Real Estate News & Articles

2007-04-07

Sun ‘Contemporary and clean-lined architecture’ his destination, designer Ran Mansouri followed a bespoke road in the resedences at the South Granville Lofts. “Everytning here is custom-made,’ he reports South Granvi…

2007-04-06

Province Not everyone is happy about the government buying hotels for low-income tenants. Photograph by : Arlen Redekop, The Province, file Although I'm happy that something is going to be done for the homeless people in this city ("Suite d…

2007-04-05

Live music some nights and big-screen hockey Mark Laba Province Tim Simpson with a 'chaurice' sausage at Falconetti's East Side Grill. Photograph by : Les Bazso, The Province FALCONETTI'S EAST SIDE GRILL Where: 1812 Commercial Dr., Vancouve…

2007-04-05

Sun There is still a long way to go, but Vancouver's seemingly insoluble homelessness problem is now one small step -- or even one giant leap -- closer to being solved. The provincial government announced Tuesday that, as part of an $80-mil…

2007-04-05

Permit approvals dropped in February, but backlog not affected much Derrick Penner Sun A February plunge in building-permit approvals does nothing to ease the "constant, unrelenting pressure" on B.C.'s construction sector, one industry offi…

2007-04-05

You'll find hearty basic breakfasts, a burger-lover's wish list of delights and plenty of comfort food at Hamburger Mary's in the West End Mia Stainsby Sun You'd have to be living in a fog not to have noticed Hamburger Mary's at Davie and B…

2007-04-05

But red-hot B.C. continues to buck the national trend Ashley Ford Province Construction workers continue work on the new convention centre currently going up in Coal Harbour. Photograph by : Nick Procaylo, The Province Canada's construction…

2007-04-04

Predicted slowdown in price increases fails to materialize Ashley Ford Province Most Greater Vancouver housing prices continued to climb at double-digit rates last month GREATER VANCOUVER - The Greater Vancouver housing market is humming to…

2007-04-04

Maurice Bridge Sun Marble Arch Hotel: Avery Broadbent, 65, right, with David Eby, of Pivot Legal Society, lives in the Marble Arch, one of 10 hotels bought by the provincial government. Photograph by : Mark Van Manen, Vancouver Sun In a dra…

2007-04-04

But with prices still rising in Greater Vancouver, home sellers still have advantage Derrick Penner Sun Lower Mainland real estate sales dropped in March and the inventory of homes for sale rose, but not enough to push markets out of favour…

2007-04-04

Peter Wilson Sun Andrzej Kowalksi demonstrates Calgoo software on his laptop. Photograph by : Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun You have all your appointments at work on an Outlook calendar. Meanwhile, your spouse's daily activities are set out on…

2007-04-03

Users to see and hear person called in real time Province Star Trek's Captain Kirk, a.k.a. actor William Shatner (right) and Rogers Wireless' John Boynton demonstrate wireless video calling in Toronto yesterday. Photograph by : The Associat…

2007-04-03

Seniors to downsize, employ home equity for retirement, help kids buy in Rosemary McCracken Province There's plenty of action in the mortgage industry with boomers purchasing smaller homes as well as investment properties. Photograph by : T…

2007-04-03

U.S. banks issue, but don't hold, mortgages Ray Turchansky Province Troubles in the U.S. mortgage-lending industry are blamed for high sales of existing homes in the U.S. Photograph by : The Associated Press EDMONTON -- The havoc that subpr…

2007-04-03

Rosemary Mccracken Sun Laura D. Parsons, Area Manager National Business Development for BMO Financial Group, says many of her clients are capitalizing on equity. Photograph by : Greg Fulmes, CanWest News Service Canada's baby boomers are pl…

2007-04-03

Keith Woolhouse Sun Buying a home should be among the happiest moments in life, but unexpected problems can transform it into something more like a nightmare. The fun of searching for and finding the home is quickly overtaken by unwelcome s…

2007-04-03

Without it, many consumers would have to lower their expectations Keith Woolhouse Sun Scraping together the down payment on your first house or condo has been increasingly difficult in recent years because rising property prices often meant…

2007-04-02

Wendy McLellan Province Ryan Coleman of Homeworks, which installs Energy Star-rated windows. Photograph by : Jason Payne, The Province Save money, lighten your footprint on the planet and be rewarded for doing it. The federal government wil…

2007-04-02

Province Vancouver ranked third in a global survey ranking overall quality of life, narrowly losing out to Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva, says a new global survey published today. Other Canadian cities included in the survey were Toronto a…

2007-04-02

Kent Spencer Province A decision has been made to move St. Paul's Hospital to the False Creek Flats, concerned West End residents charged yesterday. Claiming to have "new information", Aaron Jasper of the Save St. Paul's Coalition said the …

2007-04-01

AIRPLAY BOOST: External antenna improves quality of signal and of sound Jim Jamieson Province Published: Sunday, April 01, 2007 What is it? XtremeMac AirPlay Boost Price: $57 Why you need it: You want the flexibility of listening to yo…

2007-03-31

Sun HANNspree HANNSfries 10-inch LCD television, no price yet and no date for release. Not, of course, that you'd want to encourage any children of yours to eat fries with huge dabs of ketchup -- or, in fact, put anything in their rooms tha…

2007-03-30

Jackrabbit start for 2007 market Province Two-storey home prices rose an average of 11.8% nationally. Jason Payne File Photo – The Province OTTAWA -- Canada's housing market has gotten off to a hotter-than-expected start this year, a …

2007-03-30

Consequences 'huge' Province David Dodge wants globalization to be of benefit to Latin America NEW YORK -- The troubles in the U.S. housing sector triggered by a plunge in the market for so-called subprime loans could delay recovery and hav…