Real Estate News & Articles

Quarter Share Purchase of Recreational Ppty's Ins & Outs

2009-07-21

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Tips to Buying a Pub - Might be better off to provide off sales

2009-07-21

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Clause that's cause for pause

2009-07-19

Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata owners terminated our strata management agreement in April, and as of July 1 we have a new company. The new company presented a new contract to the council in May with a direction that th…

Prices still falling on mini-machines

2009-07-18

Sun HP Mini 110, 3.5G embedded netbook, HP with Rogers network Motorola Clutch i465 EasyPen i405 and MousePen i608 1. HP Mini 110, 3.5G embedded netbook , HP with Rogers network, $300 with two-year wireless data plan What a difference a yea…

Cosmo - 161 W. Georgia - New sister building to Spectrum by Concord Pacific

2009-07-18

Georgia at Beatty pre-sell from Concord Pacific the second downtown in as many months Michael Sasges Sun Concord Pacific is offering Cosmo customers four finishing schemes, ‘Boutique’ grey and ivory and ‘Couture’ (ab…

Good time to buy a property in Mexico

2009-07-17

This may be right time to buy a getaway, but do your homework Fiona Anderson Sun With the recession hitting the United States harder than Canada, and the Canadian dollar still strong, this may be a great time for Canadians to buy that sunny…

Huge eco-friendly data centre opens

2009-07-16

RackForce's state-of-the-art GigaCenter aiming for international clientele Stuart Hunter Province Jerry Caul (left), RackForce's vice-president in charge of construction, and CEO Tim Dufour inspect the company's new GigaCenter, which opened…

JOYEAUX RESTAURANT AND CAFE

2009-07-16

Joyeaux owner Annie Dien knows the name shouldn't have an 'a' but she isn't going to change it. She considers it lucky Mia Stainsby Sun Customers line up for Joyeaux Restaurant and Cafe's all-day breakfasts and Vietnamese food while owner A…

Foreclosures up: 1 in 84 homes affected in first half of year

2009-07-16

Stephanie Armour USA Today A foreclosure sign outside a home for sale in Phoenix. Foreclosures are continuing to rise. By Ross D. Franklin, AP Foreclosures are continuing to set records despite the Obama administration's $75 billion plan to…

Gastown becomes a national historic site

2009-07-15

Birthplace of Vancouver lauded for its 'splendid examples of Victorian and Edwardian commercial architecture' dating from 1886 Gerry Bellett Sun A sunny day at a Gastown restaurant is part of the charm of Vancouver’s oldest neighbourh…

Deactivated cellphones still make 911 calls

2009-07-15

Sun A seemingly harmless toy is causing mounting frustration for the RCMP, who say they are spending more and more time responding to fake 911 calls from old cellphones . Many parents give their children deactivated cellphones to play with.…

Rising B.C. sales puts bounce in housing

2009-07-15

Vancouver up 77 per cent in second quarter Derrick Penner Sun Rising sales in British Columbia 's real estate sector helped put the bounce in Canada 's overall property market, according to new reports. Vancouver was among the major markets…

Hard-to-get jumbo loans are big obstacle to housing's recovery

2009-07-15

Stephanie Armour USA Today Victor Montalvo-Lugo, right, with children Isaac Montalvo and Amanda Fischer at their future home, which is under construction in Urbana, Md., on July 3. They have yet to sell their California home. By Truth Leem,…

Faulty insulation at the Olympic Village being repaired

2009-07-14

Developer sees photographs, agrees there are 'areas of concern' Wendy Mclellan Province Construction continues at the Olympic athlete's village on the south side of False Creek in Vancouver. Photograph by: Gerry Kahrmann, The Province After…

Don't bet on fast Internet

2009-07-14

Rogers admits it slows data, even if user pays for speed Matt Hartley Province TORONTO -- Canada 's largest cable Internet providers want federal regulators to steer clear of crafting new rules for how carriers can manage the flow and speed…

'Housing sector has shifted into recovery mode'

2009-07-14

Home sweet homes Derek Abma Province Canadians are snapping up homes, especially in Vancouver, where sales last month rose 75 per cent from a year earlies. __ ISTOCKPHOTO.COM OTTAWA -- Another real-estate organization is declaring an end to…

Housing market on an upswing in Vancouver area, Re/Max says

2009-07-14

Brian Morton Sun A new report suggests a housing recovery is underway in key Canadian markets, with Metro Vancouver and Toronto leading the way. "Growing consumer confidence levels have prompted a serious upswing in home-buying activity in …

New home appraisal rules stir industry backlash

2009-07-14

Alex Veiga USA Today Less than three months after new rules for home appraisers kicked in, the real estate industry is in uproar. Realtors, homebuilders, mortgage brokers and the appraisal industry itself all agree the rules are causing pro…

Hundreds face public housing rent hikes

2009-07-13

Most of the 400 units are in the city of Vancouver Rebecca Tebrake Sun Metro Vancouver is planning to raise rents in hundreds of district-owned housing units. Metro's regional housing manager Don Littleford told The Sun the hikes could be a…

Microsoft unveils Office 2010

2009-07-13

Ed Baig USA Today Outlook in Office 2010 (Microsoft) Microsoft is taking the wraps off the next major release of Office today, with an early peek at freshly-baked versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and several of the other busines…

How to get the best mortgage

2009-07-12

Top tips for buyers Barb Livingstone Province Valerie Rasmussen, assistant vice-president, credit services, for First Calgary Savings, offers the following advice to home buyers. Q What are your top tips for people thinking of getting a mor…

You take a risk deferring repairs

2009-07-12

timing is everything: You could pay twice the price if you let naysayers put you off timely work Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: Could you please explain to strata owners a way to convince them that deferring maintenance is just a…

Do it right: Get property survery before you build

2009-07-12

RULES: Break them and your risk having to do work over again MIKE HOLMES Province Most homeowners never think about a property survey. They might have one somewhere that came with the house when they bought it. But odds are they don’t…

Sony's Snap shoots stills, high-definition video

2009-07-11

Gillian Shaw Sun XPERIA X1, Sony Ericsson Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 MHS-PM1 Mobile HD Snap camera, Sony, $230 Cdn Pocket HD camcorders are the must-have beach accessory this summer and Sony's Snap offers both five- megapixel stills and hig…