Real Estate News & Articles

Program & software www.pcmover.com allows to transfer data from one computer to another without any problems while upgrading to new operating systems incl. Windows Vista - developed by local Vancouver company

2006-10-24

Software developed in Vancouver a boon for small business looking to upgrade computers Peter Wilson Sun Emir Aboulhosn (front) is Laplink's global marketing vice-president and general manager of Laplink Canada, whose team developed the grap…

iPod at 5: It’s the first cultural icon of the 21st century

2006-10-24

Province Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPod on Oct. 23, 2001. — AP WASHINGTON — Apple’s popular iPod brand of MP3 player marked its fifth anniversary yesterday as a cultural phenomenon that helped bring music into th…

Olympic development gives local residents little peace

2006-10-24

Southeast False Creek project has been exempted from the city's noise bylaw William Boei Sun VANCOUVER - People who live near the Olympic Village development site on southeast False Creek can look forward to peaceful Sundays. The rest of th…

Livin' la vida loca in a virtual world

2006-10-21

GAMING I The Vancouver Sun joins the up to 12,000 people that are gathered at any given moment to live, work, chat, design and sell wares, develop real estate and work at a website that is just like The Matrix, but voluntary Randy Shore Sun…

Storage space a major feature of Dwell

2006-10-21

Michael Sasges Sun AN EXPRESSION OF INGENUITY AT DWELL: In the Dwell show home the built-in storage and the bedroom's translucent sliders as much hide a bed or a wardrobe or a home office as they elevate the necessary partitions between pub…

Finding just the right artwork for the walls of a Dwell home

2006-10-21

Sun An art-savvy publicist, Nancy Nam-Ju HaN of the Art Works Gallery, visited the Dwell presentation centre assigned to match art from the downtown gallery's portfolio with the wall's of a Dwell home. She writes: Have you ever entered a ho…

IMPORTANT: Internet Explorer 7 and MLXchange

2006-10-21

Other On October 19, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7. Unfortunately, there are compatibility issues between Internet Explorer 7 and MLXchange. We strongly recommend that you do not download Internet Explorer 7.   At this time, w…

New Home Warranty with 2-5-10 building protection introduced in 1999 protects consumers

2006-10-21

Jan Calkins, Homeowner Protection Office Sun ADVICE I Home inspector Wayne Houghton and his wife, banker Lee-Ann Page, had several reasons for trading their newly renovated 'fixer-upper' for a brand new, three-bedroom single family home in …

Affordability still eroding in Western Canada

2006-10-19

Ashley Ford Province Greater Vancouver's housing market won't lose much steam next year and should mirror this year's strong performance, Re/Max real-estate company predicted yesterday in its latest national survey. Prices will climb by eig…

Internet not safe enough, commish says

2006-10-19

Province TORONTO -- Ontario's privacy commissioner says identity theft and online fraud are threatening to make obsolete the way people use the Internet. Anne Cavoukian says Internet users are wary of putting personal information online and…

Density, homeless top issues for mayor

2006-10-19

Coming challenges put to municipal party fundraiser that draws more than 500 Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER - Mayor Sam Sullivan emphasized his plans for increased density throughout the city and housing for the homeless in his first speech as …

Rise in B.C. real estate prices to slow

2006-10-19

% increase foreseen for 2007, putting average city home price at $543,240 Derrick Penner Sun The rise of British Columbia real estate values will be less than meteoric in 2007 as the unaffordability of property drags on some markets, a majo…

Karving up a great menu at First and Yew

2006-10-19

It was a happening place in the summer and the Southern California vibe seems to be working in the fall Linda Bates Sun Chris Hannan serves up some fine food at the Karv restaurant in Kitsilano. Photograph by : Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Th…

CHINESE INFLUX SLOWING, INDIA BECOMING TOP IMMIGRANT SOURCE

2006-10-19

Change will affect education costs, documents show PETER O

London Based Rio Tinto PLC - worlds 2nd largest mining company bought 10% of Ivanhoe

2006-10-19

The deal will finance Ivanhoe's key Mongolian project Drew Hasselback Sun London-based Rio Tinto PLC interest is a major shot in the arm for Ivanhoe. Photograph by : Vancouver Sun Illustration Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. received a much-needed credi…

Lack of urban vacancies prompts flight to 'burbs

2006-10-18

Burnaby leads building boom Ashley Ford Province There is literally "no room at the office" in downtown Vancouver and the tight situation is forcing expansionist companies to either flee to the suburbs or split their operations and open a s…

Individuals have to be savvy about thwarting cyber-crime

2006-10-18

Sun Canadians are shopping online, paying bills online, and doing their banking online in steadily greater numbers. One-quarter of all Canadians now pay their bills online, and we bought $36 billion worth of goods and services online in 200…

Even small spaces are better than sleeping on the street

2006-10-18

Sun When faced with pressing social problems such as drug addiction, prostitution or homelessness, we're often confronted with a utopian mentality, one that sees the complete and immediate eradication of such problems as the only solution. …

Lynda Pasacreta: How to tackle the crisis in rental housing

2006-10-18

Let the market work, with some positive measures from government Lynda Pasacreta Sun Demonstrators demand affordable housing outside World Urban Forum III at the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre in June. Photograph by : Glenn Ba…

Thom Armstrong: How to tackle the crisis in rental housing

2006-10-18

Government must invest in the best options -- co-op and non-profit housing Thom Armstrong Sun When Housing Minister Rich Coleman unveiled the government's new housing strategy earlier this month, he missed a golden opportunity to address th…

Gap widens between renting and owning

2006-10-18

Price difference between rent and a mortgage is the highest in decades Mario Ton Sun CALGARY -- A report on real estate trends indicates that steadily rising home prices and the recent upward drift in mortgage rates is tilting the economics…

Smaller firms vulnerable to Web hackers

2006-10-17

These companies often poorly manage and spend too little on security, expert says Danny Bradbury Sun Only one thing is more frightening than opening your e-mail client and finding all of your important e-mails and contacts have been erased …

City ponders 'dorm' housing

2006-10-16

'Not everybody needs the space,' NPA councillor says Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER - The city should look at building dormitory-style housing as one way of getting people off the streets or out of the city's "Third World" residential hotels. T…

New camcorder allows one-click video uploads

2006-10-16

Jefferson Graham USA Today Software allows simple uploading to Google Video and Sony's Grouper video-sharing services. A company that makes pint-size video cameras is introducing an update aimed at the online video-sharing craze. Now, it's …