Real Estate News & Articles

B.C. building permits fall 27 per cent in September after rising in August

2009-11-06

Decline seen in the non-residential sector, Statistics Canada reports Sun After posting a noticeable lift in August, the building intentions of British Columbia contractors fell back down in September, figures in Statistics Canada's latest …

Mexico brings transparent financing, title ins & Canadian Lenders & now it is much easier to buy a property

2009-11-06

Frank O'Brien Other Download Document

Social media sites like FaceBook & Twitter have a dark & dangerous side

2009-11-06

Joe Dysart Other Download Document

Social media sites like FaceBook & Twitter have a dark & dangerous side

2009-11-06

Joe Dysart Other Download Document

VANOC's Furlong handed key to athletes' village

2009-11-05

All ready for 3,000 athletes to call home for two weeks Sam Cooper Province A happy John Furlong gets the key to the Olympic Village from smiling Mayor Gregor Robertson. Photograph by: Wayne Leidenfrost, The Province VANOC boss John Furlong…

Hearty and down home -- Japanese-style

2009-11-05

Burnaby eatery within the Nikkei Heritage Centre is worth the wait for daily specials Mia Stainsby Sun Manager Miyuki Azuma shows off some of the great homestyle Japanese food from Hi Genki. Photograph by: Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun HI GENKI …

Lower Mainland real estate continues to soar in October

2009-11-04

Metro sales hit 3,704, up 172% from the same month last year Derrick Penner Sun Lower Mainland home sales continued riding high in October, with prices continuing to rise , according to reports from the region's major real estate boards Tue…

CMHC sees home prices ready to rise

2009-11-03

Province Housing markets across the Lower Mainland are headed higher next year, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. predicts. A combination of more sales and fewer active listings will push average house prices higher in 2010, CMHC said yeste…

Real estate industry could face millions in fines if it won't lower fees

2009-11-03

Don Cayo Sun What began as a spat between a discount broker and Toronto's real estate establishment has burgeoned into a national issue that could sharply lower the cost of home-buying in B.C. and across the country. The Competition Bureau …

B.C.'s residential construction sector to pick up in 2010: CMHC

2009-11-03

Brian Morton Sun A tight housing resale market is good news for B.C.'s new residential construction sector in 2010, according to a report released Monday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. "In terms of the resale market, condit…

Seventy 'monster homes' built on the sly

2009-11-02

Monster homes that violate bylaws leave many people calling for change Kent Spencer Province Grant Rice stands in front of a mega-home that he says has stop-work orders for breaching zoning and advertises eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms.…

Washington state puts Salish Sea on the map

2009-10-31

Larry Pynn Sun You've probably never heard of it, but you will likely find it on a map soon. The Washington state Board on Geographic Names on Friday approved the name Salish Sea as a new official placename . The move has the backing of B.C…

Domain names can now use international characters

2009-10-31

Sun The World Wide Web will soon be speaking in different tongues. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers board gave approval Friday to allow Internet domain names to be made up of non-Latin letters. "The coming introductio…

Facebook hopes award will act as a deterrent

2009-10-31

Internet marketer hit for $711.2m damages Sun Social networking website Facebook was awarded $711.2 million in damages relating to an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace, court documents show. Wallace did not oppose the…

Facebook hopes award will act as a deterrent

2009-10-31

Internet marketer hit for $711.2m damages Sun Social networking website Facebook was awarded $711.2 million in damages relating to an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace, court documents show. Wallace did not oppose the…

Evergreen - 621 Langside Avenue, Coquitlam

2009-10-31

Comfortable living in up and coming community Christina Symons Sun Porches and rear patios eleevate Evergreen residency into an all-season, all-hours opportunity. So, too, the community garden in lushly landscaped grounds, fenced for safety…

I'll Poken you, you Poken me

2009-10-31

Gillian Shaw Sun POKEN T505 BLUETOOTH VISOR SPEAKER, MOTOROLA EPSON PERFECTION V500 OFFICE COLOUR SCANNER INPULSE WRISTWATCH, ALLERTA POKEN $20 US I was at a conference recently when Internet entrepreneur John Chow suggested we Poken our co…

ARTEMISIA - southeast corner of Helmcken and Hornby

2009-10-31

Artists collaborate in latest offering from James Schouw Christina Symons Sun An artist's rendering of the Artemisia building, to be located at the southeast corner of Helmcken and Hornby. Artemisia's namesake is not a genus of plants, thos…

Lodging for Games gets creative

2009-10-31

Travel executive is looking at viability of bringing Shuswap houseboats to Vancouver Bruce Constantineau Sun St. Regis Hotel general manager Jeremy Roncoroni stands in only room he has left for the Games -- a suite that goes for $1,100 a ni…

Act introduced to force homeless to shelters

2009-10-30

Next month, B.C. police could have power to remove people from the street in extreme weather Jonathan Fowlie Sun The Liberal government says the Assistance to Shelter Act is intended to help save the lives of the province's most vulnerable.…

Great subfloor, braced joists are the essentials of a good floor

2009-10-30

Screws, glue, too! What a builder might miss with a nail gun, they won

Eatery lives up to its beer-based name

2009-10-29

Widely varied bottled selection is accompanied by food choices cooked from scratch Mia Stainsby Sun Pivo Public House at 526 Abbott St. is a good place to find a meal before a movie or Canucks game. Pivo features a variety of 'comfort pub f…

Making money on Twitter

2009-10-29

Celebrities with millions of followers can command five-figure fees for posting an ad pitch Gillian Shaw Sun John Chow and daughter Sally, age 3. Chow says his Twitter blog makes about $40,000 a month. Photograph by: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver …

Telus drops unpopular fees as wireless competition grows

2009-10-28

Gillian Shaw Sun Telus Corp. is dropping its controversial system access and carrier 911 fees for its wireless customers, the company announced Tuesday. It's a move that appears aimed at making Telus ' wireless offerings more competitive as…