Real Estate News & Articles

B.C. housing sales dip below 2007 levels

2008-04-19

13.5-per-cent drop hits market, B.C. Real Estate Association reports Bruce Constantineau Sun B.C. housing sales lost ground during the first three months of this year -- dipping 13.5 per cent below last year's pace for a total of 18,635 Mul…

Landmark Victorian restored - The building is the Flack Block

2008-04-19

Developer revitalizes downtown block for 21st century Michael Sasges Sun The word prominent was invented for the location of a buildings like the Flack Block: By next year, it will have commanded the northeast corner of Hastings and Cambie …

Wall family brings its 'City of Glass' mastery to Southeast False Creek

2008-04-19

Noteworthy on First Sun The Wall Centre False Creek sales and marketing campaign, at more than 400 homes, is a big assignment for Tracie McTavish and Bob Rennie. Photograph by : Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun Developer and designer are offering…

Telus ordered to provide rebates

2008-04-18

Phone company overcharged clients David George-Cosh Province Burnaby-based Telus overcharged some 500,000 customers. CNS file photo TORONTO -- Telus residential customers who were charged a monthly long-distance access fee even when they di…

Housing market softens

2008-04-18

No meltdown, but homes-for-sale signs sprout Eric Beauch Province The number of unsold homes on the market hit record highs in the first quarter. Photograph by : Getty Images OTTAWA -- Canada 's once-hot housing market is clearly cooling, w…

Housing market cools in first quarter

2008-04-18

Eric Beauchesne Sun OTTAWA -- Canada 's once-hot housing market is clearly cooling with sales falling and the number of unsold homes on the market hitting record highs in the first quarter of the year. Despite an uptick in sales in March fr…

Famed chef eyes downtown eatery

2008-04-17

New York's Vongerichten looking at Shangri-La Hotel Bruce Constantineau Sun Renowned New York chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is negotiating to open a new restaurant in the Shangri-La Hotel in Vancouver early next year. If he comes, he'll be…

Getting your house ready to sell

2008-04-17

Sun A recent report by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) indicates that listings are rising and sales are slowing. "The market is continuing to balance, with sales and listings beginning to re-align with our 10-year average…

Questions to Ozzie Jurock

2008-04-17

Ozzie Jurock Sun During the last few weeks I have received a number of questions. I picked out a few of these, because I thought they might be of general interest. I have changed them a bit, taken out intros and 'Ozzie you are great' (but t…

25 view restaurants where the food is as great as the scenery

2008-04-17

Eat it up Joanne Sasvari Sun Mary Ann Masney and chef Wayne Martin have opened West Vancouver's Fraiche restaurant, which offers a beautiful view of downtown Vancouver. This bisto serves 'North Shore comfort food.' Photograph by : Ward Perr…

Uva revives the wine bar genre - with a new twist

2008-04-17

The menu will focus on flavourful comfort foods when the kitchen is fired up in a few months Mia Stainsby Sun Sebastien Le Goff, consultant for the Moda Hotel Group, stands above one of the distinctive chairs in the Uva Wine Bar. Photograph…

Humble burgers served in style

2008-04-17

Mia Stainsby Sun Bruce Campbell serves Mona Bechervaise a shrimp cobb salad at Showcase Restaurant and Bar in Vancouver. At right, Maren Hanssen has the butter chicken curry. Photograph by : Stuart Davis, Vancouver Sun SHOWCASE BAR 1122 Wes…

Bargain hunters boost home sales in some markets

2008-04-17

For first-timers, risk-takers and others, a ripe time to buy Stephanie Armour USA Today Home prices are sinking. Banks are seizing properties from owners who can't pay their mortgages. Yet for Amber Gilmore, the miserable housing market has…

Meinhardt's long-range planning means next door, next province

2008-04-17

Malcolm Parry Sun STORES IN STORE: Meinhardt Fine Food Inc. president Linda Meinhardt says she has no plans to close her 11-year-old 6,000-square-foot gourmet grocery store on South Granville , nor its adjacent 1,000-square-foot deli-eatery…

City revising EcoDensity draft to ensure low-cost housing built in

2008-04-16

The public wants to hear more about affordability, top planners tell council Frances Bula Sun TENANTS FIGHT EVICTIONS IN A TIGHT RENTAL MARKET: Craig Adlard is one of the 19 people being evicted from the West End's Glenmore Apartment (backg…

E-mail carriers deliver gifts of nifty features to lure, keep users

2008-04-16

Jefferson Graham USA Today 4-way battle among e-mail rivals heats up as Gmail makes gains Gmail is the fastest-growing online e-mail offering in an increasingly competitive market You've got Gmail . If you use online e-mail programs, chance…

West End landlord accused of evicting tenants to raise rents

2008-04-16

Residents of building plan to appeal mass eviction notices by Hollyburn Properties Gerry Bellett and Chantal Eustace Sun VANCOUVER - Tenants living in the Glenmore Apartment building on Barclay Street say they are planning to appeal a mass …

The onus for safe online banking falls more on banks than on clients

2008-04-15

Sun Canada 's banking system rests on a foundation of confidence. Customers must trust that their money is not at risk, that it will be there when they need it. In the past, that meant massive safes and armed guards. In the e-banking world,…

Before you write a cheque, take note of this little-known law

2008-04-15

Sun Without effective consumer legislation, Money Mart is among those that can go after the victims rather than the villains for stopped cheques. Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun files Google "crossed cheques " and " Canada " and you won't find m…

Vacant-land sales in 2007 see 12,000 properties change hands

2008-04-15

The number of B.C sales last year were more than five times higher than in 2000 Derrick Penner Sun British Columbia experienced a residential land rush in 2007 with buyers snapping up more than 12,000 vacant properties over the year worth m…

B.C. non-residential building drops in first quarter

2008-04-15

Statistics Canada reports activity lower in first three months of 2008 than in 2007 Sun Non-residential building activity in B.C. declined in the first quarter of 2008 from the last quarter of 2007, Statistics Canada reported on Monday. And…

Housing crunch in Vancouver continues on - will ecodensity create a new Real Estatate Development Rush?

2008-04-15

Anxiety grows over EcoDensity in Vancouver Charlie Smith Other Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan isn’t shy about touting the benefits of higher densities, which sets him apart from most nicipal politicians in the region. A major difference…

Economic Update

2008-04-15

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City councillor slams Granville Bridge plan

2008-04-13

David Cadman warns of the health risk Christina Montgomery Province A $5-million plan to upgrade the Granville Street Bridge for heavy trucks and tour buses will create unacceptable congestion and health hazards in neighbourhoods that have …