Real Estate News & Articles

Construction starts on $565M expansion of convention centre

2004-11-09

The new facility, west of Canada Place, is due to open by the summer of 2008 Bruce Constantineau Sun   CREDIT: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun Pleased with his performance running machinery for the convention centre sod-turning ceremony, Prem…

Groundbreaking ceremony today for convention centre

2004-11-08

An aerial view of convention centre slated for expansion Sun   PHOTO BY MIKE CLEGG - PHOTO BLIMP/SPECIAL TO THE VANCOUVER SUN Based on plan renderings This aerial photograph was taken Thursday from 180 metres (600 feet) above the harbo…

RCMP blast keeps residents of Burnaby highrise shut out

2004-11-08

David Hogben Sun CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Police were forced to blow out a suite door at Carrigan Court. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun RCMP demolition experts were forced to blow in a heavily reinforced door (at end of hall) …

RCMP blast keeps residents of Burnaby highrise shut out

2004-11-08

David Hogben Sun CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Police were forced to blow out a suite door at Carrigan Court. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun RCMP demolition experts were forced to blow in a heavily reinforced door (at end of hall) …

UBC green home effect

2004-11-07

Jeani Read Province   CREDIT: Wayne Leidenfrost , The Province Reflections has a traditional look but a very modern sustainable-development philosophy that makes it the "greenest" housing project at UBC so far. The wide open living and…

Into a good space: Holistic architect uses ancient principles to create environments that feel right

2004-11-06

Kim Pemberton Sun CREDIT: Stuart Davis, Vancouver Sun At St. Paul's church, Rodney Cottrell used sacred geometry for a wheelchair ramp sheltered by a curved canopy. Have you ever walked into a building and it just felt right? You may not ha…

BC alone sees rise in building permits

2004-11-05

Values up 7.2% in September compared decline of 3.3% nationally Bruce Constantineau Sun   The big buildup Building permits have fallen for three months in a row across Canada, dropping 3.3% in September to $4.4 billion, but B.C. is out…

Housing market stays 'robust'

2004-11-05

Prices will continue up despite rising interest rates Derrick Penner Sun   Cameron Muir, senior marketing analyst for CMHC (right) and CMHC regional economist Carol Frketich reflect on gains. Rising mortgage rates and declining home sa…

Housing prices likely to soften

2004-11-05

The market is taking a breather after the spell of hectic activity, experts say Bruce Constantineau Sun   Greater Vancouver house prices should soften over the next few months as falling sales and a higher volume of listings work again…

Keep an eye on your kids or office on the net

2004-11-05

Brian Morton Sun   VANCOUVER SUN Blair Miller, Telus internet services director, holds a video camera that can remotely monitor home or business as part of the firm’s new HomeSitter Internet security service. It's called Telus Ho…

House prices and sales drop in October

2004-11-04

Michael Kane Sun   Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Down and up in the valley A decrease in sales and an increase in listings is adding up to a buyer's market in the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board region. Generally flat prices …

A house finds pride of place

2004-11-04

An energetic group of volunteers restores a Marpole home to its simple working-class glory Shelley Fralic Sun CREDIT: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun Evelyn Bulteel poses next to one of the fruit trees that she climbed as a kid while growing up …

Company sells fake ID for Call Display

2004-11-03

Gillian Shaw Sun The next time your phone rings and you think you should answer because the caller ID says it's your mother or your boss, think again. A Vancouver company is cashing in on a security flaw in telephone caller ID that allows c…

Buildings slated to get a lot 'smarter'

2004-10-30

Ellen Simon Sun   Lights controlled by sensors that measure sunlight. An air conditioner that shuts off when a window is open, or built-in blinds adjusted by a computer program that tracks the sun's path. Buildings are getting smarter …

Want to sell quickly? Try a little 'staging'

2004-10-30

REAL ESTATE I A staged home is a clean home that appeals to buyers Sharon Dunn Sun     A cluttered den, below, is not appealing to prospective buyers. The cleaned-up den by Dekora is shown above. If you are about to sell your hous…

Something Special: affordable homes seen in a new light

2004-10-30

Kim Pemberton Sun   CREDIT: Mark van Manen, Vancouver Sun Stephanie Robb in her refurbished Vancouver Special home. The "Vancouver Special" may be ridiculed by many in a housing market that favours heritage homes, but graduate architec…

Laxton says he may be forced to tear down landmark Evergreen Bldg

2004-10-30

CITY PLANNING I John Laxton appeals denial of permit to add floors to Evergreen Building Frances Bula Sun   Vancouver developer John Laxton has told the city he will have to tear down the landmark Arthur Erickson-designed Evergreen Bui…

'Errand Girls' a going, growing concern: SMALL BUSINESS I Local entrepreneurs expand personal concierge service

2004-10-30

Sun Peggy McConnell runs a personal concierge business, The Errand Girls Services Inc., that will do anything, or find someone who will, for clients. This day's errand finds her at Capers filling a client's shopping list. All the time she w…

BC's housing boom likely to continue into 2005

2004-10-29

Derrick Penner Sun B.C.'s residential housing boom has not stalled in the latter half of 2004 and promises to march on into 2005, although not at as torrid a pace, Canada Mortgage and Housing said Thursday in its National Housing Outlook. T…

UBC builds community with heart

2004-10-28

Point Grey campus gets $600-million worth of buildings, technology -- and a vibrant public square Doug Ward Sun CREDIT: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun Campus academic and institutional buildings are about attracting and retaining top students a…

New iPod will store tunes and photos

2004-10-27

Apple says the new version of the iPod will hold 15 hours of music and 25,000 photos Connie Guglielmo Sun SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Computers is hoping to boost sales for its phenomenally popular iPod digital music player by shipping new device…

Scientist builds a 'living brain'

2004-10-27

Tom Spears Sun "I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate object... but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." -- …

UBC to build $100M new neighbourhood

2004-10-26

University will hold a design competition for $100-million revamp Doug Ward Sun   UBC officials are searching for an architect to revamp its main entrance with housing, stores, restaurants and a public square. VANCOUVER - The Universit…

Meet the man bad tenants fear

2004-10-24

By the time The Evictor gets into the act, you can forget negotiation Mike Roberts Province CREDIT: Nick Procaylo, The Province 'People assume I'm a hired bully . . . Nothing could be further from the truth.' -- The Evictor Whump ! Whump ! …