Real Estate News & Articles

2017-07-28

Steve Randall Canadian Real Estate Wealth Canadian homebuyers are highly likely to research their housing options online and are second only to the UK for doing so. Figures from HSBC show that 90% of Canadians who bought a home recently use…

2017-07-27

Steve Randall Canadian Real Estate Wealth growing house prices clashes with a slowing of adult population growth and a decrease in disposable household income. The agency’s early warning system report shows that evidence of overvaluat…

2017-07-27

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2017-07-27

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2017-07-27

When disaster strikes a building, just who keeps paying the bills? Tony Gioventu The Province Dear Tony: Our building was recently damaged in a fire that has required everyone to move out while the fire, water and smoke damage is repaired. …

2017-07-27

Pelican Cove at Tsawwassen Shores: Natural elements on display inside and out Mary Frances Hill The Province Pelican Cove at Tsawwassen Shores Where: 1875 Tsawwassen Drive What: 42 townhomes and 20 duplexes in the final stage of the Tsawwas…

2017-07-27

City wants 600 more modular housing units built for homeless Cheryl Chan The Province The City of Vancouver wants to see 600 modular units built at a cost of $45 million to shelter the city’s homeless by this winter.  The proposa…

2017-07-26

Mayor outlines ?ambitious? new affordable housing plan Cheryl Chan The Province The City of Vancouver has released a 10-year housing target that shifts its housing strategy towards renters, low to moderate-income earners, and families.…

2017-07-26

Ephraim Vecina Canadian Real Estate Wealth The continuous demand for Vancouver’s high-end homes mirrors the hunger for this property type among Chinese would-be buyers and investors. A notable example of this is the 30-storey, 256-uni…

2017-07-25

MITCHELL THOMPSON The Vancouver Sun Housing sales figures may be declining in Toronto and Vancouver, but with listings remaining scarce, economists are warning that significant gains in affordability may prove elusive. Existing home sales i…

2017-07-24

Steve Randall Canadian Real Estate Wealth Further interest rate rises may or may not be on the cards in 2017 with no expert consensus as yet. Following the increase on July 12, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said that further rates w…

2017-07-24

Ephraim Vecina REP A seismic shift in how the retail segment operates is fuelling an ever-stronger demand for industrial space in Vancouver, according to a discussion at a recent meeting of commercial real estate association NAIOP. Panel mo…

2017-07-22

Granite at McKinley Beach offers best of both worlds Michael Bernard The Vancouver Sun Granite at McKinley Beach Project Location:  3450 McKinley Beach Drive, Kelowna Project Size/Scope:   A first phase of 36 of 100 condomini…

2017-07-22

Marcon?s Mirabel at English Bay takes prime position in the West End Kathleen Freimond The Vancouver Sun Mirabel at English Bay Project location: 1345 Davie Street, Vancouver Project size: Neighbouring 18- and 19-storey buildings (149 homes…

2017-07-21

Steve Randall Canadian Real Estate Wealth Thousands of new homes could be created in Vancouver after city staff announced proposals to allow more infill options for character homes. All of the approximately 12,000 pre-1940s homes across the…

2017-07-21

City looks at adding homes to single-family neighbourhoods Dan Fumano The Province Vast areas of Vancouver dominated by single-family houses could soon be opened up for different kinds of housing, including more duplexes and laneway houses,…

2017-07-20

Frank O'Brien Vancouver Courier Vancouver’s new housing sales have been on a blistering pace over the past two years and the inventory of new condos has fallen to historic lows, so it was a surprise to some when housing starts plunged…

2017-07-20

Jessica Kerr Vancouver Courier Vancouver residents still have the chance to have their say on a proposed 57-storey skyscraper in the city’s West End. The public hearing for the proposal, a partnership between Westbank Corp and First B…

2017-07-20

Lifting bylaws won?t ease the housing shortage Tony Gioventu Times Colonist Dear Tony: Is it true that the government is going to cancel the ability of strata corporations to enforce any type of rental limitation or restriction bylaws? Our …

2017-07-20

Squamish development?s refined style able to balance adult tastes with the ?kid in you? Mary Frances Hill The Vancouver Sun Seven Peaks What:  70 three-bedroom-and-flex and four-bedroom townhomes Where:  39548 Loggers Lane, Squami…

2017-07-20

GARRY MARR The Vancouver Sun They are a group of foreign buyers who took out record levels of currency from their country in the past year to buy residential property in the U.S., though only a minority plans to take up permanent residence.…

2017-07-19

Steve Randall Canadian Real Estate Wealth The high levels of Canadian household debt should not be viewed in isolation a new report from the Fraser Institute says. While household debt has risen to $2 trillion, far above the $357 billion of…

2017-07-19

Andy Blatchford Canadian Real Estate Wealth The federal finance minister says steps taken to tame Canada's hottest housing markets have already helped slow down a sector he believes was moving at an unsustainable clip. Bill Morneau's commen…

2017-07-19

Justin da Rosa Canadian Real Estate Wealth Canada’s market may be in the midst of a soft landing, and the foreign buyer tax is having an impact, according to recently released stats. “The Canadian housing market is now in its th…