Real Estate News & Articles

City condo buyers are off to market

2005-11-03

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Lunches for those looking to linger

2005-11-02

Joey Tomato's finds its market niche between fine and family dining Wendy McLellan Province An artist imagines what Joey Tomato’s will look like on a sunny day on West Broadway in Vancouver. You'd think the prospect of competing for b…

Cambie Hostel to get $2.4m upgrade

2005-11-01

Plan to add bunks to cash in on fast-growing market Bruce Constantineau Sun CREDIT: Mark Van Manen, Vancouver Sun Paul Jacobs (left) and Sam Yehia are about to redevelop the Cambie Hostel in Gastown where they are well known for one of the …

Terminal City Club & Vancouver Club try to attract young members

2005-11-01

Amy O'Brian Sun CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun The Vancouver Club's young members include Cara Savege (left), Jay Garnett and Wendy King. Terminal City Club CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Cara Savege, 29, a Vancouver Club board memb…

Red-hot housing market to cool, CMHC says

2005-11-01

Derrick Penner Sun Expect British Columbia 's red-hot real estate markets to temper in 2006, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. experts said Wednesday. But the province's strong economic conditions will at least keep the sector warm for at l…

Developers slow to tap deposit money

2005-11-01

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Supersize the entire region

2005-10-31

With nearly two dozen municipalities and districts, the Lower Mainland is run by a hodgepodge of governing bodies. Could they do better by banding together? Don Cayo Sun The cost of civic government in the two North Vans -- the city and the…

How to apply 'Rental Restriction' bylaws

2005-10-31

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The worst intersections in BC

2005-10-30

BCAA/PROVINCE SURVEY: Readers hate Vancouver intersection -- and many, many others Frank Luba Province Lynn Siddaway and all the drivers of B.C., we feel your pain. Siddaway was one of the 2,569 frustrated, fuming and flummoxed motorists wh…

Watch whatever you want, whenever you want

2005-10-30

Jim Jamieson Province LEFT: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 ABOVE RIGHT: The Slingbox It used to be that how and what you watched on your TV was about screen size and which cable package you subscribed to. That has all changed, of course, as the d…

Squamish now more than just an 'alternative suburb'

2005-10-29

Bob Ransford Sun A signal moment last summer in the transformation of Squamish in the popular (Lower Mainland) imagination was the gathering of windsurfers for a world-championship qualifying competition. A change in image is one of three p…

Sustainable condo on road to promote green building

2005-10-29

CONSTRUCTION I Technology exhibited with other B.C. innovations at international conference Gillian Shaw Sun How green is their condo? Source: EcoSmart Foundation Some of the green features incorporated into the sustainable condo (shown abo…

Creation of seven Winsford Court homes took 10 years to realize

2005-10-29

Michael Sasges Sun CREDIT: Peter Battistoni, Vancouver Sun Palatial homes (above, and below) in Burnaby off Government Street, across from Charles Rummel Park, are the products of one man's determination. CREDIT: Peter Battistoni, Vancouver…

Working all the angles to get the best possible mortgage

2005-10-28

Michael Kane Sun CREDIT: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun Vancouver mortgage broker Rob Regan-Pollock of Invis Inc. helps clients shorten the length of their mortgage by using smart management. We turned to Regan-Pollack to show how a buyer of a …

Strong housing market to continue

2005-10-28

Upward swing to go through 2006 and 2007, B.C. economist predicts Derrick Penner Sun CREDIT: Photo illustration Vancouver Sun, Background photo Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Despite predictions of interest rate hikes, B.C.'s housing market is …

Market unstoppable: Price seen rising 9% in 2006

2005-10-28

Ashley Ford Province There will simply be no stopping B.C.'s vibrant residential real-estate market in the foreseeable future, Credit Union Central BC said yesterday in its latest provincial housing forecast. The institution's housing repor…

All sectors perform well as B.C. growth outpaces expectations

2005-10-27

But Olympics bringing building-capacity risk Brian Lewis Province B.C.'s still-booming economy is outpacing expectations and will hold the No. 2 spot behind Alberta this year, a Royal Bank forecast said yesterday. However, on the heels of a…

Redevelopment riding SkyTrain

2005-10-27

Retail-residential at station Wendy Mclellan Province An artist envisions the bustle of shoppers and homeowners in the integrated transit-residential development. A $250-million development in New Westminster 's neglected downtown area may …

SkyTrain shopping mall set for New Westminster

2005-10-27

Riders will get off trains just a few feet from stores Bruce Constantineau Sun A transportation reformation New Westminster is planning to transform part of its downtown through a “transit village” concept. Here are a few detail…

L'Hermitage offers an oasis of style

2005-10-27

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Pounding of piles proving to be a bit of a problem

2005-10-26

Site preparation will take five-months-more work Ashley Ford Province CREDIT: Jon Murray, The Province Industrial waste dumped into the area over the years creates difficulty for the pile-driving process. Work on the new convention centre i…

Looking at future of single-family homes

2005-10-26

Residential growth looms as a significant municipal election issue throughout the Lower Mainland Larry Pynn Sun CREDIT: Stuart Davis, Vancouver Sun Langley township Coun. Kim Richter complains that her municipality is 'growing far too fast'…

Charitable giving & Estate Planning

2005-10-26

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Home inspection standards in the works

2005-10-25

John Leech Sun Re: Home Inspectors must get serious, editorial, Oct. 21 Consumers deserve better when it comes time to engage the services of a house inspector. Just as British Columbians have come to rely on the professional services of a …