Real Estate News & Articles

2014-12-11

Jennifer Paterson Other Wind turbines and their proximity to residential real estate has long been a matter of turbulent debate, but a new study has found that these turbines actually have very little impact on the value of nearby propertie…

2014-12-11

Olivia D'Orazio Other While the Bank of Canada said it’s worried about a potentially overvalued housing market, the country is not about to host the kind of crash that plagued many cities in the United States.   In its biannual F…

2014-12-10

Lower oil prices could contribute to a downturn in the market Other A realty analyst is urging caution to Calgarians who are thinking about putting their homes on the market. Ross Kay said after an unprecedented 42 months of expansion, a nu…

2014-12-10

Joanna Weinstein Other People have turned to crowdfunding to raise money for everything from potato salad to personal submarines.  But one entrepreneur is banking on crowdfunding in a new market: real estate. "We are the e-trade of rea…

2014-12-10

Selling Bahamas: what you need to know Olivia D'Orazio Other It is a dream vacation for many Canadian agents – a trip to the Caribbean to help a client buy a $2 million home, but agents in those jurisdictions are sending out a reminde…

2014-12-09

Jennifer Feinberg Other It's been a stellar year so far in Chilliwack real estate sales. "It's actually been very very good," said Jake Siemens, president of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board. There are still a few more weeks le…

2014-12-09

Jennifer Paterson Other Investors and real estate professionals are increasingly using small, commercial drones for marketing, but they will never replace the due diligence needed to acquire a property, say experts. “It’s j…

2014-12-08

Olivia D'Orazio Other Housing starts across Canada remained flat year over year in November, although seasonally-adjusted numbers point to growing momentum in British Columbia and Quebec as developers ramp up to meet immigration demands. &n…

2014-12-08

Jamie Henry Other A new study says that we will need another 4.5 million homes over the next three decades. The report from Urban Futures points to population growth and increasing life expectancy and shows a marked departure from the predi…

2014-12-08

B.C. new home buyers feel weight of heavy rebar tariff JUSTINE HUNTER, ADRIAN MORROW Other The cost of a trade dispute between steel producers in Central Canada and their offshore competitors is being felt by new home buyers in Metro Vancou…

2014-12-05

Olivia D'Orazio Other The widespread use of technology is effectively pushing agents out of the equation, say industry players arguing clients are increasingly finding their own dream home.   “The role of the Realtor is definitel…

2014-12-03

Other In what will surely become a landmark move, the Québec Federation of Real Estate Boards (QFREB) has filed an application for authorization to institute a class action suit against a major for-sale-by-owner player in the provinc…

2014-12-02

BCREA Other   The BCREA Commercial Leading Indicator (CLI) rose 1.4 index points to a record high of 118.4, surpassing the previous high of 117.1 set in the second quarter of 2014. The CLI has now advanced for seven consecutive quarter…

2014-12-02

Other According to a report from the Canadian Real Estate Association, the average price of a home in October topped off at $419,699, however the latest report from RBC indicates that home ownership is slightly more affordable than it was l…

2014-12-02

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2014-12-01

CREA Other At the annual REALTORS® Conference & Expo , a National Association of REALTORS® event held earlier this month, CREA and more than 500 of its members had the pleasure of participating and meeting with REALTORS® …

2014-12-01

Inside a $750,000 Vancouver 'starter home' Other If you’re looking to sell a home in Vancouver, it may be wise for your clients to know they’ll need at least a $1 million to close the deal. According to data from the Canadian Re…

2014-11-29

Segev Homenick Other Many couples choose not to marry and instead become a common law couple.   They may believe that by not getting married, the ir property, finances, and belongings will be kept separate and apart in case the relatio…

2014-11-29

Segev Homenick Other Many couples choose not to marry and instead become a common law couple.   They may believe that by not getting married, the ir property, finances, and belongings will be kept separate and apart in case the relatio…

2014-11-24

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2014-11-17

Other The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 7,648 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in October, up 14.6 per cent from October 2013. Total sales dollar…

2014-11-06

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2014-11-06

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2014-11-04

Brent Jang Other Vancouver ’s hot real estate market won’t be cooling off any time soon, says Canada’s national housing agency. Housing prices in the Vancouver region are headed for a record high this year, and signs point…