Real Estate News & Articles

What do I think? Be astute and buy last year - Ozzie Jurock Article

2004-06-05

Ozzie Jurock Sun In my working day, some of my most rewarding and interesting time is spent answering questions from real-estate investors and would-be investors. There's not much I haven't heard before the inevitable "what do you think?" T…

If there's an Olive, is Cambie the martini?

2004-06-05

Brian Morton Sun   His office and his daughter's school nearby, Andrew Cheng, an Olive buyer, is a Cambie believer. CREDIT: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun   Tomato Restaurant owner Christian Gaudreault thinks the new OLIVE/Capers deve…

Cielo, 1201 W. Hastings - Heated from deep within the Earth

2004-06-05

GEOTHERMAL I Coal Harbour tower taps Earth's energy Wyng Chow Sun   Bruce Langereis, of Delta Land Development Ltd., shows off model of 30-storey Coal Harbour tower.   CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Marketing of what is believ…

South False Creek Development - Olympic Village

2004-06-04

Damian Inwood Province Fears that the Cambie Bridge could be used as a launching point for terrorist attacks led to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Village site being moved a few blocks east, says the head of a city advisory group. "The real log…

Home prices - where are they headed?

2004-06-04

RL   Strategic information for REBGV Realtors June 4 , 2004 Home prices - where are they headed? Can we expect home prices to level out sometime this year? "There's little or no chance of this happening," says Central Credit Union chie…

Grow-ops on title

2004-06-04

RL   Strategic information for REBGV Realtors June 4 , 2004 Questions, comments or suggestions? Email Harvey Exner , Manager Member Services eXner files   Grow ops on title Staff at the City of Vancouver are requesting Council app…

Condo prices zoom to record levels

2004-06-03

Overall home sales increased 10.5 per cent in May compared to the same month last year Wyng Chow Province   Helena Tam, at the sales centre of the Magnolia tower where she purchased a penthouse apartment. CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver…

Condo-sales rush keeps driving hot real-estate market

2004-06-03

Jack Keating Province Greater Vancouver 's real estate market is still sizzling. Fuelled by a hot condo market, sales increased almost 20 per cent in May over May 2003, according to real-estate statistics released yesterday. "There is still…

BC renters are victims of tax discrimination

2004-06-01

Don Cayo Sun Homeowners who might otherwise love to see the value of their Lower Mainland properties soar may sour at the thought of tax notices arriving right about now. Assessed values are climbing, skyrocketing in some cases. And, even t…

494 suites sold in one day as buying frenzy hits Yaletown

2004-05-29

Yaletown Park's first two towers are now sold out Sun   Marketer Bob Rennie says sales are brisk for Yaletown Park Tower 3 (model on left at the preview centre at Granville and Georgia) after Towers 1 and 2 sold out. CREDIT: Bill Keay,…

Urgent need for affordable housing the responsibility of all

2004-05-29

Government, private sector have social duty to create, sustain projects: developer Larisa Saunders And Steve Drake Sun The 35-year-old Canadian Housing and Renewal Association is a national champion of adequate, affordable housing for low-i…

Storyeum show has Gastown drooling

2004-05-29

Creator Danny Guillaume was a Saskatchewan farmer Gerry Bellett Sun Clifton Johnson works on ship rigging at the site of the Storyeum project next to Water Street. Johnson, a 20-year-old painter, was sent there by BladeRunners. CREDIT: Bill…

Telecoms compete to provide one-stop shopping for families

2004-05-28

Gillian Shaw Sun Michael Sabia said Bell's experience in bridging the two solitudes of French and English Canada leave it well equipped to deal with regional loyalties and affinities. CREDIT: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun Coming in your teleco…

City to target owners of unruly canines

2004-05-27

Licensing, leashing bylaw enforcement among measures in five-year plan for crackdown Ai Lin Choo Sun Fines ranging from $50 to $75 will be levied against dog owners who fail to license, leash or clean up after their dogs. CREDIT: Steve Bosc…

Timing's the key in an ever changing market

2004-05-22

Ozzie Jurock Sun In my 1999 book Forget About Location, Location, Location, I argue that we are too enamoured with that time-old phrase. Yet, as with practically everything else in life, timing is everything. In real-estate investing, the d…

Wistful in Fairview: Skyline on Broadway takes the measure of the question, what's a hundred feet?

2004-05-22

Michael Sasges Sun   Jas Kaur Basra and a model of Skyline on Broadway, where she surprised herself by buying a unit after finding the project while surfing the Net. CREDIT: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun To interview Jas Kaur Basra and Ma…

Saint Mary's Hospital to make way for Bosa development

2004-05-22

Sun NEW WESTMINSTER I The sale of Saint Mary's Hospital is a done deal. On Thursday, May 20 -- the day the 117-year-old hospital closed its doors for good -- the Sisters of Providence announced they'd sold the property to Bosa Development C…

Housing to remain hot through '08

2004-05-21

Ashley Ford Province The Greater Vancouver housing market will "sustain" its current pace through 2008 based on current inventory and upcoming projects, Bob Rennie , of Rennie Marketing Systems, said yesterday. Speaking to the Urban Develop…

Consumers, home buyers boost economy

2004-05-20

Statistics Canada's leading index extends a string of healthy gains Eric Beauchesne Sun OTTAWA -- The outlook for the Canadian economy continues to brighten, thanks to a rebound in home sales, increased consumer spending and a robust U.S. e…

Vancouver's housing boom spreads across the province

2004-05-19

B.C. home sales totalled $100 million a day in April Chad Skelton And Michael Kane Sun Greater Vancouver 's real estate boom is beginning to move to the rest of the province, according to new figures released Tuesday by the B.C. Real Estate…

172 hotel suites in Whistler sell in only 5 hours

2004-05-12

Rob Shaw Province The excitement over the 2010 Winter Olympics spilled over into Vancouver 's Pan Pacific Hotel yesterday where 172 suites for the upcoming Hilton Whistler Resort sold in only five hours. The frenzied buying for suites rangi…

Three banks raise their mortgage rates

2004-05-08

A strengthening economy is building inflationary pressures and leading to higher interest rates Sun Mortgage rates are going up again in Canada as the cost of borrowing rises in the bond market because of solid job gains and inflationary pr…

Hot-water heaters get a new standard for safety

2004-05-08

Manufacturers expect heater prices to climb by 50 to 60 per cent Nelle Maxey Sun Every year American homeowners cause at least 2,000 residential fires by storing or spilling flammable liquids - gasoline -- around gas-fired appliances. One r…

Capers key to urban gourmet - living concept

2004-05-07

Ashley Ford Sun Capers Community Markets plans to open its fourth store in the South Cambie area. The natural-foods seller will take up 20,000 square feet of space in the new $50 million Cressy condominium development at 16th and Cambie Str…