Real Estate News & Articles

Subprime impact felt

2007-10-02

Warnings being issued that global 3Q results will suffer Province New Yourk’s Citigroup Inc., the world’s largest financial-services firm, said that its earnings would drop 60 per cent in the third quarter, primarily due to the …

Robson Square rink reborn as GE Ice Plaza

2007-10-02

Skating to start in winter '08, says premier Damian Inwood Province Vancouver residents who took their first, faltering steps on skates at Robson Square will once again be able to tie on the blades at the downtown rink, starting next year. …

GE lights up Robson Square ice rink

2007-10-02

Doug Ward Sun Artist's sketch of the plan for a revitalized Robson Square, which will be renamed GE Ice Plaza and see the return of the skating rink. General Electric will contribute $ 1.6 million to the plaza, which will be used for public…

Local firm sells select properties to wealthy buyers

2007-10-01

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High-def camcorder weighs in at 268 grams

2007-09-29

Gillian Shaw Sun Sanyo Xacti HD1000 digital camcorder Spy Gadgets Micro-Camcorder Kodak Easyshare All-in-One Printers Sanyo Xacti HD1000 digital camcorder, $1,100 "Smallest" and "lightest" have to be among the favourite adjectives of the fo…

Unsold homes hit 18-year high in U.S.

2007-09-29

Price index records biggest drop since 1991 Annette Haddad Sun Laurie Frank’s Hollywood Hills home was built in the 1920s and was once owned by the French entertainer and actor, Maurice Chevalier. What she has wrought, post fire, defi…

B.C. sales for 2007 will tip over the 101,000 mark

2007-09-28

Nothing but blue skies Ashley Ford Province A solid job market draws people west and they all need someplace to live, says Royal LePage If you are in the B.C. housing industry, there isn't a cloud to be seen on the far horizon. The B.C. Rea…

Identity theft - It's worse than people think

2007-09-28

'The truth is it may already have happened' Frank Luba Province Surrey-based identity theft expert George Greenwood says that credit-card and debit-card fraud is just a small part of the problem Canadians don't have any idea how bad the ide…

Dead Can Dance

2007-09-28

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TechCrunch shows off the best of renewed ‘ Web 2.0’

2007-09-28

CLAUDINE BEAUMONT Sun Analysts, bloggers and venture capitalists are always on the lookout for the next Google, YouTube or Facebook, and one of their prime hunting grounds is California’s annual future- tech jamboree, TechCrunch. It&r…

Junk hauler aims to win over the world one bin at a time

2007-09-27

Malcolm Parry Sun Brian Scudamore’s 1-800-JUNK? Firm topped $100 million last year and plans to hit $1 billion in 2012 IN FOR THE LONGER HAUL: You'd think Brian Scudamore's 1-800-GOT-JUNK? firm would be literally cleaning up during th…

Making progress toward sustainable neighbourhoods

2007-09-27

If everyone lived like we do in Vancouver, it would take four planets to sustain us. The city's EcoDensity initiative may be the solution Sun People living in the city core own fewer cars than those in suburban neighbourhoods and are theref…

Moroccan dishes learned at home, cooked for family

2007-09-27

Owners Abdel Elatouabi and Leo Fouad have conjured up a bit of Marrakech or Casablanca in dining haven in Gastown Mia Stainsby Sun Melissa Ribeiro displays golden beet salad in a rose water and pomegranate vinaigrette, pine nuts and goat ch…

Great sushi at moderate prices

2007-09-27

Sushiyama has expanded next door and the extra space is being gobbled up by customers Mia Stainsby Sun Sushi bar at Sushiyama on East Broadway on a busy Friday night. Photograph by : Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun SUSHIYAMA 371 East Broadway, 6…

BC homes sales to surpass 100,000 BCREA housing forecast (Fall 2007)

2007-09-27

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Nat Bosa - local Vancouver builder holding off building in San Diego & Los Angeles for few years

2007-09-27

Derrick Penner Sun Vancouver developer Nat Bosa lays claim to bringing the highrise condominium to Orange County Calif. , but has no qualms about putting the brakes on construction as the housing market falters there. Bosa Development Corp.…

Ritz-Carlton brings its luxury brand to world-class city

2007-09-25

'Manhattaning' Vancouver Ashley Ford Province Photo illustration offers a look at the Vancouver skyline of 2011, one that includes the 60-storey Vancouver Turn at 1153 W. Georgia St. You could call it the " Manhattaning " of West Georgia St…

Apple plans to outwit hackers unlocking iPhones

2007-09-25

'It's our job to stop them,' CEO says in launching the device in Britain Gillian Shaw Sun Unlock that iPhone at your peril. Or at least your wallet could be in peril if you order on eBay or head across the border to score one of Apple's cov…

Top 5% of Canadians make $89,000/yr, top 1% of Canadians make $181,000/yr, top .01% make $2.8M/year

2007-09-25

Province OTTAWA -- An annual income of $89,000 was enough to place a Canadian among the top five per cent of individual tax-filers in 2004, says the most recent data from Statistics Canada. The top one per cent of earners was limited to tho…

Buy one for $399 and one goes to a Third World child

2007-09-24

Billed as the '$100 laptop,' the aim is to transform education Peter Hum Province OTTAWA -- A cutting-edge "$100 laptop" computer, which is intended to transform education for the world's poor, will be sold to North Americans -- at a heftie…

Reverse mortgage a last option

2007-09-24

COMPOUND INTEREST MOUNTS UP: HUGH ANDERSON Province If you are finding that your cash flow isn’t sufficient for your needs, a reverse mortgage on your long-paid-for home may be the answer to your problem. — CANWEST FILE PHOTO Yo…

US Subprime-Has the Correction Gone to far

2007-09-24

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Short Remarks on the current credit squeeze

2007-09-24

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Little Lumix is packed with features

2007-09-23

Latest in line from Panasonic offers 12.2-megapixel resolution Jim Jamieson Province What is it? Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 digital camera Price: $499 Why you need it: You're looking for a versatile point-and-shoot that takes very good, crop…