Real Estate News & Articles

Circuit City's best buy includes Radio Shack

2004-04-01

Superstore follows rival, purchasing 980 stores across Canada Chris Sorensen Sun Part of the deal, which has been approved by both boards, involves the sale of some of InterTAN's private label products in Circuit City's U.S. outlets. CREDIT…

Clean Air Services

2004-04-01

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BC developer builds Oasis from scratch

2004-03-27

David Butterfield designs $2.2-billion tourism, retirement centre in Baja, Mexico Brian Morton Sun   Developer David Butterfield takes in the view of Fisherman's Wharf and Victoria's Inner Harbour from Shoal Point. CREDIT: Vancouver Su…

Small is beautiful in Vancouver's hot new housing

2004-03-27

Diana McMeekin Sun There's a sense that something different is coming to Vancouver 's housing market. Skyrocketing prices in land, development charges, construction costs, etc. are leading to considerably higher consumer costs for housing. …

Mortgage rates tumble

2004-03-26

Buyers can get deals as low as 4.30 per cent Michael Kane Sun   Jasmine Foreman and fiance Chris McCreath in front of their house that has a mortgage rate of only 3.25 per cent. CREDIT: Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun Five-year mortgage rat…

A voice/data balancing act

2004-03-24

Mobile professional is target market for the cellphone/PDA Jim Jamieson Province   Treo 600 is PalmOne's idea of the right phone/PDA tradeoff. CREDIT: CanWest News Service Makers of so-called "smart phones" that combine a cellular phon…

Wealthy, single guy? Then this Residences at 1180 Homer is for you

2004-03-20

Brian Morton Sun   Developer Rick Ilich is spearheading the McMaster renovation. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo , Vancouver Sun The facade of The Residences will be in keeping with the building's heritage status. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Su…

Firenze's affordable luxury

2004-03-20

CONDOS I Project's grand opening next weekend is aimed at attracting discerning buyers Sun Firenze) CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun FIRENZE Address: 600 Abbott Street , Vancouver Project Size: 457 condominiums Price and Size: $168,000 to…

New, more dangerous Net Viruses unleashed

2004-03-19

Latest variants no longer rely on telltale attachment to suspicious e-mail Jeff Lee Sun Nasty new viruses that can make computer users' financial and personal information available to hackers and are activated simply by looking at e-mail ar…

Home buyers undeterred by B.C.'s high prices

2004-03-16

35 per cent of residents plan purchase in next 2 years Wyng Chow Sun Despite British Columbia having the most expensive housing prices in Canada , 35 per cent of residents in this province say they plan to purchase a home within the next tw…

Eager buyers ready and waiting to snap up BC's cabin properties

2004-03-14

Four buyers waiting for every cabin owner thinking of selling Lena Sin Province   Why leave home to vacation when you can go home to do the same thing? More and more British Columbians are taking a liking to this logic and are getting …

Realtor, client must work for success

2004-03-13

Sherry Noik-Bent Sun It is a long-held adage that buying or selling a home is one of life's biggest stressors. "It's one of the largest investments people ever make," says Gerry DeClute of Re/Max Hallmark Realty in the Beach area of Toronto…

Coming next to wireless

2004-03-10

Jim Jamieson Province Wireless guru Andrew Seybol sees prices falling as markets widen Imagine a group of teenagers at the mall a couple of years from now. One of them sees something for sale, snaps a picture with his camera cellphone and e…

Reusing cartridges provides the missing ink

2004-03-10

Refilling kiosks save money and reduce waste, B.C.'s Island Ink-Jet Systems says Andrew Mayeda Sun   Robert Belanger, manager of an Island Ink-Jet kiosk in Ottawa, poses with a selection of cartridge refill kits. CREDIT: Pat McGrath, T…

Wood panel prices soaring

2004-03-08

Tough for builders to stick to estimates when cost can double in months Michael McCullough Sun Wildly fluctuating prices for wood panel are creating trouble for home builders and buyers -- and forcing some to try creative solutions. The who…

Farm boy with an extraordinary project

2004-03-07

Danny Guillaume, founder and owner of West Coast Video, then Petcetera, takes on a new challenge -- Storyeum, an interactive museum to be built underground in Gastown Lena Sin Sun You know you've got a great interview when (a) the subject v…

Builders worried about untested Green Regulations

2004-03-06

Bob Ransford Sun More than two years ago, I wrote about the emerging interest in applying green building and sustainable development standards to homebuilding. I asked then whether or not home buyers would be prepared to pay extra for a hom…

Leaky-condo group slams 45-day suspension for real estate agent

2004-03-05

Stuart Hunter Province   Balderson Champions of B.C.'s leaky-condo fight yesterday welcomed a court ruling upholding the suspension of a Vancouver realtor's licence , but say the 45-day penalty handed to Edward Kwok Kei Wong is too len…

BC leading national house-building boom

2004-03-05

Province OTTAWA -- It looks as if Canada 's house-building boom will continue into 2004 even if other construction sectors aren't faring as well. "Overall, builders took out $4.4 billion in building permits in January, down 0.9 per cent fro…

We're to blame for the rising tide of spam

2004-03-04

study: People 'keep opening spam,' encouraging those who send it Peter Wilson Sun E-mail spam is burying Canadians under a relentless and rising digital deluge -- and we largely have ourselves to blame, says an Ipsos -Reid study released to…

February home sales prompt optimism about year ahead

2004-03-03

Wyng Chow Sun Greater Vancouver realtors are bracing for another potential record-breaking year for residential property transactions, as the latest Multiple Listing Services show sales in February rising 11.1 per cent over the same month a…

Deadline looms for bridge over Fraser

2004-03-03

The six-lane toll bridge is expected to open during 2007 Gerry Bellett Sun The three international groups bidding to build the $600-million Fraser River crossing to link Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge to Langley have until the end of the month to…

Firewalls for dummies - or the techies

2004-03-02

Small Burnaby company helps Internet users protect themselves from intruders Peter Wilson Sun   Burnaby AlphaShield senior vice-president Nizam Dean (left) and CEO Vikash Sami market a device that attaches to your cable or DSL modem an…

Condo-buying frenzy hits Yaletown

2004-03-01

Vancouver record for one-day sale shattered Saturday Amy O'Brian Sun Jack Bernard and Rhiannon Mabberley check out the Yaletown condos that went up for sale on Saturday. Despite the speedy sales, the two towers -- which won't be completed f…