Real Estate News & Articles

European-style resort and spa to rely on geothermal heat

2007-12-13

Vernon site of $100-million Kristall Resort ho Province Construction has begun on the 150-room Kristall Resort and Spa beside Predator Ridge golf course in Vernon , the company's CEO said yesterday. The $100-million hotel, the first phase o…

Real estate -- asset of choice for Canada's retiring generation

2007-12-13

Iris Win Province A lakeside property that can generate joy beats out the RRSP as a place to park retirement money. As real-estate prices rise sharply, more boomers seem to be focusing on property as an investment vehicle. According to the …

A list of eateries where you can chow down at Christmas

2007-12-13

Taking tastebuds for a sleigh ride Mark Laba Province Hart House owner Carol Smolen offers ambiance and cheer for Christmas diners. Photograph by : Les Bazso, The Province Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, banker's lips are glistening, …

Housing plan too little, too late, critics say

2007-12-13

Chantal Eustace Sun VANCOUVER - A proposal aimed at building housing for Vancouver's poor is too little too late, several speakers told a special Vancouver city council meeting Wednesday night. "I would really encourage you to move sooner a…

Real estate complaints surge

2007-12-13

Derrick Penner Sun The Real Estate Council of British Columbia received a record number of complaints from the public in 2006-07, and during this calendar year has punished a record number of realtors for misconduct. As of this week, the co…

Pinkys a rare concept for serving steaks

2007-12-13

Cactus Club founder Scott Morison wants to encourage young investors on staff Michael Kane Sun Yaletown's new steakhouse Pinkys is designed to be attractive to women as well as men, says owner Scott Morison, co-founder of the Cactus Club. H…

Investing in real estate brings joy and profit

2007-12-13

Forty-one per cent of vacation property owners are over 55 years of age Iris Winston Sun As baby boomers look towards retirement, many are investing in real estate, often purchasing vacation properties. According to an Angus Reid Strategies…

Okra's pan-Asian food is Westernized in presentation

2007-12-13

Restaurant has charm, is inviting and places importance in the details, which makes up for some of the misses in the kitchen Mia Stainsby Sun Joe Kwan, co-owner of Okra Asian Bistro in North Vancouver, holds mango and basil tiger tiger praw…

Four Seasons' sexy new bar

2007-12-13

Garden Terrace and the Chartwell make way for gorgeous space that is very Vancouver Joanne Sasvari Sun Bartender Devon Thom offers festive drinks in the new Yew Restaurant & Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel. Photograph by : Ian Lindsay, Va…

Sweet Kreations

2007-12-13

Cambie Street shop is small and friendly enough to tailor some offerings to customers' cravings Mia Stainsby Sun Owner and pastry chef Kaeko Kanno (right), with her daughter, Elina Lawrie, displays some of their cakes and tarts. Photograph …

West side story: House prices soar

2007-12-12

Sun The benchmark price* of a detached house on the west side of Vancouver rose by more than 23 per cent from November of 2006 to the same month of this year, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. That was the biggest per…

First-time homebuyers not getting what they want

2007-12-12

Derrick Penner Sun British Columbians are making compromises and relying on financial help from families, but are still getting into the province's escalating property markets, according to a national real estate firm. Century 21 Canada , o…

Wireless warning: Public Wi-Fi use may expose your e-secrets

2007-12-12

Watch out for the 'evil twin' when using public Wi-Fi Dan Fost USA Today Most people don't realize the risks of using their computer on a public wireless network. For the modern nomadic worker, few things are more enjoyable than heading to …

Housing starts highest in 30 years

2007-12-11

Fewer than ever single-family houses begun in November Derrick Penner Sun Builders in Metro Vancouver began hammering up more homes in November than during any month in the past 30 years, and the most through the first 11 months since 1994,…

Notaries facing new rules

2007-12-09

Provincial gov't proposes to amend Notaries Act John Colebourn Province Notary public Jessie Vaid in his Delta office, which sports the notarial seal. Photograph by : Jon Murray, the Province A red-hot real-estate market has been keeping no…

Smells, cold from failed hallway pressure system

2007-12-09

Tony Gioventu Province Condo SmartsDear Condo Smarts: We have a growing problem in our wood-frame building in New Westminster . We have noticed that at dinner time, we are smelling everyone else's cooking, and our once warm hallways are fre…

City of Vancouver has proposed 12 sites zoned for apartment buildings

2007-12-09

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Health tests find dirty pools in hotels, condos

2007-12-08

66 swimming pools, hot tubs hit with 'high' hazard ratings Larry Pynn Sun The Best Western Hotel on the Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge, one of three of the Phoenix, Ariz.,-based chain's hotels to be given a high hazard rating by water insp…

Shelved projects signal building boom is bust as costs dampen demand

2007-12-08

Sun Economics is really a simple subject made complicated by S-curves and diffusion indexes. Take the price elasticity of demand, for example. What this jargon boils down to is the common sense notion that the price of something will greatl…

Realtors attribute dip in detached-home prices to seasonal slump

2007-12-07

Derrick Penner Sun The latest housing market statistics show the average Fraser Valley house price has declined for the second month in a row, reaching $511,176 in November. That price is the lowest for detached homes since March, reported …

TiVo, 'VCR on steroids,' selling 'extremely well'

2007-12-07

TV recording device available in U.S. for years is welcomed with open wallets in B.C. stores Marke Andrews Sun VANCOUVER — Like many marketing managers, Lee Scherbinsky can talk a blue streak about a new product. But in the case of Ti…

Residential building sets record in B.C.

2007-12-07

Permits for October post the biggest one-month percentage gain Sun British Columbia recorded a whopping 38-per-cent increase in the value of residential building permits issued in October, the largest one-month percentage gain in Canada , S…

Subprime plan could help 1.2 million

2007-12-07

Noelle Knox and Sue Kirchhoff USA Today Foreclosure signs such as this one in Herndon, Va., are becoming all too common in some places. WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced on Thursday details of a plan to freeze in…

British Columbia New Home Devlopment

2007-12-07

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