Real Estate News & Articles

Google Inc., Canada.com team up on search, ads

2006-01-17

Sun Google Inc. and CanWest Global Communications Corp. subsidiary Canada.com announced Monday they were teaming up on an Internet search and advertising partnership. The multi-year partnership will provide Canada.com users with content and…

Condominium developer teams up with Future Shop

2006-01-17

Packages range from $2,500 to $12,000 Peter Wilson Sun Hani Lammam of Cressey Developments (left) and Bob Golden of Future Shop show of some of the featured Future Shop products they will work together to provide to buyers of new condos. Ph…

'Golden age' for building trades

2006-01-15

TIGHT MARKET: Shortages will keep growing Ashley Ford Province Skilled workers are writing their own tickets in B.C. Photograph by : The Associated Press file photo Across Greater Vancouver's Lower Mainland, it's a "golden age" for the buil…

Don't invite the bad guys in

2006-01-15

Security expert shares Top 10 tips for making your home burglar-proof Jeani Read Province Maybe you've seen the ads: those grubby characters cheerfully breaking into houses and cars, thanking us for helping them rip us off. "Thanks for leav…

Burnaby spot for living large

2006-01-15

SIZE: Development is for those who want living space Kerry Moore Province Those wanting the good life can upgrade their kitchen appliances to stainless steel. Photograph by : Jason Payne, The Province Is the buying demographic shifting? The…

The hotel of the future is here, with loads of five-star technology

2006-01-14

From VoiP services to giant-screen plasma television, it's hospitality on cutting edge Misty Harris Sun Once the stuff of James Bond and Mission Impossible, innovations such as iris scanners, thumb-print security and electronic butlers are …

Cut to social housing cited as False Creek option

2006-01-14

Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER I Get rid of plans for about 660 units of "modest" housing to save $8 million; reduce the number of social-housing units from about 660 to 330 to save $16 million; reduce the number of child-care centres from five…

Shaw bash opens tower with fireworks

2006-01-14

Election excitement grows, Diamonds glitter at Whistler, and an old jacket leads to some new wealth Malcolm Parry Sun Shaw Communications TV producers Lisa MacFarlane and Bre Hamilton hung coats at the Shaw Tower opening. Dragon Boys star E…

New homes with an old face

2006-01-14

Sun The dismantling also turned up blocked-up windows. Some provided daylight to a series of small hotel rooms via a narrow three-foot-wide light-well. Others, in the east wall of the Grand "were bricked-up when the adjacent building to the…

C'mon down to Chinatown

2006-01-14

VANCOUVER I Bob Rennie seeking neighbours for eastern adventure Michael Sasges Sun The East homes will be located in a new building at the right in the photo, and Bob Rennie's corporate offices and art gallery will be located in the heritag…

Intrawest's real estate sales reach $534m US for December

2006-01-14

Derrick Penner Sun RESORTS I Vancouver-based Intrawest Corp. pre-sold 213 of the first 256 units it put on the market in its Florida Village of Imagine development for $83 million US to cap off what the company said was its biggest month in…

Victoria's prices fastest growing

2006-01-13

Vancouver still most expensive Ashley Ford Province Victoria, not Vancouver, had the dubious distinction of having the fastest-growing housing prices in Canada over the last quarter, says Royal LePage in its latest house-price survey. Howev…

Pioneer unveils portable MP3/XM player, recorder

2006-01-13

Canadian launch date and price yet to be confirmed MARC SALTZMAN Sun Pioneer Inno (above) and Samsung HDTV (below). Gadgets    One product that had much of the show floor buzzing at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show…

Shaw revels in success as full-bore battle with Telus starts

2006-01-13

New building, rise in quarterly profit on display BRUCE CONSTANTINEAU Sun RICHARD LAM/CANADIAN PRESS Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw speaks to shareholders during the company’s annual general meeting, Vancouver Thursday. COMMUNICATIO…

Home-price gains reflect B.C. economy

2006-01-13

LEPAGE REPORT I Nationally, prices strong Sun B.C.’s booming economy continued to drive home prices in Vancouver and Victoria with both areas registering doubledigit gains over the last year.    A fourth-quarter report …

Shaw tower opens with a big bang

2006-01-12

Province Fireworks lit up Coal Harbour last night. Photograph by : Gerry Kahrmann, The Province An impressive fireworks display marked the formal opening of the 42-storey Shaw residential tower at the northern foot of Hornby Street last nig…

Plans for maritime centre unveiled

2006-01-12

City hopes to have complex built by 2009 John Colebourn Province Architect’s rendering of the national maritime centre planned for the Lonsdale Quay area. The City of North Vancouver has unveiled plans for a $30-million national marit…

No Olympic gold for local housing market

2006-01-12

But some short-term help from infrastructure development is possible Paul Luke Province Patricia Croft says first-time home buyers may want to hold off. WAYNE LEIDENFROST — THE PROVINCE Don't bank on your patch of dirt grabbing gold a…

Telus, Shaw roll out new digital services

2006-01-12

Shaw launches VoIP phones, Telus TV will arrive this year Jim Jamieson Province Shaw Communications' Jim Shaw (left) and Peter Bissonnette in Vancouver yesterday. Photograph by : Jon Murray, The Province The smorgasbord of telephone, televi…

New maritime centre may replace Vancouver museum

2006-01-12

Facility on shipyard site to include retail and commercial development Gerry Bellett Sun National Maritime Centre for the Pacific and Arctic plans were announced Wednesday at Lonsdale Quay by North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto. Pro…

Telecommunication giants battle

2006-01-12

Shaw launches digital phones, Telus offers TV service Fiona Anderson Sun Jim Shaw (left), CEO of Shaw Communications and Peter Bissonnette, president, launch new phone service. Photograph by : Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun Shaw’s digital p…

Building growth to fuel 2006 expansion

2006-01-12

Driving force also to be domestic spending on retail goods, experts say Derrick Penner Sun A surge in retail spending, a 20.9-per-cent boost in planned major-project construction and stable housing growth will help fuel a 3.7-per-cent expan…

Critic's Restaurant Picks For Thursday January 12, 2006

2006-01-12

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 $$ means $50 to $100 $$$ mea…

Critic's Restaurant Picks For Thursday January 12, 2006

2006-01-12

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 $$ means $50 to $100 $$$ mea…