Real Estate News & Articles

White Rock rising high with Sussex House

2003-04-27

Breaking residential ground, Sussex House will offer spectacular new views to the coast community Ashley Ford Province (Luxury highrise condo living is coming to bucolic White Rock.) Luxury highrise condo living is coming to bucolic White R…

Highly lucrative art of flipping is stirring hot condo market

2003-04-26

Wyng Chow Sun CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Realtor Ken Leong has done well on 'flipping' condos. It's quick and easy money, and perfectly legal. It's commonly known as "flipping," or, in real estate jargon, "assignment of contract." I…

Vancouver Shifts Business taxes To Homeowners

2003-04-25

Frances Bula Sun Saying they wanted to send a positive message to the business community, Vancouver 's left-leaning city councillors narrowly voted Thursday in favour of shifting a small portion of business taxes to city homeowners. The tax…

Aggressive Thorpe loses liquor-reform responsibility

2003-04-14

Sun

Proposal to legalize all illegal suites

2003-04-14

Sun

10 signs you may be a workaholic

2003-04-13

Province

Adera plans midrise concrete apartment block in Kitsilano

2003-04-12

Homes in the development, called "I", will be offered for sale early next year Rod Nutt Sun Adera's Howard Steiss says homes are sold faster than the company can build them. In a departure from its usual construction materials, Adera Develo…

Housing starts to slip everywhere except BC

2003-04-09

Sun

Maple Leaf storage site to be three tower complex

2003-04-08

Sun

Building permits slow

2003-04-08

Sun

Peter Wall building 1400 suites

2003-04-08

Three new projects involving about 1,400 new units are planned in the downtown area, reports Wyng Chow Wyng Chow Sun ...Architectura at Granville and Dunsmuir. Peter Wall is developing three major sites in downtown Vancouver. Shown are 'Ele…

Lower Mainland Real Estate Prices on fire

2003-04-06

Charlie Anderson Province (Babulal) Patel Babulal Patel leans against the door of his newly purchased East Vancouver house, smiles and confides that for him the real-estate market is better than good. Patel is in the business of buying home…

Pan Pacific Whistler condos sell in 2 hours

2003-04-05

Sun

Flat Plasma TVs, The hottest thing since sliced bread

2003-04-04

Sun

Resort property ownership in Whistler

2003-04-03

Sun

BC Housing Sues Leaky Condo Buildiers

2003-03-29

Repair costs to subsidized units could exceed $100 million: CEO William Boei Sun CREDIT: Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun Subsidized housing complex run by the Hungarian Society, funded and overseen by BC Housing. A provincial Crown corporation has…

Mortgage rates rise amid war concerns

2003-03-21

Increase not likely to panic prospective home buyers, real estate professionals tell The Sun's Joanne Blain Joanne Blain Sun Canada 's big banks began increasing mortgage rates by a quarter-point across the board Thursday as uncertainty abo…

Demystifying the buying process for the first timer

2003-03-16

The annual seminar for first-time home buyers can answer key questions Rod Nutt Sun Although record-low mortgage rates are enticing Vancouver-area young people to purchase their first homes, many of them need help to de-mystify the process.…

How to avoid the tenant from hell

2003-03-16

Rental Property: Reporter Wyng Chow picks up some pointers for new landlords on choosing their renters Wyng Chow Sun CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Apartment building owner Elizabeth VanderZaag works in the planter she added to the park…

Polygon continue its artistic theme in the Miro

2003-03-15

Sun

Housing Booms in BC Suburbs

2003-03-11

Construction roaring with triple-digit growth in starts, CMHC report shows Derrick Penner Sun Triple-digit growth in housing construction for Richmond, the Tri-Cities and Surrey pushed Greater Vancouver's February new-home starts to a five-…

Condo-buying rule: Be Wary

2003-03-09

Old fears are alive and well despite new warranty rules Susan Lazaruk Province CREDIT: Arlen Redekop, The Province Tracy Anderson worries about her as-yet-unbuilt Yaletown condo. When Tracy Anderson and Jordan Doell finally took the plunge …

Portico - A taste for the unique

2003-03-08

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Rental Apartment Sales Set Record

2003-03-06

Sun