Real Estate News & Articles

Sticker shock drives house hunters into condominiums

2006-05-12

New reality means people moving here are likely to buy apartments Derrick Penner Sun VANCOUVER SUN FILES With prices of houses out of reach for most people, a fast-increasing number are now looking for condos, figures suggest. Call it home …

Warranty Resource packages relief for homeowners

2006-05-11

Wendy McLellan Province Warranty experts James Christensen (left) and Greg Stolz have put it all the answers together in a custom-made binder. JON MURRAY — THE PROVINCE When you buy a new vehicle, you know where to find the warranty a…

Record real estate sales predicted for the Lower Mainland by CMHC

2006-05-11

New home construction likely to peak this year, the federal agency says Derrick Penner Sun Lower Mainland real estate markets should hit new record levels for sales this year before waning slightly in 2007 due to declining affordability fac…

Restaurant listings For may 11, 2006

2006-05-11

Critic's Picks Mia Stainsby Sun A list of restaurants recommended and anonymously visited by Sun restaurant critic Mia Stainsby. Prices are per couple for three courses, with a glass of wine each, before tip and taxes. $ means $50 or less $…

Jameson House - respects both urban ecology and high-tech living

2006-05-11

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Vancouver Leaky Condo Crises Not over yet

2006-05-10

Buying boom means a 'problem' property can easily be fixed and resold William Boei Sun PETER BATTISTONI/VANCOUVER SUN Leaky condos, such as the one (left centre) visible under green and white tarps downtown, are not necessarily money-losers…

L'Hermitage en Ville - Signature Address

2006-05-10

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Housing prices unlikely to drop

2006-05-09

It could be a long wait for affordable city homes Wendy Mclellan Province Hopeful homebuyers waiting for the Lower Mainland's runaway house prices to stumble so they can get into the market could be a waiting a long, long time, says one of …

Leaky condos still a disaster

2006-05-09

Hundreds of thousands of British Columbia homeowners have been affected over the years William Boei Sun PETER BATTISTONI/VANCOUVER SUN Tens of thousands of condo units built during the B.C. building boom of the mid-1980s to the late 1990s s…

BC/s Okanagan is one of the best wine growing areas

2006-05-09

Tuscany of Canada stands on its own as premier producer in the country Julia Necheff Province It's been described as the Tuscany or Provence of Canada, but the Okanagan Valley stands on its own as a scenic vacation destination and producer …

Bankruptcy is the last resort

2006-05-08

Several other options may be available Inez Dyer Province One of the hardest decisions is whether to declare personal bankruptcy. There's not only the emotional toll but also the long-term damage it does to one's credit rating. While the ba…

A blueprint for urban change

2006-05-06

CONFERENCES I A warm-up event before the UN's World Urban Forum will study ways of keeping Greater Vancouver livable as it grows Larry Pynn Sun Patrick Condon of UBC cites buildings like the McDonald's redevelopment at Broadway and Blenheim…

Buyers snap up Eastside Espana towers

2006-05-06

VANCOUVER I Espana third robust endorsement this year of reclamation by residency of neighbourhood Sun Standard in the Espana master bathrooms will be a free-standing tub and, accordingly, a separate shower; a wall-mounted vanity; porcelain…

MyRealPage Realtors Website offers auto emails of listings before MLS.ca

2006-05-06

Joanne Blain Sun Think you'll get the jump on other home buyers by checking the Internet for new listings a couple of times a day? Not likely. In the Lower Mainland's overheated real-estate market, it's not unheard-of for choice properties …

MyRealPage Realtors Website offers auto emails of listings before MLS.ca

2006-05-06

Joanne Blain Sun Think you'll get the jump on other home buyers by checking the Internet for new listings a couple of times a day? Not likely. In the Lower Mainland's overheated real-estate market, it's not unheard-of for choice properties …

Budget among factors heading off resale-housing market downturn

2006-05-05

Province There won't be any downturn in Canada's resale-housing market this year after all, the Canadian Real Estate Association said in revising its projections yesterday. Earlier projections had sales either matching last year or even fal…

Value of B. C. building permits falls

2006-05-05

An economist points out that the decline is from a record level Fiona Anderson Sun The value of building permits issued in B.C. fell by 27.4 per cent in January, with drops in almost all construction sectors, according to a report released …

Home contracts dive 29% at Toll Brothers

2006-05-05

Toll Brothers, a leading builder of luxury homes, said Friday that its signed contracts fell 29% in its second fiscal quarter, and it cut its forecast for the number of homes it expects to sell in fiscal 2006. USA Today For the three months…

AOL's 'AIM Phoneline' offers free local phone number

2006-05-05

Kevin Maney USA Today DULLES, Va. — AOL is close to unveiling a voice-over-Internet service, based on its AIM instant messenger, that would give any AIM user a local phone number for free. Dubbed AIM Phoneline, the free number would o…

Microsoft goes after search ads hard

2006-05-05

Byron Acohido USA Today SEATTLE — Look out Google   and Yahoo, Microsoft   is getting very serious about search. The software giant rented Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners, Thursday night to fete 700 online adverti…

Drink outside and skip the food?

2006-05-05

It might be possible -- council reviews pub rules on drinks-only patios John Bermingham Province From left: Christina Rowe, Pilar Ruiz and Krystle McKinnon enjoy a drink outside at Malone's in Vancouver yesterday. Photograph by : Nick Proca…

Character Homes are becoming a rare commodity

2006-05-05

Shelley Fralic Sun The first one, held 26 years ago this month, attracted about 200 people who each paid $3.50 to tour five old New Westminster houses. They were local residents, attracted by the opportunity to compare notes on turn-of-the-…

History of Vancouver neighbourhoods incl Mount Pleasant

2006-05-05

Once a wild place Lisa Smedman Van. Courier Mount Pleasant in the 1890s. A bridge connected Westminster Avenue (Main Street) with Vancouver's East End. False Creek extended as far as modern Clark Drive. Photo courtesy Vancouver City Archive…

LUXURIOUS CONDO TOWER A DEVELOPER’S ‘OBSESSION’

2006-05-05

The concept for the Kingswood Shaughnessy complex