Real Estate News & Articles

Real estate boom roars ahead

2003-10-21

Record prices across Canada predicted with Vancouver in lead Wyng Chow Sun With Greater Vancouver leading the country, average housing prices are expected to hit record levels in 17 major Canadian markets by year end and continue their clim…

Hotels open doors to online bookings for Net-Savvy guests

2003-10-21

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Homelessness I BC is one of the few provinces still building units

2003-10-18

Housing can't keep up with waiting lists Craig McInnes Sun VICTORIA -- Waiting lists for subsidized housing are growing in B.C., even though the province is one of the few in Canada still building new units. In the past two years, the waiti…

Sales of existing homes set quarterly record in third quarter

2003-10-15

Other OTTAWA (CP) - Sales of existing homes by MLS realtors in 25 major markets set a quarterly record in the third quarter of this year, the Canadian Real Estate Association says. Third-quarter sales surpassed by 5.2 per cent a previous re…

Renters beware- you could end up paying your landlord's income taxes

2003-10-14

Kent Spencer Province CREDIT: Ric Ernst, The Province Linda Mix of the Tenants Rights Action Coalition in Vancouver says the tax law is 'scary.' (David) Perry Tenants and property agents should be aware of a little-known law that allows the…

Underground storage tanks, what you need to know

2003-10-14

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Vancouver home-building costs drop

2003-10-10

Ashley Ford Province Vancouver new home-building costs are out of step with the rest of the country. In fact they actually diminished slightly in August, while the rest of Canada saw costs rise an average 0.5 per cent last month over July. …

Vancouver: Ghetto for the rich and famished

2003-10-10

Daphne Bramham Sun Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun / Dennis Law, one of four Denver brothers who bought the former Ford Centre, now renamed The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts. Richard Lam, Vancouver Sun / Vancouver boasts seductive scener…

There's no stopping the increase in house prices

2003-10-07

Just when you thought house prices couldn't go any higher, historically low rates combined with pent-up demand are fuelling the already scorching hot Lower Mainland real-estate market Jack Keating and Ashley Ford Province WHAT YOUR $300,000…

Lower Mainland real estate market still glows Red Hot

2003-10-07

'Successful realtors are making very good money these days,' Fraser Valley Real Estate Board president says Bruce Constantineau Sun Lower Mainland house sales surged again last month, prices went up and successful realtors made "very good m…

The future of False Creek

2003-10-03

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Tax Audits - Everything you wanted to know

2003-10-01

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Summer housing sales defy doldrums

2003-09-17

The figures for August are in: Sales top $2 billion, again Wyng Chow Sun Defying the traditional summer doldrums, residential property sales in B.C. totalled more than $2.2 billion in August, topping the once-elusive $2-billion mark for the…

The cost of living is up

2003-09-16

For sale: a not-quite-completed 2,400-square-foot house on a 33-foot view lot on West 15th. Price: Just over $1 million. Maurice Bridge Sun CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Built on spec, the modestly sized house is one of four Point Grey…

High-tech security provides residents with peace of mind

2003-09-13

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Five-per-cent down can get you a house

2003-09-12

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A couples new Gastown Loft

2003-09-12

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Olympics to keep real estate market hot

2003-09-12

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Housing starts remained solid last month, up 10,000 to 224,000

2003-09-09

Canadian Press Sun OTTAWA (CP) - Financing rates at half-century lows continued to keep the housing industry humming in August, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts increa…

Building permits soar to record

2003-09-09

Jim Jamieson Province Powered by British Columbia and Quebec , Canadian municipalities issued a record number of building permits in July for both residential and non-residential construction projects, according to a report released Statist…

Ceiling lifted for hig-ratio mortgage

2003-09-09

Michael Kane Sun Ottawa is easing restrictions for cash-strapped home buyers in a move expected to fuel continuing strength in housing markets across the country. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. confirmed Monday that there will no longer …

Developers can't keep up with deman for housing

2003-09-08

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Britannia Beach goes 'boutique' coommunity

2003-09-08

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New standards needed to stop urban sprawl

2003-09-06

William Boei Sun CREDIT: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun Johnny Carline, chief administrative officer of the GVRD. Greater Vancouver has to embrace sustainable development standards quickly before its remaining land that can be developed is lost t…