Real Estate News & Articles

Theft and misuse of funds can be avoided

2006-02-19

BE ALERT: Owners need to stay aware of how strata handles accounting Tony Gioventu Province During the past few weeks our office has received numerous complaints from owners and strata councils concerning theft or misuse of funds from the s…

Mac Attack

2006-02-18

Sun Apple Computer Inc. has resorted to a poetic broadside in the inevitable cat-and-mouse game between hackers and high-tech companies. The maker of Macintosh computers had anticipated hackers would try to crack its new OS X operating syst…

Creekside homes uncommonly large for the area

2006-02-18

VANCOUVER I They're aimed at people moving from single family, detached homes Michael Sasges Sun What's done and what's to do are among the displays at the Creekside sales centre. Above, the Citygate model; below right, the Creekside model,…

Asking the tough regional growth questions

2006-02-18

Bob Ransford Sun The population of Greater Vancouver will double to almost four million people by 2050. Creative thinking is needed to manage growth and keep our special corner of the globe livable. Often I have talked in this column about …

Google rips Justice Department in court papers

2006-02-18

Michael Liedtke USA Today SAN FRANCISCO — Google criticized the Bush administration's demand to examine millions of its users' Internet search requests as a misguided fishing expedition that threatens to ruin the company's credibility…

New housing plan raises fears

2006-02-17

'Innovative' change coming in 30 to 60 days Frances Bula Sun SOURCE: BC HOUSING VANCOUVER SUN Housing Minister Rich Coleman appears poised to introduce a dramatic change in how the B.C. government helps people with housing, a move that is m…

Rapid transit not viable east of Port Mann Bridge

2006-02-17

study: Report says it wouldn't run close enough to major population centres William Boei Sun LOWER MAINLAND - Rapid transit will not work in the Trans-Canada Highway corridor "for the foreseeable future" because new development east of the …

Public input invited on Proposed White Caps stadium

2006-02-17

Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier The Whitecaps vision of the 15,000-seat stadium proposed for the north foot of Cambie Street includes a plan for future expansion to 30,000 seats. The city wants public comment at four open houses scheduled in M…

H+H: best (and last) of new Yaletown homes

2006-02-17

Other LAST OF YALETOWN: Don't wait to claim your home at H+H in Yaletown. The designer showroom opens for previews this Saturday, February 18. It is located at 1066 Richards St., Vancouver and open daily 12 noon to 6 p.m. except Friday. Pri…

Building for the Olympics

2006-02-17

Five major construction projects are being pushed ahead this year to provide Canadian athletes with two years training without pressure from their competitors Jeff Lee Sun This year the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic organizers and their par…

January housing starts soar near 33-year high

2006-02-16

USA Today WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Warm weather helped housing starts soar 14.5% in January to the highest level in nearly 33 years, as groundbreaking on new single-family houses hit a record, the government said Thursday in a report sh…

Restaurant listings For February 16, 2006

2006-02-16

Critic's Picks 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 …

Speed-skating oval for divas

2006-02-16

Builders of the massive 2010 Winter Games venue envisage an 'internationally recognized icon' on a par with Sydney's famous opera house Jeff Lee Sun This artist’s rendering of Richmond’s speed-skating oval gives a sense of the a…

Twinning Port Mann 'tough sell' at city council

2006-02-15

Vancouver city councillors from all parties express doubt about bridge plan and extra lane on Hwy 1 Frances Bula Sun The man in charge of the Gateway Project did not receive a valentine from Vancouver city council Tuesday. In a rare show of…

Metro home price gains soar to record

2006-02-15

Noelle Knox, USA TODAY USA Today WASHINGTON — Home prices in 72 metropolitan areas showed double-digit increases in the fourth quarter last year, a record that was probably the peak in this real estate cycle, the National Association …

Microsoft going after lucrative wireless e-mail market

2006-02-14

Software giant takes aim at BlackBerry's large customer base Province OTTAWA -- Microsoft Corp. is taking dead aim at Research in Motion's popular BlackBerry device with a new wireless e-mail system that will run on smart phones made by Mot…

Contract awarded for higher speed wireless network

2006-02-14

Ericsson tapped to supply new technology Province TORONTO -- Rogers Communications Inc. said yesterday it has awarded Ericsson Canada the contract to supply wireless network technology that will be faster than anything currently operating i…

Microsoft elbows into RIM's BlackBerry territory

2006-02-14

Major wireless carriers sign up Andrew Mayeda, Ottawa Citizen Sun OTTAWA -- Microsoft Corp. is taking dead aim at Research in Motion's popular BlackBerry device with a new wireless e-mail system that will run on smart phones made by Motorol…

115 years ago today

2006-02-13

William Lamont Tait arrived in Vancouver Chuck Davis Sun William Lamont Tait arrived in Vancouver Feb. 13, 1891, exactly 115 years ago today. That's a long time ago, but he left us a couple of prominent physical reminders of his presence he…

Heritage building home to super-stylish lofts

2006-02-12

This is the next cool neighbourhood and your opportunity to move in Jeani Read Province The lofts at the Bowman Block are beautifully laid-out and finished with a wonderful mix of heritage and cutting-edge contemporary styling. Photograph b…

Zakopane,: Alpine resorts that try for the Olympic Games

2006-02-12

POLAND: Alpine resort not only a favourite of Pope John Paul, it vied for the Olympics Shirley O'Bryan Smith Province Pope John Paul II points with his walking stick to the sky during a trip to the mountains near Zakopane, Poland, in 1997. …

A Tale of Two Planners

2006-02-11

URBAN DEVELOPMENT I Beasley and McAfee formed a dynamic duo whose work has helped make Vancouver the talk of many towns Frances Bula Sun It's hard to remember 20 years back in a city that remakes itself on a daily basis, tumbling from trans…

Downtown adventure is growing

2006-02-11

Sun Last week and last month we at Westcoast Homes told you about the latest home-ownership adventures on offer on the western approaches to Vancouver's downtown eastside. They are the Bowman warehouse-conversion on Beatty at Pender and the…

Why homes over hotels

2006-02-11

Across North America, luxury-hotel operators are turning to developers for capital Kim Pemberton Sun WESTBANK, FAIRMONT TOGETHER DOWNTOWN The artist's rendering of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Vancouver Hotel project (right, middle) is equally …