Real Estate News & Articles

Fostering great buildings

2006-04-20

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Home prices rise on building costs

2006-04-19

Developers paying more for land and materials Derrick Penner Sun Vancouver 's soaring new home prices are being mainly driven by escalating construction costs, a factor that is increasing the risks that developers assume, a real estate mark…

Forget the valet, let a robot park your car

2006-04-19

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City hotel pairs up with B.C. wineries

2006-04-18

Boutique hotel for wine lovers John Bermingham Province Alex Limongelli, of the Executive Hotel Vintage Park on Howe Street in Vancouver, says the focus is to educated guests about B.C. wineries. Photograph by : Wayne Leidenfrost, The Provi…

Vancouvers top restaurants include Bishops, Lift, Monks business sizzles

2006-04-18

Annual receipts reach a record of more than $6 billion in 2004 Peter Wilson, Vancouver Sun Sun Bob Lindsay owns Lift Bar and Grill, Monk McQueens in Vancouver and Monk's Grill in Whistler. Photograph by : Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun When it …

Vancouver's top city planners retiring (Larry Beasley, Ann McAfee)

2006-04-18

Restaurant designs gain elegance as city becomes more cosmopolitan Peter Wilson Sun Architect Jon Sunderland (foreground), and Bob Lindsay, owner of Lift Bar Grill, which reflects city restaurants' new design trend. Photograph by : Glenn Ba…

Commercial rental space tight

2006-04-15

WAREHOUSES I Vacancy rates for industrial spaces have been steadily declining Fiona Anderson Sun Commercial tenants in the Greater Vancouver area are having an increasingly difficult time finding rental space, and are being forced to pay to…

1168 Richards new-home project is a diminutive addition to its street

2006-04-15

Townline's inaugural completion a big opportunityin a small building for neighbourly, bright residency Michael Sasges Sun A Moroccan fantasy from designer Alda Pereira the enclosed balcony in the 1168 Richards show home in which Yvonne Drin…

Increasing cost of building houses puts upward pressure on inflation

2006-04-15

Obsession with price approaches trivialization of homes Bob Ransford Sun "Increasing cost of building houses puts upward pressure on inflation" ... "Housing starts sizzle" ... "Home construction soars across Greater Vancouver" ... "House pr…

135 International Newspapers available from new kiosk in Major Centres

2006-04-15

MEDIA I An Ottawa company can print 135 international newspapers from its kiosk Kristin Goff Sun OTTAWA - An Ottawa company started by a couple of self-described "news junkies" has begun offering the first service in Canada to print interna…

Local firm's travel website gets top marks

2006-04-15

MYTRIPJOURNAL.COM I Forbes magazine praises site, which lets users post blogs to record their trips Brian Morton Sun A Vancouver-based Internet company that allows travellers to post online blogs in some of the world's most remote locations…

Big-name architects what will they do for Vancouver?

2006-04-15

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Home Sales: Vancouver prices to increase

2006-04-14

Province TORONTO -- A record number of homes were sold in major Canadian cities during the first quarter, the Canadian Real Estate Association said yesterday. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the number of homes that were listed and sold on …

Hidden costs in details of Olympic contracts

2006-04-14

Kent Spencer Province The Vancouver Olympic Committee can even veto Vancouver’s choice of a name for the Athletes Village during non-Olympic periods. A spruced-up Pacific Coliseum isn't supposed to use its publicly-funded upgrade to s…

Tiny devices could soon light up the world

2006-04-14

Nanometre-sized light-emitting devices can be printed on thin sheets of material and applied to any surface Charles Mandel Sun American researchers have seen the light -- and it is good. Working with organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs), …

Dead man receives $218,000,000,000,000 phone bill

2006-04-14

Sun KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's largest telephone company blamed a debt collection agency Thursday for a misplaced decimal point that resulted in a $218 trillion US phone bill being sent to a dead man. Telekom Malaysia said the agency mistak…

Approach mortgages with caution

2006-04-14

Long-term and zero-down options can make owning easier, but there may be a downside Fiona Anderson Sun Jo Tortora, mortgage specialist for the Bank of Montreal, discusses various mortgage options with a customer. Photograph by : Glenn Baglo…

Jameson House sets Vancouver condo building standards

2006-04-14

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Wireless TV ruling by CRTC welcomed

2006-04-13

Firms such as Telus, Bell and Rogers won't face Canadian content rules Marke Andrews Sun A Wednesday decision to exempt television programming on wireless devices from government regulation was greeted enthusiastically by one wireless servi…

Restaurant listings For April 13, 2006

2006-04-13

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 $$ means $50 to …

Institutional building rises 109 per cent in B.C.

2006-04-12

Province outpaces rest of country for fourth consecutive quarter Wency Leung Sun B.C. outpaced the rest of the country with the strongest gains in investment for institutional construction for the fourth straight quarter, as spending for al…

Increasing cost of building houses puts upward pressure on inflation

2006-04-12

Rising material and labour costs push new houses up 6.5% Eric Beauchesne and Wency Leung Sun Continued high demand for housing, coupled with rising prices for workers and construction material, has pushed up the price of new houses, such as…

Japan to raise interest rates that can cause markets to suffer

2006-04-12

End of easy money likely to have adverse impact on 'carry trade' Hans Greimel Sun A pedestrian passes by an HSBC Tokyo branch office on Tuesday. For five years, Bank of Japan's soon-to-end zero interest rate policy helped pump up economies,…

Microsoft vows Vista will deliver major security improvements

2006-04-12

Delayed launch puts pressure on publisher Jim Jamieson Province REDMOND , Wash. -- Last month Microsoft Corp. delayed the launch of what may turn out to be the most important software-product transition in the dominating technology company'…