Real Estate News & Articles

2010-05-16

Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: How are the following terms defined? A) " fixtures " in a strata lot and B) "fixtures built or installed by the owner developer as part of the original construction"? We are a newer strata (five yea…

2010-05-16

Province Home sales in B.C. rose 21 per cent to 8,385 units in April from the same month a year earlier, the B.C. Real Estate Association said. But, on a seasonally adjusted basis, provincial sales fell four per cent between March and April…

2010-05-16

Thousands view athletes’ condos after key to village is passed to city LENA SIN Province Thousands of potential buyers and those just curious gather for the official opening of the Olympic Village to the public, as the condos in the c…

2010-05-15

Gillian Shaw Sun The LPS-5 PEN E-PL1 portable camera Cerulean wireless stereo Bluetooth transmitter and receiver The iRig 1 The LPS-5 lets people connect a Bluetooth-enabled phone or music player to a hearing aid. The loopset fits around yo…

2010-05-15

McGill Street addition a demonstration of how to accommodate population growth and preserve neighbourhood character Bob Ransford Sun After the lineup, visitors to the home toured an interior that suggests modest - as in modest addition to a…

2010-05-15

Barbara Gunn Sun A singular address doesn't end at the front door. It continues in the front hall, as in the Millennium Water home decorated by Mitchell Freedland. 'You can picture the CEO of a company living here and entertaining and showi…

2010-05-15

Apartments are attached to restored mansion that has been converted to a hotel on the water Shirley Culpin Sun Men and women of means, and the royalty of Hollywood and Southeast Asia, were among the earlier visitors to the Crown Mansion pro…

2010-05-15

Derrick Penner Sun Expect British Columbia's property prices to remain flat for the balance of the year, which will be good news for buyers again being squeezed by the province's sky-high values, according to the B.C. Real Estate Associatio…

2010-05-15

Doug Ward Sun Lisa Sherman (right) and friends enjoy the sun at Buntzen Lake on Friday. Rising water levels at the summertime hangout due to a BC Hydro construction project may cause the lake to be closed to the public until November. Photo…

2010-05-14

Sun Blending their creative and technological expertise, the German carmaker BMW and the Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat and Flos collaborated to create a unique sculpture called “ The Dwelling Lab”. German carmaker BMW and …

2010-05-14

The wild card in 2010 will be the introduction of the HST Derrick Penner Sun With spring offering the promise of sunshine and thoughts of summer cottages, the performance of British Columbia's recreational real estate market will depend on …

2010-05-14

Repair bills will include HST while PST rebate disappears Doug Ward Sun Trudy Lancelyn is strata council president at a Burnaby highrise undergoing repairs for leaks. The residents in the building are about to get hit with an unforeseen tax…

2010-05-14

Dungeon still intact after renovation Mario Toneguzzi, Calgary Herald Sun Bret Hart (front) with Rooney Cronin Valentine associates from left to right, Donna Rooney, Warren Cronin, Gary Cronin and Sue Anne Valentine, outside the Hart House …

2010-05-13

Stephanie Armour USA Today A sign advertising an auction is posted in front of a foreclosed home in Oakland, California. By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Foreclosure filings dropped 2% in April from a year ago, the first annual decrease in …

2010-05-13

Chic sweets and savory Italian Mia Stainsby Sun Giovane at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel boasts an array of both sweet and savoury items, from doughnuts, scones and cakes, to pizza, paninis and salads. Photograph by: Bill Keay, PNG, Vancou…

2010-05-13

Financial Post Province Prices for new homes in Canada rose 0.3 per cent in March, following a 0.1-per-cent increase in February and extending gains that began in July 2009, Statistics Canada reported. StatsCan said its new-house price inde…

2010-05-13

Dan Nunley Other The increasing phenomenon of homeowners who can afford to make their mortgage payments but instead are walking away from their house because it has depreciated in value to the point where they owe far more than the house is…

2010-05-12

Stephanie Armour USA Today Real estate signs are posted in front of housing development in Larkspur, Calif., in May. By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Home prices are widely expected to fall now that a tax credit for home buyers has expired.…

2010-05-12

Gillian Shaw Sun PowerDuo for iPad, Griffin, $40 US: Available for pre-order now, the PowerDuo combines Griffin's PowerBlock and Power Jolt for the iPad in a bundled package. Photograph by: Handout, Vancouver Sun 1. JH|10X3 PRO in-ear audio…

2010-05-11

USA Today A sold sign is posted outside a home recently listed for sale, in Mariemont, Ohio. By Al Behrman, AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices rose in nearly 60% of U.S. cities in the first quarter of this year, the National Association…

2010-05-11

Vaughn Palmer Sun One year after Premier Gordon Campbell won a third term by promising to make the economy the No. 1 priority, he can point to some encouraging news on that front. "B. C. and Ontario will lead all other provinces in economic…

2010-05-11

Unlike other gangs, the thieves who want to rip off your debit card information prefer to keep a low profile. Matthew Claxton, Langley Advance Sun Fighting gangs: The Langley Advance continues its look at gangs and the effect they have on t…

2010-05-11

Garry Marr Province A new report from the country's mortgage brokers suggests up to 375,000 Canadians with home loans are "challenged" by current rates and that figure would more than double if interest rates climb to 5.25 per cent. The rep…

2010-05-10

Eric Taub Other