Real Estate News & Articles

2009-11-12

81 per cent of marketers plan to boost spending online Matt Hartley Sun The recession has forced marketers to rethink how they're divvying up their advertising budgets, allocating more money than ever to digital marketing, a new survey show…

2009-11-12

81 per cent of marketers plan to boost spending online Matt Hartley Sun The recession has forced marketers to rethink how they're divvying up their advertising budgets, allocating more money than ever to digital marketing, a new survey show…

2009-11-11

Province The value of industrial land in Greater Vancouver has fallen by up to a third over the past year as sellers slashed the price of properties, Avison Young said Tuesday. Industrial-land values in the area have fallen by as much as 25…

2009-11-11

Kelly Sinoski Sun The B.C. government plans to introduce rules for off-road vehicles in the next two years to clamp down on all-terrain vehicle problems. The new rules, which apply to dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles, will r…

2009-11-11

Website provides information on where you can drop them off Larry Pynn Sun Recycling your old cellphone just got a lot easier. Government and industry announced Tuesday the launch of a new Recycle My Cell website that will direct consumers …

2009-11-11

Hit is 20 to 30 per cent in 2009 compared with values in '08, report says Derrick Penner Sun The recession took a 20- to-30-per-cent bite out of Lower Mainland industrial land values in 2009 compared with a year ago, according to a report r…

2009-11-10

Hike new pointer to market revival, analyst says Province New-home construction in urban B.C. rose 15 per cent between September and October, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp says. Housing starts in B.C.'s urban centres climbed to 16,100 in…

2009-11-10

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation numbers jump in Metro area compared to October 2008 Scott Simpson Sun Single-family housing starts in October continued to be a relative bright spot for British Columbia's residential construction ind…

2009-11-10

J.W. Elphinstone, AP Real Estate Writer USA Today A real estate group says home prices fell in eight out of every 10 U.S. cities in the third quarter of this year, as heavily discounted distressed sales made up 30% of all deals. But home sa…

2009-11-09

Residents fear highrise will alter area's character despite near-zero vacancy rate Cheryl Chan Province Developers have applied to rezone and develop the site of St. John’s Church at the corner of Comox and Broughton streets in Vancou…

2009-11-09

Doug Ward Sun With a few protesters on hand, demolition began on the Little Mountain housing project Friday. Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun The razing of the Little Mountain social housing complex in Vancouver began Friday, attra…

2009-11-09

Derek Abma Sun Canadians will be looking to reports on housing starts and international trade this week for some reassurance the economy is indeed improving. That's after recent disappointing figures for employment and gross domestic produc…

2009-11-09

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2009-11-08

Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata council has been polarized by a "repair gone bad," resulting in damage to the building envelope. It all started when the president of council told an owner that she had to arrange for the…

2009-11-08

ACT NOW: By winter, it may be too late and too tricky MIKE HOLMES Province Weak spots in your roof will be tested more in fall and winter — and that’s the worst time of year for someone to be working up there, so be sure your ro…

2009-11-08

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2009-11-07

Developer has found enough construction efficiencies, and cost reductions, to resurrect another company's aborted campaign Claudia Kwan Sun an artist’s rendering The organizers of the Social under-sell are Cam Good, left, and Beau Jar…

2009-11-07

South Surrey townhouse a couple-pleaser Steven Threndyle Sun The Kaleden exteriors are an other-coast salute from architect Raymond Letkeman. The shingle-style exteriors were inspired by East Coast seaside fishing and whaling villages. Demo…

2009-11-07

Built-history conservation starts with you Bob Ransford Sun A couple of years ago, I wrote about a program that teaches skills to those interested in restoring and conserving the dwindling collection of old buildings that represent our regi…

2009-11-07

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2009-11-06

Province The value of residential building permits rose 9.4 per cent in September, but gains in that sector were offset by a 9.1-per-cent drop in nonresidential permits, Statistics Canada said Thursday. Overall, permits were up 1.6 per cent…

2009-11-06

Competition for Rogers Jamie Sturgeon Province Telus Corp. and Bell Canada are no longer playing catch-up to chief rival Rogers Communications in wireless as both turn on their advanced networks this week and begin selling Apple's acclaimed…

2009-11-06

Larry Pynn Sun The YMCA's Susan Low (centre), with children at the new Bob and Kay Ackles YMCA Nanook House. Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun The Bob and Kay Ackles YMCA Nanook House officially opens today to help disadvantaged chi…

2009-11-06

Sarah Schmidt Sun Google Inc. on Thursday launched new privacy controls so users can see the reams of personal information the Internet giant is storing about them and insist the data are deleted if they want. People who have signed up for …