Real Estate News & Articles

Cheaper U.S. housing market still has pitfalls

2008-07-11

Some owners of U.S. rental property have run afoul of U.S. labour laws Ray Turchansky Sun Is it time to take advantage of a crisis in the U.S. housing market and a strong Canadian dollar by buying property south of the border? Some advisers…

Downtown streets closed for crane removal

2008-07-11

Shangri-La tower construction reroutes traffic Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier A crane stationed at the Shangri-La, the city’s tallest tower, will be dismantled this weekend. Photograph by : Photo Jason Lang The tallest crane in the city wi…

Building still booms in Vancouver

2008-07-10

Home starts on six-month high, but pace to slow before year's end Joe Couture Province Metro Vancouver home starts were up nine per cent in the first six months of 2008. Chris Wattie - Reuters New-home construction in Vancouver has been eve…

Fresh sheet is best of Grub

2008-07-10

Let them rustle you up some truly awe-inspiring dishes . . . with punch Mark Laba Province At Grub, the menu offers a variety of thin-crust pizzas, but the best choices can be found on the blackboard, with its scrawl of fresh offerings ever…

Credit squeeze hits 40-year mortgages

2008-07-10

New rules, including no zero-down loans, will cool real-estate market, curb first-time buyers, experts say Fiona Anderson Sun A Cloverdale mortgage consultant says 85 to 90 per cent of first-time homebuyers have chosen a 40-year amortizatio…

Mysterious East Van shop yields hidden bounty

2008-07-10

Darah Hansen Sun It was one of the great mysteries of Vancouver . For years, city dwellers walking and driving past The Lido's stylish old storefront on East Broadway have wondered just what was behind the perennially closed glass door. Now…

Minister takes cellphone firms to task

2008-07-10

Jim Prentice asks to meet with CEOs of Telus, Bell over 'ill-thought-out' plan to charge for incoming text messages Fiona Anderson Sun Federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice has publicly taken Telus Corp. and its rival Bell Mobility to task…

Detached homes lead decline in housing starts

2008-07-10

Derrick Penner Sun Provincial housing starts dropped almost 11 per cent in June from the same month last year, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Wednesday. Single detached homes showed the biggest decline, with the 882 units starte…

Rogers reduces iPhone rates

2008-07-10

Subscribers who activate before Aug. 31 can pay $30 a month extra for six gigabytes of data Gillian Shaw Sun Rogers Communications has caved into consumer pressure and is offering a limited rollback of rates for the new Apple iPhone 3G bein…

iPhone 3G is awesome, but not perfect

2008-07-10

Marc Saltzman Sun After playing around with a sleek iPhone 3G for eight days, I can confirm it lives up to its hype. But it's not a flawless gadget, nor is it an inexpensive one when you factor in that the regular minimum investment is almo…

Devilishly good food at heavenly low prices

2008-07-10

Ling Zheng and her staff create the food they want to cook for friends and family Mia Stainsby Sun Server Andrew Beatty with cumin chili-crusted rack of lamb and a bowl of Prohibition Punch at Grub restaurant . Photograph by : Steve Bosch, …

Romana ahead of its time

2008-07-10

Italian and Greek dishes made restaurant famous Alfie Lau Sun The family at Romana: Stelios Nikolaidis (left), Jenny Siormanolakis, Poppy Siormanolakis, Eugene Siormanolakis and Nora Iliakis. Photograph by : Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun ROMAN…

Tree-licious treats from Quebec

2008-07-10

Shop recently moved to Gastown and still features yummy treats Mia Stainsby Sun Kandice Simonson, assistant manager of Canadian Maple Delights, holds a tray of pastries and baked goods. Photograph by : Stuart Davis, Vancouver Sun CANADIAN M…

Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web

2008-07-10

Glenn Chapman Sun A man tries to access a website at an Internet cafe during a disruption of Internet service. Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffi…

New iPhone lures black market buyers across Asia

2008-07-10

Khettiya Jittapong and Sophie Taylor Sun A man holds the Apple iPhone outside the Apple store on New York's 5th Avenue June 29, 2007. The most expensive iPhone model could deliver a profit margin of more than 55 percent for Apple Inc. after…

B.C.'s leaky condo crisis far from over, report says

2008-07-09

Number of 'rotten' homes much higher than ex William Boei, with files from Derrick Penner Sun Repair costs are skyrocketing because of construction cost inflation of 10 per cent last year and an expected eight per cent this year. Photograph…

Apple can't sell its own iPhone in Canada

2008-07-09

Only an authorized carrier can sell it here Gillian Shaw Sun If you want to buy one of the new 3G iPhones this Friday, don't bother going to an Apple store If you want to buy one of the new 3G iPhones this Friday, don't bother going to an A…

Nothing funny about proposed hotel project

2008-07-09

David Baines Sun In my May 21 column, I issued several cautionary notes to anybody who might be considering an investment in the proposed ParaYso Hotel project in downtown Vancouver . "If you want to live dangerously, then the ParaYso Hotel…

Google lets users create virtual realms

2008-07-09

Sun A screenshot of a room featured on Google's new lively.com website. Photograph by : Google Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds that c…

Rogers rolls out new iPhone plan after complaints

2008-07-09

Wojtek Dabrowski Sun In this file photo Apple Corporation CEO Steve Jobs speaks about the new iPhone 3G during his keynote speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California June 9, 2008. Following criticism th…

Government of Canada Moves to Protect, Strengthen Canadian Housing Market

2008-07-09

Other The Government of Canada today announced adjustments to the rules for government guaranteed mortgages aimed at protecting and strengthening the Canadian housing market. The new measures include: Fixing the maximum amortization period …

New Rules for High Ratio Mortgages - notice from Government of Canada to take effect Oct 15, 2008

2008-07-09

Other Government of Canada Moves to Protect, Strengthen Canadian Housing Market The Government of Canada today announced adjustments to the rules for government guaranteed mortgages aimed at protecting and strengthening the Canadian housing…

Telus, Bell to charge users for incoming text messages

2008-07-08

Customers steamed, but companies say they need more money to provide service Andy Ivens Province Matt Jenkins, 25, of Vancouver isn't impressed with plans to charge for incoming text messages. Ric Ernst - The Province Cellphone users are ab…

iPhone fever gives way to iPhone fury as petitions grow

2008-07-08

Anger fuels rumours that Apple is reducing the number of phones it plans to send to Canada Gillian Shaw Sun The imminent arrival of the iPhone in Canada has unleashed a storm of controversy over the country's high wireless data rates and le…