Real Estate News & Articles

Home invasion one danger of handing over house keys

2007-12-02

Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: I hope that you publish my letter because I think it is a very serious matter for condo owners in B.C. A few years ago, our strata council demanded a copy of a key for each of our units. According t…

Send a laptop to the developing world

2007-12-01

Sun XO laptop APC Universal Notebook Battery 50 Gizzy the Data Worm Samsung m510 1. XO laptop, $400 for two in Give One Get One from One Laptop per Child Give a very cool Christmas present to someone at home and see your largesse extend to …

Alto at 1205 Howe St & Davie, new 110 unit development by Anthem Properties to be ready in the fall 2009

2007-12-01

Downtown apartments' ceilings 10 feet above floors (of hardwood) Sun Alto sales manager Muna Tayour, here at the sales-centre model of the new-home project, explains her potential market in deep-inventory department-store terms. "This appea…

Living Shangri- La climbing along

2007-12-01

Sun One fine fall morning recently, the Living Shangri- La construction- documentation photographer recorded the underconstruction tower poking through the downtown fog — and dwarfing surrounding towers. One of Living Shangri- La&rsqu…

Getting things you want at Restaurants, Hotels, Event tickets - Be Polite - but read on for more

2007-12-01

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Getting things you want at Restaurants, Hotels, Event tickets - Be Polite - but read on for more

2007-12-01

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Versatile toy hauler expands Rving opportunities

2007-11-30

MATTHEW HAASE Sun The Keystone Fuzion toy hauler fifth- wheel trailer is a fun, functional and attractive hauling machine. The kitchen has a three- burner stove, 22inch oven, a microwave and a large fridge The bedroom area has a full- sized…

Get ready for Cell Phone wars

2007-11-29

Officials will open space for possible fourth national carrier Derrick Penner, David George-Cosh and Barbara Shecter Sun News Service. Group, CanWest the SeaBoard Source: OECD The federal government on Wednesday set aside a block of wireles…

Kerridale's Suvai offers simple food at a fair price

2007-11-29

Restaurant serves straight-forward dishes with good value, although some dishes need more depth to be knock-outs Mia Stainsby Sun Suvai chef de cuisine Segar Kulasegarampillai with his Dungeness crab and shrimp cakes. Photograph by : Stuart…

What Should You Buy?

2007-11-29

Try to buy a home that meets most of your needs for the next five to ten years or find one that can grow and change. Sun The environment surrounding your home can be almost as important as the environment inside of it. Before you start sear…

New smoking curbs announced

2007-11-28

New provincial guidelines will become law at the end of March, giving retailers some time to adjust Fiona Anderson Sun New rules about where British Columbians can smoke and how cigarettes may be sold will now come into effect at the end of…

Home prices skid 5.1% to March 2005 level; sales fall

2007-11-28

Noelle Knox USA Today A sign advertises a home for sale October 24 in Chicago In a painful reminder why real estate is traditionally a long-term investment, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that the median price for an ex…

Tips help navigate the tech-buying maze

2007-11-28

Edward C. Baig USA Today Jessica Boyd, left, and Dorcas Tejeda look over a digital camera at a Best Buy in Atlanta on Friday. You want to buy a computer, digital camera, high-definition TV or other tech gear this holiday season — only…

Sharpest drop in housing prices in index's history

2007-11-28

USA Today A sign advertises a price change this week on a West Seattle home. Home prices nationally plunged 4.5% in the third quarter from a year earlier. NEW YORK (AP) — Home prices fell 4.5% in the third quarter from a year earlier,…

Eden Group cancels 2 condo projects Incl. Elyse at 7th & Scotia due to high development costs

2007-11-28

Bruce Constantineau Sun Riverbend (phase three) Estimated development cost: Unknown (but extrapolated from original selling prices and number of units, at least $13million) Units: 42, Where: Riverbend Drive, Coquitlam. Presale: 32 Prices: $…

Seawall set to reopen after extensive facelift

2007-11-28

Features include viewing decks, new island Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier The highlighted portion of the seawall along False Creek will reopen next week. While the partial closure of First Avenue to motorists Dec. 3 is bad news for drivers, it's…

New B.C. birth certificates to foil crooks

2007-11-27

Don Harrison Province B.C.'s new birth certificate will not only be larger, bulkier and "Superman- proof," it's also supposed to make life a lot harder for identity crooks. Available as of Jan. 2, the large-format certificate will have 20 n…

NPA has radical suggestions for its EcoDensity charter

2007-11-27

Frances Bula Sun BLUEPRINT FOR GREENING: TODERIAN'S ECODENSITY PLAN REVEALED Vancouver's planning department, under new head city planner Brent Toderian, has come out with its draft version of an EcoDensity charter, which gives a little mor…

Condos pose threat to commercial space - City of Vancouver is planning to tighten the rules to prevent too much development

2007-11-27

Frances Bula Sun Vancouver is planning to tighten the rules in yet another central-city neighbourhood to prevent too much condo development, while at the same time offering new incentives for builders to create job space. Burrard Slopes, th…

TiVo digital video recorder will be available in Canada

2007-11-27

Customers will have to pay an extra fee, with discounts offered for length of contract Sun The long-awaited TiVo digital video recorder (DVR), formerly sold only in the U.S . , is finally arriving in Canada . DVRs will be available at Futur…

He helps people trade property without agents

2007-11-26

Traditional firms are not thrilled by Nicolas Bouchard's success Sarah Dougherty Province Nicolas Bouchard figured out 10 years ago that the Net was a good place to put a lot of information of interest to people buying and selling homes. Fr…

An economic boom tied to the construction sector can't go on forever

2007-11-26

An economic boom tied to the construction sector can't go on forever; we need globally competitive export industries Jock Finlayson Sun Construction cranes create their own skyline on False Creek. What happens when the boom finally ends? Ph…

Vancouver Ritz-Carlton at 1151 W Georgia, new 61 storey tower with 123 suites - prices starting at $2.4M

2007-11-25

Starting at $2.4 M, these suites not for 'tire-kickers' Kerry Moore Province New high-end hotel and residence includes 123 super-deluxe units that start at $2.4 million The Ritz-Carlton at 1151 Georgia St., Vancouver, will be 61 stories hig…

Warranties can be tricky business

2007-11-25

Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: We had a new roof done on our townhouses in April of this year. It took six months and the company provided us with a 10-year warranty. In a rain storm a few weeks ago, one of the units was seriousl…