Real Estate News & Articles

Talking about the future of Metro real estate - Patsy Hui - Realtor says good time to buy

2009-02-28

The Sun hears from a panel of experts who share their predictions about the Lower Mainland's property market in the months ahead Sun As long as we keep getting immigrants into Canada , and the wealth keeps coming in, and the talent keeps co…

Fidelity's new netbook keeps it simple

2009-02-28

Sun Netbook VPC, Fidelity Inspiron Mini 10, Dell SideWinder X8 Mouse, Microsoft G-Pen F509, Genius Netbook VPC, Fidelity, $250 While most manufacturers are adding features and upping the size of their netbooks -- and their prices -- Fidelit…

Builders, developers pursue new ways to attract prospects to their sales centres

2009-02-28

Sun Walking the talk at the Anderson Walk new-home project, Chris Tsakumis reports Epta Properties is changing with the times, big and small. An Internet blog will chronicle construction to boost customer confidence. Smaller homes and back-…

February median market values: 'Sky has not fallen the way a lot people have predicted'

2009-02-28

Sun Last month, and on behalf of Vancouver Sun readers, the wizards at Landcor Data Corp. passed almost 466,000 Lower Mainland residential addresses through the company's proprietary property-valuation software. Then, the purpose of the exe…

Terminus - 36 Water Street in Gastown sculptural' addition

2009-02-28

Latest Gastown households move in to homes that are intensely modern spaces behind a serenely Victorian facade Michael Sasges Sun photographs, by Nic Lehoux, from the rear, or Blood Alley side, of the completed Terminus new-home project Van…

'Condo King' Rennie hit with more than 200 parking tickets since 2004

2009-02-27

Top Vancouver realtor describes the situation as 'embarrassing,' but says 'I think it's just a cost of being busy' Chad Skelton Sun Hummers are ticketed nine times as often as Smart cars. Photograph by: Roger Watanabe, Vancouver sun Realtor…

The reno tax credit: how it works

2009-02-27

UPGRADES Dos and don

The reno tax credit: how it works

2009-02-27

UPGRADES Dos and don

The reno tax credit: how it works

2009-02-27

UPGRADES Dos and don

Homebuyers smile, sellers must weep

2009-02-26

Bonus for buyers as mortgage rates fall with prices Derek Abma Province OTTAWA -- It's a good time to buy a house but a bad time to sell one, according to some reports released yesterday. The most recent Teranet -National Bank composite hou…

Office real estate not as bad as in '90s

2009-02-26

Garry Marr Province TORONTO -- Canada 's commercial real-estate market is in rougher shape than it was a year ago but this is nothing compared to the early '90s, according to CB Richard Ellis Ltd. The real-estate company's annual market out…

Samurai of the seven seas

2009-02-26

With Tojo, expect the unexpected and expect it to be brilliant Mark Laba Province Hidekazu Tojo regaled the company at our table with rare antics. Photograph by: Gerry Kahrmann, The Province Tojo's Where: 1133 West Broadway, Vancouver Payme…

Menu on the move

2009-02-26

R.TL plans to keep changing its fare every three months Mia Stainsby Sun Alain Canuel, general manager at Regional Tasting Lounge, sets paella cake in front of Christine Monk (left) and Mikki Litzenberger. Photograph by: Stuart Davis, Vanco…

Developer is puttin' off the Ritz-Carlton on Georgia Street, Vancouver

2009-02-25

Buyers to get deposits back as high-end condos fail to sell Wendy Mclellan Province This photo illustration imagines what The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton would have looked like. The economic chill has frozen another major development in …

Half-billion dollar downtown Vancouver Ritz-Carlton project dead

2009-02-25

Bruce Constantineau Sun Rendering of Arthur Erickson's residences at The Ritz-Carlton tower as it was supposed to look on the city skyline. Photograph by: Handout, A rendering of the proposed Ritz-Carlton tower. Going, going, gone. The half…

Jan. sales plummet as plunging home prices don't sway buyers

2009-02-25

Stephanie Armour USA Today A price reduction sale tops the sale sign of an existing home on the market in a south Denver suburb. By David Zalubowski, AP Sales of existing homes plunged unexpectedly in January to the lowest level since 1997,…

VANCOUVER’S PARKING SECRETS REVEALED

2009-02-25

Freedom of Information Act data help Sun steer readers away from problems CHAD SKELTON Sun It’s Friday evening and you’re picking up some takeout food from your favourite restaurant on Commercial Drive. You pull into a space rig…

Burnaby Company Launching Canadian Street View In Marck

2009-02-25

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Inactivity sparks speculation hotel-condo project is dead

2009-02-24

Recession hits Ritz-Carlton West Georgia project Bruce Constantineau Sun The idle site at Georgia and Bute streets. Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, Vancouver Sun files Prolonged inactivity at the $500-million-plus downtown Vancouver Ritz-…

Home prices post record decline in Q4 from 2007

2009-02-24

USA Today NEW YORK (AP) — A widely watched index shows home prices tumbled by the sharpest annual rate on record in the fourth quarter and in December. The Standard & Poor's/Case- Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index was down 18…

Social housing to cost $595,000 per unit

2009-02-23

It's now up to the mayor to deal with the costly dilemma Miro Cernetig Sun Where's bankruptcy court? I want to get in line. Not because I'm actually going broke. I'm just thinking it might be a way to move closer to Vancouver 's downtown wa…

Generation text: The digitalization of youth

2009-02-23

Parents, experts and educators question text messaging

Internet threat: Hackers swarm bank accounts

2009-02-23

Byron Acohido USA Today New and nasty banking trojans are on the rise on the Internet and attacking online bank accounts. The new trojan programs — which wait on your hard drive for an opportunity to crack your online banking account …

U.S. spending more to buy foreclosures

2009-02-23

Katrina Goggins USA Today A foreclosure sign sits outside a home for sale in Phoenix on Tuesday. Arizona has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the USA. IRMO , S.C. — Tucked into the economic stimulus package signed by President …