Real Estate News & Articles

Vancouver trying to hold property-tax increase to 2%

2009-11-18

Frank Luba Province There will be more fees and less services in Vancouver if council goes along with the recommendations that city manager Penny Ballem presented Tuesday in her update on the 2010 budget. Despite the cuts, there's a shortfa…

Expo-lands transformation takes shape

2009-11-18

City green-lights plan to turn final parcel into high-density, mixed-use neighbourhood Tracy Sherlock and Doug Ward Sun City council unanimously endorsed a plan Tuesday night to create a high-density, mixed-use neighbourhood of about 7,000 …

October home sales rise to highest number in 6 years

2009-11-18

Most of the action was in Vancouver and other South Coast areas Derrick Penner Sun British Columbians racked up the highest number of home sales for the month of October since 2003, the B.C. Real Estate Association reported Tuesday, with Me…

Kindle comes to Canada with a $330 price tag

2009-11-18

GILLIAN SHAW Sun The battery-operated Amazon Kindle lets users download books, newspapers and blogs over a wireless connection to read on the portable tablet. More than a month after Canada was bypassed by Kindle in its release to more than…

Metro sees surge in housing resales

2009-11-17

Oct. sales up 170% from 2008, most in country Province Greater Vancouver posted the nation's highest increase in resale-home activity last month, the Canadian Real Estate Association says. Home sales in the area in October surged 170.8 per …

Worio next generation of tailored search engines

2009-11-17

UBC spinoff plays on ability to absorb tastes of individuals Gillian Shaw Sun Mike Klaas (left) and CEO Ali Davar discuss the UBC spinoff that came out of the university's laboratory for computational intelligence. They have taken online se…

.C. leads Canada in residential sales in October: report

2009-11-17

But province had most ground to make up after a dramatic sales decline in 2008 BRIAN MORTON Sun B. C. led Canada in new monthly records for residential sales in October, according to a report released Monday by the Canadian Real Estate Asso…

Baja Hotel California the One & Only Hotel

2009-11-17

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Home inspector fined $193,000 for missing key structural problems

2009-11-16

Jane Seyd Sun A home inspector who failed to find major structural problems with a $1-million house in North Vancouver has been ordered by a judge to pay $193,000 to a couple who relied on his report before deciding to buy their Montroyal -…

Metro board appeals to province to limit size of houses on farmland

2009-11-16

Larry Pynn Sun Some small farms are home to 10,000-square-foot 'country estates' that keep commercial trucks on their parking lots, according to Metro's Harold Steves. Photograph by: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun The Metro Vancouver board vote…

Spruce - 1096 W. Broadway: Satisfied with location, a jewel-box building, airy suites, they train their sights on storage

2009-11-15

Cheryl Chan Province Artist’s drawing of the Spruce, Intracorp’s 49-unit, glass-andconcrete development aimed at female professionals. All suites, as seen in the Spruce's display site, are to have nine-foot ceilings and patios o…

Harmonized Sales Tax impact unclear

2009-11-15

Tony Gioventu Province Q: Our property manager has advised us that effective Jan. 1, 2010, we must start paying the Harmonized Sales Tax on our strata fees. In addition, he has sent a notice to each owner in the building advising that it wi…

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2009-11-15

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Realtor group says home prices to rise 4% in 2010

2009-11-15

Alex Veiga, AP Real Estate Writer USA Today SAN DIEGO — Home prices are expected to grow modestly next year and sales will keep rising as the housing market continues to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression, the …

Palatial Point Grey home will be city's most expensive

2009-11-14

The home - 45,000 square feet, including pool, deck and squash court - is being built for an unknown owner Gerry Bellett Sun A massive home is taking shape on Belmont Street near the University of B.C., on Nelson Skalbania's former property…

Real men sometimes need help

2009-11-14

In these tough economic times, there are few role models to help men cope. So what's a guy to do? Here's what Douglas Todd Sun Stu Hoover has seen first-hand the pressure, despair and repressed anger many men experience earning a living. Ho…

An expected rise in sales of 20% over 2008 still far below the boom years

2009-11-14

A bounce-back, but no boom Derrick Penner Sun British Columbia 's real estate market should be seen as bouncing back but not booming, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association's latest forecast. While association chief economist Cameron…

A webcam with better night time vision

2009-11-14

Gillian Shaw Sun LIFECAM CINEMA, MICROSOFT VOYAGER PRO, PLANTRONICS HP PHOTOSMART A646 COMPACT PRINTER SOLO FX SPECIAL EDITION, ISKIN LIFECAM CINEMA, MICROSOFT, $90 High-definition in a webcam, the LifeCam delivers clear video with its Clea…

Locarno a right-for-site addition to its Kitsilano neighbourhood

2009-11-14

Michelle Hopkins Sun Two outside walls between bedrooms and the city beyond is one of the noise-suppression measures in the Locarno homes. Another is air conditioning, which permits households to keep their doors and windows closed, even on…

Headwaters: Urban ideal, suburban address

2009-11-14

Commute to the office a simple stroll for residents of south Surrey project Steven Threndyle Sun Sixteen plans for 62 apartments is a pledge from developer Treegroup to new-home shoppers that if they can't find what they want at Headwaters …

Metro Vancouver home builders ease off discounts in hot market

2009-11-13

New-home prices rose by 1.4 per cent in September, the greatest jump seen by Statistics Canada Derrick Penner Sun The rebound in Metro Vancouver's resale real estate markets allowed new-home builders to take back a little bit more of the di…

B.C. real estate sales to surge 20% this year

2009-11-13

Sun B.C. residential sales projected to increase by 20 per cent this year and a further eight per cent in 2010. Photograph by: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun files VANCOUVER - British Columbia's real estate sector is in the midst of a sharp reb…

Rental scams await Olympic visitors

2009-11-13

Houses up for sale often used in bogus listings Damian Inwood Sun The Better Business Bureau is warning renters to watch out for online Olympic rental scams — after a U.S. group of sports fans was almost bilked out of $2,000. "Online …

Real estate's recovery to come in 2010

2009-11-12

Housing looks good, but other areas have excess capacity Derek Abma Province While the Canadian housing market has put the past year's recession and market crisis behind, other real-estate segments are still struggling to get back on track,…