Real Estate News & Articles

New Record set - 494 Yaletown Condos sold

2004-02-29

Real-estate sales are booming, with buyers lured by zero down payments and low interest rates. In Vancouver yesterday, 494 condo units sold for $123 million in just nine hours. B.C.

Queue already forming to buy latest Yaletown condos

2004-02-28

REAL ESTATE I Project marketer Bob Rennie expects to gross $100 million today, the first day 612 units go on sale Wyng Chow Sun     Andy Paterson of North Vancouver is the first in line for a chance to buy into some of the $151 mi…

New homes from the ashes

2004-02-28

REBUILDING I Condo captures feel of Mount Pleasant and dovetails with neighbourhood's renaissance Brian Morton Sun Brian Martin, general manager of the Main Street HUB project, holds a model of the 42-unit tan-coloured brick condominium tha…

New Anti-theft device for laptops

2004-02-26

Yvonne Zacharias Sun SFU engineering science students Matt Brown (left), Hani Mehrpouyan and Chris Mitchell, invented a device to discourage laptop theft. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Step away from your laptop and the palm-held end o…

Easier home ownership has its risks

2004-02-25

Wendy McLellan Sun Changes in the mortgage rules will encourage younger buyers to get into B.C.'s already booming housing market. CREDIT: The Province Changes in the mortgage rules will encourage younger buyers to get into B.C.'s already bo…

100% Home Financing Allowed

2004-02-24

New rules let buyer use credit card or bank loan as a downpayment Wyng Chow Sun Home buyers will be able to effectively obtain 100-per-cent financing to purchase a property under a new initiative announced Monday by Canada Mortgage and Hous…

Owning a piece of the city pie

2004-02-23

More and more high-end condominiums are being sold to buyers from all over the world John Mackie Sun These condominium developments, with views of Coal Harbour and Stanley Park, are often popular with international buyers who may only use t…

Always get a home inspection, realtor says

2004-02-22

Susan Lazaruk Province When a Port Coquitlam couple bought their home two years ago, they didn't find out until after they signed the deal that the house had been used as a marijuana grow-op. "Everything looked nice, painted, the basement w…

Boomers bring new vitality to housing market

2004-02-19

Province OTTAWA -- Older baby boomers are showing no signs of sliding passively into retirement, some even taking on new mortgages to upgrade housing rather than downsizing, as has been the norm for their age group, a report by real-estate …

Home inspectors can spot grow-ops in a flash

2004-02-19

Susan Lazaruk Province   (How to spot a grow-op house) CREDIT: The Province House inspectors can tell in a flash if they are dealing with a home that used to be a drug factory. "I can tell in less than 60 seconds," said Ed Witzke , who…

City will sell Woodwards -- but keep control of landmark

2004-02-19

The historic site will be developed by one of four short-listed companies Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER - B08Vancouver council has crafted a unique strategy for developing the former Woodward's store by proposing to sell it to one of four shor…

BC leads in home building

2004-02-18

Province B.C. will post Canada 's largest increase in new home construction this year, Royal Bank of Canada economists predict. Low mortgage rates should buoy house sales in B.C. in 2004 as they ignite a response from the enormous pool of p…

Bugged homeowners face devastated lawns

2004-02-17

The European chafer beetle arrived somewhere around 2001; now the tan-coloured bug may prove unstoppable Steve Whysall Sun Conway Lum displays beetles that are infesting lawns and golf courses across the Lower Mainland. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo,…

'Smart' home does a lot of thinking on your behalf

2004-02-14

HOUSING I Design features for the future include a fridge that checks expiry dates and keyless entry Sun So, what does the home of the near future, say 2010, look like? A visit to the Microsoft Home in the Executive Briefing Center at Micro…

Home warranties suspended for grow ops

2004-02-13

RL   Strategic information for REBGV Realtors February 13 , 2004  Windsor forsees more home warranty suspensions as non-residential and illicit purposes continue to increase. Home warranties suspended for grow ops As police counte…

BC boom works against self-contracting

2004-02-13

Shell Busey Province Q: I have recently purchased a building lot in Chilliwack . I looked-up contractors and builders through the Fraser Valley Builders Association and tried to contact two or three, without success. Can you recommend a cus…

Housing prices still on the rise

2004-02-12

Wendy McLellan Province Prices for new homes are still rising, says a report released yesterday by Statistics Canada. According to its new-home pricing index, Victoria had Canada 's largest 12-month price increases, with a 10.2-per-cent hik…

Cannery restaurant builds boat dock to lure English Bay, Burrard Inlet tours

2004-02-12

Sun The Cannery Seafood House is hoping this year's boating season will bring in new customers to its new boat dock. "It was put in a bit too late for last year, but we're expecting it to do very well this year," said Steve Bickerdike , dir…

Lower Mainland housing starts soar

2004-02-10

Metro Vancouver number is best in nine years and is an advance of 140 per cent over January '03 Wyng Chow Sun New residential housing construction in Greater Vancouver soared 140 per cent in January, compared to the same period a year ago, …

Housing starts drop off everywhere ... except BC

2004-02-10

Wendy McLellan Province Housing starts in Canada fell more than expected last month -- except in B.C., the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation said yesterday. Across the country, starts fell nearly 11 per cent, to 195,000 single and m…

Housing starts soar in January

2004-02-10

Metro Vancouver number is best in nine years and is an advance of 140 per cent over January '03 Wyng Chow Sun New residential housing construction in Greater Vancouver soared 140 per cent in January, compared to the same period a year ago, …

$400-million North Shore development underway

2004-02-10

Condos, parks and hotel planned; mayor wants project fast-tracked for 2010 Olympics Wyng Chow Sun   The $400-million redevelopment by Michael De Cotiis will extend from Lonsdale east to the Versatile Shipyards in North Vancouver. CREDI…

Land costs threaten to push up prices

2004-02-07

CITY VISION I Developers ponder how to keep housing affordable when land prices are soaring Bob Ransford Sun   Land, land everywhere, but not a square foot to develop. That's almost the lament of home builders and commercial developers…

Retro takes central role

2004-02-07

Steve Whysall Sun Name of project: Retro Location: 8988 Hudson St. , Vancouver Developer: Aragon ( Hudson ) Properties Ltd. Builder: Aragon Construction Management Corporation Architect: Nigel Baldwin Architects Size of project: 133 units i…