Real Estate News & Articles

Kids have their say on top toys

2006-11-03

Kids give nod to high-touch as well as high-tech toys MIRELLA CHRISTOU Sun TOM HANSON/CANADIAN PRESS Eva Krzaniak, 12, shows off the Fly Pentop Computer, a learning tool that reads back what you draw or write. Giant Sequoia Play Set Casey C…

High housing costs could curb migration to B.C.

2006-11-02

Population gain in 2005 was higher that of Alberta and Manitoba combined Richard Rees Sun Booming economy coupled with natural beauty lures Canadians from other parts of the country. Photograph by : Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun When assessing B…

High spice, low price to singe your tastebuds

2006-11-02

Fourth Avenue eatery flares with pyrotechnics from the kitchen and buzzes with an appreciative clientele Mia Stainsby Sun Suzanne Goligher and Robyn Donio serve up The Noodle Box's high octane dishes in takeout boxes. Photograph by : Glenn …

Where schnitzels are just the start

2006-11-02

Mia Stainsby Sun Chef Mike Kruse (left), Gordon Matheson and Meredith Madderom of Cafe Katzenjammer. Photograph by : Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun I'm not a schnitzels and sausages fan but I can say that every now and then, readers ask me wher…

How to send a text message to any phone by email

2006-11-02

Other Main Canadian Carriers (must use 10 digits) number@pcs.rogers.com Rogers Canada - Requires prior registration with PCS Rogers. 10digits@msg.telus.com. - (Telus Canada) number@fido.ca (Fido Canada) number@txt.bellmobility.ca (Bell mobi…

Canada's largest house goes on sale in Abbotsford

2006-11-01

Mansion was a dot.com millionaire's unfulfilled dream Derrick Penner Sun This 47,000-square-foot, 10-bedroom Abbotsford mansion is up for sale. The main house includes a hydraulic elevator, formal dining room with marble and Brazilian cherr…

Salt Spring Island Real Estate Market has grown 15% per year for the last 6 years

2006-11-01

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Custom greeting cards at a mouse click

2006-10-30

Province Name: Lorna Rush Business: Daelor Products/ SendOutCards, south Surrey, B.C. Contact: www.sendoutcards.com/8971 or www.daelorproducts.com or 1-888-575-1497 Number of employees: Five, including my husband Years in business: Eight mo…

From CP rail line to condominiums?

2006-10-29

Parks board commissioner would like city to buy, develop land John Bermingham Province Parks board Commissioner Marty Zlotnik walks along the tracks at 5th and Burrard. He is proposing the city buy the rail line from CP Rail for $100 millio…

Sanyo's new hybrid camera is tiny

2006-10-29

Jim Jamieson Province What is it? Sanyo Xacti HD1A hybrid digital camera Price: $899 Why you need it: For those tech-lovers who want to consolidate the number (and size) of toys they carry around. Why you don't: Combo devices always come wi…

City of Vancouver pondering 6.3% property-tax hike

2006-10-27

John Bermingham Province Vancouver homeowners could be asked to shell out 6.3 per cent more in their property taxes to cover the city's spending overruns. In operating-budget estimates going before council Tuesday, budget staffer Annette Kl…

Car sharing goes commercial

2006-10-27

TransLink major contributor to auto co-operative Frank Luba Province Yaletown landscape architect Chris Marshall enjoys sharing his Company Car with 2,708 other drivers. Photograph by : Gerry Kahrmann, The Province Chris Marshall drives a c…

Housing weakness bashes down GDP

2006-10-27

USA Today WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A slumping housing sector helped slow economic growth in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than three years, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Gross domestic product, which measures …

'Staging' results in faster sale, richer price

2006-10-27

Noelle Knox USA Today BEFORE AND AFTER The living room Before: In each room, you should decide which features to accentuate. In this case, it was the windows and the woodwork. All the original furniture was taken out, notably a large comput…

Pre-School for 150 aplicants in Yaletown at 990 Homer goes for approval at city hall

2006-10-26

It's the planned rooftop playground that makes city hall balk Pete McMartin Sun For over a decade now, Natacha Beim's idea has been to build a school of higher learning in Vancouver. About, oh, five storeys high. It was to be a junior kinde…

Affordable housing alternative if government participates can generate $500/mo apartments

2006-10-26

Governments, developers can play a part, expert says Derrick Penner Sun Squatters supported by the Anti-Poverty Committee (above) occupied a building at 5 West Hastings in Vancouver from Sunday to Tuesday. Affordable housing advocates in Va…

LG delivers what Canadians want -- an MP3 player you can use with gloves

2006-10-26

Company's lineup for Christmas also includes its 50-inch plasma TV Peter Wilson Sun When it comes to its new MP3 players, LG Electronics -- which prides itself on marrying technology with design -- is giving Canadians the finger. Okay, it's…

Caffe Barney is an old favourite

2006-10-26

It offers big helpings of inexpensive, decently cooked food, a varied menu and good music Mia Stainsby Sun Lisa Johnson of Caffe Barney serves the chicken avocado wrap and a pint of Red Truck Golden Cream Ale. Photograph by : Ward Perrin, V…

New-home prices drop 9.7% from 2005, biggest fall in 35 years

2006-10-26

USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) — The median price of a new home plunged in September the largest amount in more than 35 years, even as the pace of sales rose for a second month. The Commerce Department said the median price for a new home …

Sellers sing the blues as price drop sets record

2006-10-26

Noelle Knox USA Today Then: San Diego's housing market was so hot that the town house next to Jeff Cruce's was flipped from buyer to seller three times in three years. The owners, who never moved in, didn't even need to put up a "For Sale" …

Province urged to create housing

2006-10-25

Fund it with property-transfer taxes, municipal politicians say Frances Bula, with file from Jonathan Fowlie Sun Some B.C. municipal politicians have urged the provincial government to use the hundreds of millions of dollars it collects in …

Home sales, prices drop in September

2006-10-25

Martin Crutsinger USA Today WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes fell for a sixth straight month in September and the median sale price dropped on an annual basis by the largest amount on record, further evidence of a soft housing mar…

Information on Goods and Services Tax For Residential Real Estate

2006-10-25

Bell Spagnuolo Other The following are the questions that we are most often asked by our clients, and the answers that we provide. If your question is not answered below, please give us a call or email bs@bellspag.com When is G.S.T. paid? G…

20% of properties are bought & resold within 6 mos in Vancouver

2006-10-25

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