Real Estate News & Articles

2006-06-27

USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing homes fell for a third time in the past five months in May, with the weakness led by a big drop in demand in the Northeast. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that sales of …

2006-06-26

Gillian Shaw Sun Symantec Corp. is launching the first security software that addresses the growing problem of social engineering, cyber attacks that lure computer users into revealing personal and financial secrets that are used to empty t…

2006-06-26

Peter Wilson Sun Think about being able to download a copy of Superman: The Return over the Internet in a couple of seconds. And then think about what that kind of blazing speed -- up to 10 gigabits a second, certainly faster than Superman'…

2006-06-26

USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes rose in May, surprising economists who had been forecasting that housing would slow because of rising mortgage rates. The Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family home…

2006-06-25

TRANSIT: Railway buffs promoting cheap alternative to B-Line bus Brian Lewis Province The new Sullivan station in Surrey is a replica of a station from the Inter Urban days. This is one of the rail car types being considered for the new ser…

2006-06-25

It's an ambitious plan for a sparkling new stadium that would transform the bleakness of the rail yard it would straddle. On Tuesday, Vancouver city council will decide whether Greg Kerfoot's idea has any chance of succeeding Mike Roberts P…

2006-06-25

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2006-06-25

"Located in Vancouver's transit hub, close to thousands of businesses, residents and in the heart of the tourism district, the stadium will reconnect Gastown to the waterfront." Bob Lenarduzzi Province In 2003, the City of Vancouver approac…

2006-06-25

Judgment day for stadium on stilts Jon Stovell Province On Tuesday night, Vancouver City Council will decide the future of Vancouver's last piece of undeveloped waterfront land. At the centre of this decision is a proposal from the Vancouve…

2006-06-25

WARNING: It discloses fees, levies, deficits and pending bylaws Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: I recently purchased an older townhouse in Richmond. On the surface, everything appeared fine. No leaks, new roof, plumbing replaced i…

2006-06-25

STYLE FOR LIVING: Taupe walls, neutral sofa and leather writer's chairs in living room Lynda Reeves Province A classic way to arrange furniture is to place two matching armchairs opposite a sofa, ideally upholstered in neutrals. Last week, …

2006-06-24

THE CITY I Icon will be refurbished or replaced, but it will be back John Mackie Sun The 'W' was lifted from its tower Friday and brought down to the ground on Abbott Street. Photograph by : Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun They took the Big W si…

2006-06-24

HOUSING I The hike in dollar volume amounted to almost a 23% increase over May of last year Gillian Shaw Sun May home sales in B.C. set a record for dollar volume in a single month, topping the $4-billion mark for the first time, the B.C. R…

2006-06-24

OPINION I Densification, heritage preservation get along fine, developer says Robert Fung Sun Last weekend the city of Vancouver's senior heritage planner, Gerry McGeough, and I led planners and government heritage representatives from arou…

2006-06-24

Bob Ransford Sun While the world is here, talking about big concepts and planning for big outcomes in rapid urbanization, we in metro Vancouver might remind ourselves we have made some big strides here toward protecting our special quality …

2006-06-24

Sun Lexmark X3470 All-in-1 one printer, $130. As is    typical with printers these days, prices drop and features improve. This single-cartridge colour printer is the top-of-theline model of three new printers (which also inc…

2006-06-23

Citizens' group wants to see an overall plan before proposal is considered David Carrigg Province Many Gastown residents consider the proposed stadium out of place on Vancouver’s waterfront. Two former Vancouver mayors, the Vancouver …

2006-06-23

170 planners oppose expansion of bridge and highway Frank Luba Province The twinning of the bridge is intended to relieve the area’s traffic problems. Award-winning scientist and broadcaster David Suzuki used the backdrop of the World…

2006-06-23

A two-tier system could create 'dirt roads': Competing visions of the future are front and centre as governments tackle Internet neutrality Alex Hutchinson, Ottawa Citizen Sun Telus temporarily blocked access to one website, showing the com…

2006-06-22

Sales of Vancouver houses over $1.5m are up 90 per cent Gordon Clark Province This mansion on Drummond Drive in Vancouver sold for $8.5 million, the highest price paid in Canada this year. Photograph by : Jason Payne, The Province When the …

2006-06-22

Bruce Constantineau Sun Source: ReMax VANCOUVER SUN More than 400 properties sold for at least $1.5 million during the first five months of this year -- a 90-per-cent increase over the same period last year, according to a Re/Max report rel…

2006-06-22

Sun SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, is testing a form of online advertisements where clients pay only when Web surfers click on an ad and buy a product or generate a sales lead. So-called "cost-per-action…

2006-06-21

Lack of space and soaring rents lead to an exodus of firms from downtown to Burnaby and Richmond Gillian Shaw Sun Downtown Vancouver is facing an exodus of corporate tenants as rent increases and a falling vacancy ... Chris Clibbon says the…

2006-06-21

Bruce Constantineau Sun VANCOUVER SUN FILES The Presidio at 2088 Barclay A luxurious two-storey penthouse condo overlooking Stanley Park has been sold for a record price of about $10 million -- $2 million above the previous Vancouver condo …