Real Estate News & Articles

Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre dilemma

2005-05-21

You can't please everyone. But the controversy-mired convention centre expansion proposed for the foot of Burrard Street must satisfy a great many people -- not least of all, the city's residents Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER SUN - The convent…

LifeDrive - PDA Mobile Manager

2005-05-18

palmOne puts them in PDA Jim Jamieson Province   A male model shows off LifeDrive, the first of palmOne’s new Mobile Manager line, in Toronto’s subway.   Call it a PDA on steroids. And PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) …

W. Georgia derelict eyesore - Holborn Group resubmitting new plans

2005-05-18

Naoibh O'Connor Van. Courier A building shell sits on a site turned down by the city's urban design panel for a proposed 167-metre tower. An effort to redevelop an abandoned building site at 1133 West Georgia is still in the works, even tho…

Forecast for Greater Vancouver housing starts lowered for 2005

2005-05-17

But a near-record number of housing units will still be built this year Brian Morton Sun The total number of housing starts in the Greater Vancouver area has been revised downward by more than 1,000 units for 2005 and 2006, according to sta…

Apartment construction costs rising fastest here

2005-05-17

Brian Morton Sun Apartment construction costs are going up across Canada , with Vancouver leading the way, Statistics Canada reported Monday. " Labour costs are rising because of the competition and demand," said Peter Simpson, CEO of the G…

Living downtown is a two-way street

2005-05-17

The city improves accessibility as the area becomes increasingly residential Sun CREDIT: Mark van Manen, Vancouver Sun City crews direct traffic off Cambie Street south of Georgia. Cambie is one of three one-way streets in the downtown area…

At the edge exception - Water's Edge

2005-05-15

COVER: West Van's Water's Edge is as exquisite as it is expensive Jeani Read Province Water’s Edge (above) in West Van features kitchens with a built-in cappuccino maker (right) and the cool, neutral shades are paired with rich woods …

Sick of dirty air? Your home is no haven - doc.

2005-05-14

Kim Davis Sun     Special to the Sun May 14, 2005 With spring in the air and summer just around the corner, many of us are spending more time outside enjoying the sunshine and fresh air. Despite this call to the great outdoors, ho…

New-home-warranty plan insurer-participation grows

2005-05-14

INDUSTRY NEWS I Developers get another source of mandatory coverage Sun VANCOUVER SUN/FILES Buyers can have confidence in new condominium residences because they’re covered by the province’s home protection plan. Over the last s…

Sick of dirty air? Your home is no haven

2005-05-14

Kim Davis Sun With spring in the air and summer just around the corner, many of us are spending more time outside enjoying the sunshine and fresh air. Despite this call to the great outdoors, however, research indicates that most people spe…

Eastside 'ge' neighbourhood offer housing value

2005-05-14

Bob Ransford Sun When you look for value in a place to live you probably look at price first. Value can also be measured in terms of the intangible commodities like community character and neighbourhood appeal. The first-ring suburbs on Van…

Housing market posts records

2005-05-14

REAL ESTATE I Strong employment and low interest rates are among factors fueling the boom Fiona Anderson Sun Home prices in Greater Vancouver continued to post records in April, with the cost of an average home climbing to $412,830, said st…

Microsoft Corp. unveils new operating system

2005-05-13

Windows system for mobile devices unifies platforms Bruce Meyerson Sun NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. this week unveiled a new version of its Windows operating system for mobile devices that unifies the platform for cellphones and Pocket PC ha…

Cellphones getting set to sing to mobile users

2005-05-13

Priced at $1,000, Nokia's N91 targets well-heeled music downloader Jim Jamieson Province Mobile phones are about to undergo a major evolution, thanks to a new thumb-nail sized hard drive that will allow audiophiles to store up to 3,000 digi…

Home owners, your equity is safe

2005-05-11

If you're a buyer, then you may have to settle for a $500,000 tear-down in my neighbourhood Pete McMartin Sun In my neighbourhood this year, the favourite topic of conversation is: How Much Did The Shack Down The Street Sell For? The answer…

Strata data battle

2005-05-10

COVER Upstart service challenges PricewaterhouseCoopers for latest info on Vancouver

A year later, April housing starts shrink by nearly 50%

2005-05-10

Brian Morton Sun Housing starts in the Greater Vancouver area were down by nearly half in April over the same period last year, according to statistics released by Canada 's national housing agency Monday. However, the chief economist of Cr…

Bank report says Vancouver is most vulnerable to a correction

2005-05-08

No sign of housing market bubble Bruce Constantineau Sun Fragile housing market bubbles have not emerged anywhere in Canada yet but Vancouver remains most vulnerable to a boom-bust phenomenon, according to a BMO Financial Group report. The …

New building boom 'may rival that of late 1980s'

2005-05-06

Eric Beauchesne Sun A new building boom, potentially even greater than during the late 1980s, may be in the offing. It's not a home-building boom, but rather a boom in non-residential construction. "Businesses and governments planned to inv…

Houses are hot

2005-05-06

Sun Demand for housing continues to remain strong in Greater Vancouver as demonstrated by vigorous homes sales in April on top of record sales in 2004. "The market is strong, with sales up compared to 2003 year-to-date sales and just slight…

Virulent worm spreading across the web

2005-05-05

Sober variant affecting one in every 22 e-mails Gillian Shaw Sun A virulent worm is spreading across the Internet, showing up Wednesday in one of every 22 e-mails being sent. The latest epidemic, the largest this year, is the latest variant…

Housing prices continue to soar

2005-05-04

Derrick Penner Sun The cooling trend predicted for the Lower Mainland's real estate market does not seem to be materializing as prices continue to climb, although sales in April tailed off compared with the red hot market in the same month …

Paramount puts urban face on movies

2005-05-02

New theatre aims for upscale rather than suburban crowd Katherine Monk Sun GLENN BAGLO/VANCOUVER SUN The new downtown Vancouver Paramount theatre complex at Burrard and Smythe features an ‘urban forest.’ "Welcome to the urban fo…

Software gives Telus customers more power to manage accounts

2005-05-01

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