Real Estate News & Articles

New website lets you track YVR aircraft and the noise they make

2009-05-15

'Now residents can know exactly what is flying in their area' Gerry Bellett Sun The Vancouver Airport Authority has launched a website that will track the flight paths of commercial aircraft flying over Metro Vancouver. The website, which c…

CREA forecast BC prices to drop an average of 7% in 2009

2009-05-15

Derrick Penner Sun A recent surge in real estate sales has caused the Canadian Real Estate Association to sharply revise its expectations for price drops in British Columbia . CREA, in its forecast released Thursday, estimated that B.C.'s a…

A Queen Anne gem, unpolished

2009-05-15

Unrenovated house retains most of its original character from nearly a century ago John Mackie Sun A turret and a brick-and-stone facade are the hallmarks of a handsome Queen Anne-style heritage home at 356 West 11th in Vancouver. It cost $…

Restoration insurance needs green overhaul

2009-05-15

MIKE HOLMES Sun If you demand that your contractor use an eco-friendly mould inhibitor like Bluwood, they will. Restoration contracting is a complicated business — a good contractor needs to have experience and knowledge in emergency …

Not a good spot for weight-watchers

2009-05-14

Deacons Corner serves up trucker-style meals that are satisfying, filling and likely to expand your waist size Mia Stainsby Sun Chef Patchen Gallagher and the all-day breakfast at Deacon's Corner Gastown Diner. Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, V…

Developers trim prices to keep baby boom buyers in the market

2009-05-13

Builders are willing to cut profits to attract customers with assets Derrick Penner Sun Qualicum Landing hoped to sell three-bedroom houses like this in its development in Vancouver Island’s Qualicum Beach for $ 549,000. It’s no…

Home sales rise in 17 states as foreclosures depress prices

2009-05-13

Julie Schmit USA Today A bidder assistant points out bids at a foreclosed home auction in April in San Mateo, Calif. By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Sales of existing homes picked up in 17 states in the first quarter compared with the prev…

New home prices still falling

2009-05-12

There are more than 7,000 unsold new homes in Metro Vancouver Brian Morton Sun Dale Barron of Morningstar Homes visits the Belmont Classic subdivision on Monday. Barron has seen record sales after recently dropping the prices on the homes. …

New home prices take a hit in B.C.

2009-05-12

New report also sees 2009 starts in B.C. halved Province New home prices in Vancouver posted Canada 's second-sharpest decline in March, Statistics Canada says. Prices in Vancouver fell 1.1 per cent in March, just behind a 1.2-per-cent drop…

Home prices down almost everywhere in Q1

2009-05-12

Alan Zibel USA Today WASHINGTON — Home prices fell in nearly nine out of every 10 U.S. cities in the first quarter of this year as first-time buyers looking for bargains dominated the market. The National Association of Realtors said …

Can You Make a Killing During the Olympics?

2009-05-12

If you are planning to rent a suite or room for the games, you should be organizing right now. Ozzie Jurock Other The samples above, captured online last month, give an indication of the potential income for Vancouver and Whistler homeowner…

Splendour on the roof

2009-05-12

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Vancouver's real estate market declines in March

2009-05-11

Brian Morton Sun Vancouver saw a 1.1-per-cent decline in prices for new homes in March from the previous month and a 7.8-per-cent decline since March 2008, Statistics Canada reported Monday. Photograph by: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun files V…

Movers, shakers pitch in to revitalize Chinatown

2009-05-11

Historic neighbourhood in transition, thanks to entrepreneur Joanne Lee-Young Sun Entrepreneur Carol Lee wants to broaden the business community's awareness of Vancouver's Chinatown. Photograph by: Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun When members of a…

Dealing with damage from drug production

2009-05-10

Get competitive bids, put all terms in writing and get legal counsel Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata has run into some troubles trying to get the rest of the damages to our building repaired after a fire started in one …

Mount Pleasant an eclectic mix of new and old, quirky and solid

2009-05-09

Oldest home outside downtown, unique shops among attractions Michael Sasges Sun Veronika Baspaly in the Lark store: 'Some people think the evolution of the area is too slow; some don't like to see change at all.' Photograph by: Bill Keay, V…

City should guarantee village condo prices after Games, developers say

2009-05-09

Bob Ransford Sun The City of Vancouver should guarantee condo prices for a quick post-Olympic sell-off of the Olympic Village development. That's one idea being floated in the development community. Experienced developers have already stepp…

PeeWee PC great for little fingers

2009-05-09

Gillian Shaw Sun PeeWee Pivot Tablet Laptop, PeeWee PC G-Shot HD520, Genius Gravity Well, Genius Factor Games 1. PeeWee Pivot Tablet Laptop, PeeWee PC, $600 US This is just too cute. While I don't advocate plunking your kid in front of a co…

Block’s metal, brick cladding an architectural salute to the original industrial purpose of Mount Pleasant

2009-05-09

Pleasantly in Mount Pleasant Michael sasges Sun Flowering cherry trees proclaim the Block new-home project’s location in an old Vancouver neighbourhood. Glenn Baglo – VANCOUVER SUN The third, or master-suite, floor in the Block …

Custom House sale deal

2009-05-08

Western Union pays $370m for B.C. company Carla Wilson Province Custom House Ltd., a leading global payments company based in Victoria , is being sold to Western Union for $370 million US. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter …

Western Union buys Victoria's Custom House

2009-05-08

Payment company sold for $370 million Carla Wilson Sun Peter Gustavson outside the Custom House Currency Exchange in Victoria's Bastion Square. Photograph by: John Mckay, Canwest News Service Global payments company Custom House Ltd. of Vic…

Developer defends Shaughnessy townhouse plan

2009-05-08

Arthur Bell Holdings Ltd. says resident concern 'overblown' Lisa Smedman Van. Courier Architect James Bussey says the Shaughnessy townhouses will be flat-roofed Georgian-style buildings. Dan Toulgoet A developer who's putting up 15 townhous…

A gem of a sushi joint focuses on quality

2009-05-07

Takumi hopes to succeed at a location that has not been kind to its predecessors Mia Stainsby Sun At Takumi restaurant in West Vancouver, Takumi Akaike holds lobster tail tempura (with spicy creamy fusion sauce) while his father Tadashi (in…

More homes get multiple offers; downturn may be nearing end

2009-05-06

Julie Schmit USA Today Linda, left, and Mark Fussell speak to Corcoran Group Real Estate salesperson Elisa Bond during an open house in Brooklyn as more buyers and bigger crowds are showing up at home showings. More homes for sale are attra…