Real Estate News & Articles

2007-03-03

Cassandra Kosterman looks forward to a dream-come-true urban lifestyle Sun A capitol plan The Capitol developers will install a stainless-steel appliance package from GE in the new-home project’s kitchens. Yes, that is a gas cooktop. …

2007-03-03

Sun Capitol Residences construction will reinvigorate the Orpheum Theatre next door. In return, the Orpheum work gained the Capitol partners more storeys and sellable square footage. "We freely acknowledge that is a huge increase in density…

2007-03-03

EcoDensity in capable hands Peter Simpson Sun When you are the new boy on the block, you can either blend in slowly or make a bold statement that gets you noticed right away. Vancouver's new planning director, Brent Toderian, pronounced Tod…

2007-03-02

Oz non-stop a Vancouver first Gordon Clark Province Air Canada's long-range Boeing 777, top, offers lie-flat beds on flights down under. Photograph by : Reuters Air Canada will soon become the world's first airline to offer daily, non-stop …

2007-03-02

John Mackie Sun Graham Elvidge and Kathleen Stormont have restored an 1899 home on Vancouver's Dunlevy Street. Photograph by : Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun The extra-large windows and ceiling heights (as in the restored living room) gave plen…

2007-03-01

Sun VANCOUVER - A realtor who bought a False Creek condo from a client, then flipped it a month later for $95,000 more than she paid, has been told by the B.C. Supreme Court to repay her profit to the original owners. Dian Dai-Qing Gao and …

2007-03-01

Athletes centre will become condos Derrick Penner Sun Wednesday night's Vancouver Regional Construction Association February dinner at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Hotel in Burnaby was somewhat of a debutante's ball for the Olympic Athlet…

2007-03-01

'La Brasserie' tag indicates upward mobility, but while there are some winning dishes, their menu rambles a little Mia Stainsby Sun Henry and Jasmine Hsu at their new and busy location, Henry's Kitchen La Brasserie. She holds Grilled Calama…

2007-03-01

Sobieski is a family affair with a charming atmosphere and hearty menu featuring homemade Eastern European dishes Mia Thomas Sun Tom Filip, manager of Sobieski, and chef Manpreet Pandher proffer a Polish beer and Eastern European dishes. Ph…

2007-03-01

Steeps on West Broadway offers some 200 varieties of tea, served in china cups or mugs Mia Stainsby Sun Hiroko Yamamoto of Steeps Tea Lounge on West Broadway, with a wonderful chocolate cake and freshly brewing dark tea. Steeps is a conveni…

2007-02-28

Jim Jamieson Province The CMHC's Robyn Adamache offers reassurance to prospective homeowners in Vancouver yesterday. Photograph by : Nick Procaylo, The Province B.C. housing prices are headed for a soft landing, a market analyst told attend…

2007-02-28

Fusepoint's data expands into another Harbour Centre floor Peter Wilson Sun Fusepoint Managed Services is 'the boiler room of the computer age,' CEO George Kerns says. Photograph by : Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun As visitors often note rueful…

2007-02-28

Warm weather helps homes sales bounce back in January Christine Dugas USA Today WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Sales of new homes fell 16.6% in January and prices were little changed as the number of new homes on the market decreased slightly…

2007-02-28

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2007-02-27

USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing homes rose in January by the largest amount in two years, raising hopes that the worst of the severe slump in housing may be coming to an end. Median home prices, however, fell for a sixth…

2007-02-26

Analysis says figure in B.C. budget won't help much to end homelessness Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER - The province's so-called housing budget has so little money for actual housing that Vancouver will be lucky to get half the units it needs …

2007-02-25

Jim Jamieson Province What is it: Kodak EasyShare EX1011 Digital Photo Display Price: $149 to $329 Why you need it: You love your digital camera, take a million snapshots, but nearly all of them sit on your computer's hard drive. Why you do…

2007-02-24

Kensington Computer Group opens a research and development lab that's state-of-the-art Peter Wilson Sun Dave Dobson with some of the computer accessories that Kensington builds. Photograph by : Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun From in-car FM tran…

2007-02-24

Sun 1 APC UPB10 MOBILE POWER PACK, $83. There are few things more annoying to the digital road warrior to find out that you've forgotten to charge your cellphone, PDA or iPod -- or, for that matter, your portable gaming system -- and you're…

2007-02-24

Kim Davis Sun Think that going green means fewer options? Think again when it comes to flooring. From carpet, wood, bamboo and cork to linoleum, rubber, glass and stone, innovative manufacturers are offering a growing array of high-performa…

2007-02-24

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2007-02-23

On March 14, phone-number portability comes to Canada Jim Jamieson Province Wireless Wave's Alfred Wan expects a lot of customers to consider their options. Photograph by : Nick Procaylo, The Province Alfred Wan expects to see a brisk up-ti…

2007-02-23

Consumers will avoid Beta-VHS battle with machine playing all formats Marke Andrews Sun Frank Lee of LG Electronics shows off the company' new Super Multi Blue Player, which is debuting in Canada exclusively for a month at Future Shop outle…

2007-02-23

Vancouver firm's solution to Google's problem make for a mutually satisfactory high-tech marriage Peter Wilson Sun Sxip Identity vice-president of operations Mike DeSandoli demonstrates security the company is providing for Google Apps Prem…