Real Estate News & Articles

Vancouver has topped the list of the world's most livable cities

2005-12-05

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Ready a will while you're able

2005-12-04

ESTATE PLANNING: Baby Boomers believe they are going to live forever Jim Jamieson Province Potential for family fireworks increasing, says Rogers Group Financial's Clay Gillespie Estates-and-wills lawyer Les Kotzer remembers the tragic stor…

Read Form K before signing it

2005-12-04

Make sure you read Form K before signing it Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: I recently leased an apartment in a downtown highrise . I made an effort to ask all of the pertinent questions of the building manager and the landlord to…

Avoid trends in vision for new home

2005-12-04

Know your own tastes and your family's lifestyle, advises TV designer Province Give each room a unique look in choosing colours, designer Sarah Richardson advises Think of layering colours, like in the kitchen, where silver metallic paint c…

Read Form K before signing it

2005-12-04

Tony Gioventu Sun Dear Condo Smarts: I recently leased an apartment in a downtown highrise . I made an effort to ask all of the pertinent questions of the building manager and the landlord to ensure I would have no problems. Today I just re…

Old town, new town: NEW WESTMINSTER

2005-12-03

The secret's out -- good deals, even waterfront PETER BATTISTONI Sun Latest testimonial to the development industry's hopes of robust new-home sales in New Westminster is the Point. How soundly Royal City developers should be sleeping at ni…

They did it! First-time buyers share the how and why of their new homes

2005-12-03

Peter Simpson Sun David and Carrie Campbell will make their next home in a a two-bedroom, twobathroom townhouse in the Serenity new-home project from Polygon Homes and located atop Burnaby Mountain. ‘Our first choice was a singlefamil…

Real estate sales continue to mount toward a high

2005-12-03

HOUSING I November transactions logged at 18.3 per cent ahead of a year ago Derrick Penner Sun Greater Vancouver real estate sales are headed for a high, buoyed by November results showing transactions 18.3-per-cent ahead of a year ago and …

Billionaire launches hostile bid for Fairmont hotel chain

2005-12-03

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY I The manager last year raised $1.6 billion US for two hedge funds GARRY MARR Sun TORONTO — Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. chief executive Bill Fatt called Carl Icahn one of the “least attractive aspects…

West's prosperity to drive market

2005-12-02

Vancouver home sales may slow, but prices expected to rise by 7% Ashley Ford Province It will be the Lower Mainland and Western Canada leading Canada's housing market next year, Royal LePage Real Estate Services said in its 2006 market fore…

Vancouver house prices expected to rise 7% next year

2005-12-02

Average prices have risen to $469,700 -- the highest amount in any Canadian city Wency Leung Sun Vancouver's housing prices will continue to be the most expensive in Canada, with an average home rising to $469,700 and the city posting some …

Market Value: Following the fortunes of real estate

2005-12-02

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EAST - The Discovery of Chinatown

2005-12-02

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Is it worth becoming a non-resident of Canada?

2005-12-02

Michael Kane Sun Q: My 23-year-old daughter is attending university in England for three years and is receiving #11,000 in scholarship money to cover her tuition, #480 in training support fees, and #6,500 in an annual maintenance payment. S…

A slice of the action

2005-12-01

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Hotel Condos

2005-12-01

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Security cameras to monitor shoreline around Vancouver

2005-11-30

David Carrigg Province A network of high-tech cameras is to be installed on the shoreline around Vancouver to boost security. "We want to be able to track all vessels within our jurisdiction," said Graham Kee, the Vancouver Port Authority's…

Security cameras to monitor shoreline around Vancouver

2005-11-30

David Carrigg Sun A network of high-tech cameras is to be installed on the shoreline around Vancouver to boost security. "We want to be able to track all vessels within our jurisdiction," said Graham Kee, the Vancouver Port Authority's dire…

Father of Internet predicts bright online future

2005-11-30

Vint Cerf likens computers and the 'Net to colour television in the 1950s Gillian Shaw Sun Vinton Cerf has often been dubbed father of the Internet for his work on the original U.S. defence department project A dramatic rise in the number o…

Father of Internet predicts bright online future

2005-11-30

Vint Cerf likens computers and the 'Net to colour television in the 1950s Gillian Shaw Sun Vinton Cerf has often been dubbed father of the Internet for his work on the original U.S. defence department project A dramatic rise in the number o…

Existing-home sales drop in U.S. showing likely end to boom

2005-11-29

Unsold units hit highest levels in 19 years Province WASHINGTON -- Sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. fell by 2.7 per cent in October as the housing market continues to signal that the boom of the past five years is ringing more ho…

Cambie Street lane closures start next week for construction of SkyTrain's RAV line

2005-11-29

William Boei Sun VANCOUVER - Long-term lane closures on Cambie Street to make way for RAV Line construction will begin next week. Motorists will find the three lanes on the east side of Cambie closed between King Edward and 37th Avenue, beg…

Single-letter domain names on Net agenda

2005-11-29

Internet overseers gather this week in Vancouver Peter Wilson Sun The future of the Internet is on the table this week as more than 1,000 web experts, gurus and tech company executives get together in Vancouver. Starting Wednesday, the litt…

Domain change could generate big money

2005-11-29

Anick Jesdanun Sun NEW YORK -- Although Internet domain names may be getting longer or more complex as websites creatively squeeze into the crowded ".com" address space, most single-letter names like "a.com" and "b.com" remain unused. That …