Real Estate News & Articles

Building permits hit almost $1b in November

2007-01-11

It was the highest amount ever recorded in one month Derrick Penner Sun Contractors across Greater Vancouver took out almost $1 billion worth of building permits in November, the highest amount ever recorded in a single month, the Vancouver…

Rare well done: In a very good year for new restaurants, we found one that stood out from the rest

2007-01-11

Mia Stainsby Sun Brian Fowke, owner/chef of Rare restaurant on Hornby, displays his duck appetizer. Photograph by : Mark van Manen, Vancouver Sun I'm sure Vancouver's howling winds and biblical rains deterred diners, and the boil-water advi…

Vancouver's Top 10 Restaurants

2007-01-11

Mia Stainsby Sun Rare 1355 Hornby St., 604-669-1256 With moves as fine as a Swiss watch, Rare wins out over other smooth movers like Gastropod and Sanafir and over the downright lusty La Regalade Cote Mer. In the end, Rare's technically cha…

Intoxicating shakes, and other 'fun' food

2007-01-11

Serial restaurant opener Sean Heather branches out into Yaletown with his latest concept, Lucky Diner Mia Stainsby Sun Bar manager Mark Brand with his special bourbon shake and a top-notch burger in the recently opened Lucky Diner. Photogra…

Kari House keeps the spice with a touch of sweetness

2007-01-11

Steveston restaurant opened to serve Malaysian tastes Alfie Lau Sun Sandy Chong, owner of Kari House, with a Malay satay dish. Photograph by : Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Having never been to Malaysia and only sampled its cuisine once in my …

Apple's iPhone has your number

2007-01-10

New toy rocks markets Jim Jamieson Province Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs created a frenzy among Mac-heads and other technophiles yesterday by introducing its long-awaited iPhone. A morphing of Apple's iconic iPod media player and a cellpho…

Apple brings the Net into your pocket

2007-01-10

Gone is the keyboard; just touch the 3.5-inch screen Murray Hill Sun Apple CEO Steve Jobs describes iPhone as being five years ahead of other cellphones. Photograph by : Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Steve Jobs heard something …

More homeowners top the limit for provincial grants

2007-01-09

Assessments: 97,646 homes were valued at more than $780,000 this year Derrick Penner Sun The province hasn't yet decided whether to expand its provincial homeowners' grant program, although the number of properties that broke through its ce…

Builders selling Whistler in Shanghai

2007-01-08

Businesspeople in Whistler are starting to look to China for buyers for their luxury properties Joanne Lee-Young Sun Frank Fletcher is taking Whistler to Shanghai in search of new high-net-worth clients. Photograph by : Vancouver Sun, Hando…

iWear turns iPod into virtual TV

2007-01-07

TECHNOLOGY: But sticker shock may prevent many from buying cool new item Jim Jamieson Province What is it? Icuiti iWear for iPod Price: $249 US Why you need it: If you're tired of squinting into that tiny iPod screen for a whole movie. Why …

Software flaw found

2007-01-05

Sun SAN FRANCISCO -- Adobe Systems Inc., the world's biggest maker of graphic-design software, is working to fix a flaw affecting earlier versions of its Acrobat Reader software that may let hackers steal information. The security hole, whi…

LG to unveil dual-mode DVD

2007-01-05

Agence France Sun SEOUL -- South Korea's LG Electronics said Thursday it plans to sell the world's first DVD player capable of playing rival high-definition DVD formats. The dual-format player, to be released in the United States early this…

Warner Bros. DVD will play rival formats

2007-01-05

Gary Gentile USA Today The Blu-ray (left) and HD-DVD discs LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. is set to introduce a high definition DVD disc that can hold films and TV shows in rival and incompatible formats, the latest sign that the year-lon…

When to buy digital cameras, ipods, cd players or PCs

2007-01-05

Buying an iPod? You may want to wait Michelle Kessler, Jefferson Graham and Mike Snider USA Today Rumor has it Apple will introduce a new iPod at MacWorld A year ago, the most state-of-the-art video game system in wide release was the PlayS…

Expanded convention centre wins contracts

2007-01-04

Paediatric group signs two-year deal John Bermingham Province The steel skeleton of the new Vancouver Convention Centre rises along the waterfront in Coal Harbour yesterday afternoon. The centre is already taking advanced bookings. Photogra…

House millionaires double in the province

2007-01-04

Rise in B.C. property assessments means almost twice as many live in million-dollar homes Derrick Penner Sun Data from the 2007 property assessments, crunched by Landcor Data Corp., shows that B.C. is home to 51,059 residential properties v…

Whistler millionaires can drop into village

2007-01-04

The first exclusive neighbourhood gondola in the country Marke Andrews Sun If cash is a problem, you can buy a smaller lot in the Kadenwood neighbourhood for $1.5 million, and still have use of its gondola. For a cool $2.5 million, you can …

Electronic filing system a hit with lawyers registering land

2007-01-04

Derrick Penner Sun Lawyers who use the electronic filing system of B.C.'s Land Title Office love the faster process, a fact the province hopes will convince paper-dependent offices to switch. A Mustel Group poll of existing electronic filin…

B.C. home sales slow as real estate market rebalances

2007-01-04

Fiona Anderson Sun It's official, the Lower Mainland's residential real estate market is definitely slowing down. In 2006, home sales in the Greater Vancouver area -- which stretches from Whistler to Maple Ridge and Tsawwassen -- were down …

Feast on Fred Flintstone-style meat dishes

2007-01-04

If you like barbecued meats cooked Memphis style, slathered with a sweet tomato sauce and smoked many hours in a pit, you won't be disappointed Mia Stainsby Sun Julie Chung with a 'Memphis Blues platter' at the recently opened Memphis Blues…

Be good to your liver; treat it with green tea, ginger

2007-01-04

When an unhappy liver leads to fatigue, weight gain, poor concentration and mood swings, naturopathic tonics might cure your ills Joanne Sasvari Sun Green tea is a strong antioxidant that aids digestion. To be good to your liver, be sure to…

No take-out at dinnertime? Yes, for a reason

2007-01-04

The chef at Chada Thai Fine Cuisine wouldn't want to jeopardize the quality of his food Juanita Ng, Sun Chef Brian Marchesi of Chada Thai restaurant holds his Pad Thai dish (right) and Pla Lard Prig (left). Photograph by : Stuart Davis, Van…

Eat, drink and be mellow

2007-01-04

For breakfast, coffee, or lunch with wine, Italian cafe offers comfort food in a homey setting Mia Stainsby Sun Epicurean Deli owner Christian Cocco (centre) talks with diners Andy and Shirley Wolodko in the Kitsilano restaurant. The deli s…

Hot market: B.C. property values up 23%

2007-01-03

New construction added 106,734 new properties to the roll and pumped $19 billion into assessments Derrick Penner Sun A record amount of new construction and the sixth year of a hot real estate market pushed the value of British Columbia rea…