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Real Estate: House starts off

2005-10-25

Sun TORONTO -- Some of the fire is set to fizzle out of Canada 's housing market as construction, sales and price growth ease off over the coming year, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says. Housing starts are expected to reach 223,600 uni…

Whitecaps Soccer Stadium a boon for Downtown new showcase entertainment corridor

2005-10-25

Tom Mayenknecht Sun VANCOUVER SUN FILES Railway lands east of the Seabus terminal and Waterfront station the proposed site for Whitecaps’ stadium. If politicians at all three levels of government are truly committed to making the most…

The man behind the voiceovers

2005-10-24

Home-based work allowed him to be with son during baby years Province CREDIT: Les Bazso, The Province Jeff Rechner with his wife, Marzia Sangari, and son, Sebastian, 5 Name/Title: Jeff Rechner, Voice Boy Business: Voice Boy, www.voiceboy.co…

Are you hip enough for Stella?

2005-10-23

URBAN LIVING: No white picket fences here, just one of the city's hottest neighbourhoods Jeani Read Sun The view from this Stella bedroom is phenomenal. The 96-unit building is located in the trendy South Main area of Vancouver, smack in th…

Finding digs in Los Cabos

2005-10-23

Knight Ridder Province Q: We're looking for two three-bedroom condos or a five-star hotel with restaurant in Cabo San Lucas that is close to downtown and can accommodate families. Can you help? A: You'll find some spectacular luxury resort …

Will development make Saltspring another Whistler?

2005-10-23

GULF ISLAND LIFE: 123 cottages built beside resort lodge Jeani Read Province Is Saltspring Island , long famous for having been a Gulf Island hippie haven, finally selling out to a Whistler-style time-share resort mentality? Looks like it m…

Ownership group's plans for St. Paul's put on hold

2005-10-23

HOSPITAL: Had wanted approval to renovate or relocate this year Don Harrison Province CREDIT: Jason Payne, The Province Many West End residents want St. Paul's to remain downtown. Providence Health Care said its plans to renew or replace St…

Xantrex Pocket Powepack 100 can recharge a blackberry 30 times

2005-10-23

Jim Jamieson Province Most mobile professionals have experienced the battery-pack blues. You know the scenario. You're on a cross-country flight and your laptop fades to black right in the middle of a crucial spreadsheet perusal. Or you're …

North Granville Bridge Redevelopment Loops Removal & Public Market

2005-10-22

Redevelopment will mix housing, office and retail space and may include the Yale and Cecil hotels Bruce Constantineau Sun Vancouver city officials are working on guidelines to shape the transformation of the area around the north end of Gra…

She started staging at an early age act

2005-10-22

Dad's workshop, mom's prop-making launched Kimberly Easterbrook's pursuit of tranquil spaces Kimberly Easterbrook Sun A spectacularly presented residence provided the photographic component of a Westcoast Homes report in the summer on a new…

B.C. real-estate sales heading for second record year

2005-10-22

PROPERTY I September sales topped $3 billion in total for seventh straight month Derrick Penner Sun Provincewide real estate sales topped $3 billion in total value for the seventh month in a row in September, the B.C. Real Estate Associatio…

New 230 suite project at 12th & Willow, across from VGH to be developed

2005-10-22

Concert transforming nurses' residence into apartments Michael Sasges Sun CREDIT: Mark van Manen, Vancouver Sun About 30 months from now, if all goes well, Jill White and her partner, Kenta Goto, will make their home in a Tapestry loft, the…

Non-residential building takes up construction slack

2005-10-21

Fiona Anderson Sun British Columbia 's construction industry remains hot as growth in non-residential construction and home renovations offset a softening in residential construction, according to a report by one of Canada 's major banks re…

Not all get a kick out of stadium

2005-10-21

Gastown business group, activists oppose new soccer home Frances Bula Sun CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Files Whitecaps president John Rocha (left) and operations director Bob Lenarduzzi unveiled an artist's concept of the proposed sta…

High debt and rising interest rates could mean trouble

2005-10-21

One mistake people make is trusting the lender to tell them if they can afford the loan Tara Perkins Sun TORONTO -- Interest rates are ratcheting up and many Canadians will feel the pinch as loan and mortgage rates follow suit. "Canadians a…

Land title system guarantees ownership of land

2005-10-21

Sun Q: A friend tells me that homeowners in B.C. don't own the land on which their properties are situated. Title gives various rights and responsibilities but we only hold the land at the pleasure of the Queen. Is this correct and is it so…

Roche Bobois retro furniture - it's all about feeling comfy

2005-10-21

Paula Brook Sun Look down, look way down. In the middle of the living room, where the sofa and a couple of arm chairs used to sit (big enough for two to curl up in, as Friendly used to say), we're now seeing a collection of cushions and bol…

Thumb tapping on wireless devices leads to chronic pain

2005-10-21

Repetitive motion injuries, which have long afflicted desktop and laptop users, are invading the mobile handheld world Alicia Chang Sun CREDIT: Damian Dovarganes, Canadian Press Dr. Jennifer Weiss, assistant professor of orthopedics at the …

Rate hikes no bar to borrowing

2005-10-20

Ashley Ford Province Increasing interest rates will not deter Canadians from taking out mortgages, says the Canadian Institute of Mortgage Brokers and Lenders. But the group does acknowledge the latest increase in the bank rate may may prom…

Comparisons between Shaw Cable & Satellite Bell Expressview price plans

2005-10-20

We spend a lot on our TV entertainment, but surveys show many of us don't know what we're buying Peter Wilson Sun From Corner Gas to the CSI and Law & Order series to Desperate Housewives to Hockey Night in Canada to NFL Sunday Ticket, …

Raffles in the Korean Real Estate News Paper

2005-10-20

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Interest rate hike nails floating-rate homeowners

2005-10-19

Analysts predict more increases, thousands in losses compared to fixed-term holders Michael Kane and Eric Beauchesne Sun Homeownership is more expensive today for buyers, and for owners with floating rate mortgages, and will become even mor…

Home Inspectors should be regulated according to most realtors

2005-10-19

Pete McMartin Sun Last week, I wrote about realtor Erica Leyland, who complained that in today's real estate market, where properties are attracting multiple offers, some home buyers were being asked by realtors to remove subjects from thei…

VSB sees golden opportunity on 2010 Olympic Village site

2005-10-19

Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier The Vancouver School Board wants to cash in on the Olympics to build a new elementary school in Southeast False Creek. A provision for the school is cited in the third year of the school board's five-year capita…