 1 Andrew Duffy Sun The average B.C. household could take a $520 hit next year due to the harmonized sales tax, according to a model by Statistics Canada. The change could range …

Thousands of home sales depend on tax credit extension

2010-06-20

Stephanie Armour USA Today A sign announces a residential home sale is pending in the Boston suburb of Framingham, Mass. A rush of consumers aiming to meet a deadline to qualify for a federal tax credit pushed the number of buyers signing c…

The River Green Hollybridge Way and River Road, Richmond story begins

2010-06-20

$9-million sales centre is tucked behind Olympic Oval Province River Green will be built over 10 to 15 years and eventually include about 2,600 homes. -- WARD PERRIN / PNG George Wong of Magnum Projects says River Green buyers are seeking a…

Moving a bus off the property

2010-06-20

Using a section of the property act could provide a way out Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: We're stuck with an old bus on our property. Our apartment strata has an underground parking lot and a back lot for the second car of each…

Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa

2010-06-19

Victoria developer heralds project as fractional- ownership and construction firsts for Canada SUZANNE MORPHET Sun Green inside out and right back in again, the Parkside property is replete with indoor gardens and eco-friendly construction.…