Real Estate News & Articles

2006-01-28

Cheryl Rossi Van. Courier A historic Kitsilano building will be demolished in the next three to six months unless city staff can find it another home. Although the city, its Heritage Commission and the developer debated options to retain th…

2006-01-28

Malcolm Parry Sun Marika Palmer and husband Frank made a twice-yearly home buy in False Creek's The Erickson tower. ARTHUR ERICKSON, the iconic architect, and Concord Pacific development firm chief Terry Hui launched what may be our town's …

2006-01-28

Concord is building the residential towers jointly with the CBC Sun Concord Pacific's David Negrin is championing a TV Tower home as an affordable entry-level home. Lineups suggest he's on to something. Photograph by : Ward Perrin, Vancouve…

2006-01-28

Kim Davis Sun A year-old University of B.C. sustainable construction program is drawing the attention of residential developers and their regulators. Called the Residential Environmental Assessment Program, it is very much a made-in-Vancouv…

2006-01-28

USA Today WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Sales of new homes expectedly rose 2.9% in December as mortgage rates dipped, but home prices fell for a third month and the number of houses on the market hit a record, according to a government repor…

2006-01-27

After cancellation of a Victoria condo development more fallout from boom expected Daphne Bramham Sun For the past couple of years there have been dire warnings about an acute shortage of construction workers caused by the Olympics, Olympic…

2006-01-27

Prices encouraging trend, but experts warn against spectacular increases repeating Michael Kane Sun BRIAN SPROUT/SPECIAL TO THE VANCOUVER SUN Elton Ash, regional vice-president Re/Max Western Canada, shown in the Kettle Valley subdivision, …

2006-01-27

Board of historic retail chain accepts U.S. investor's sweetened offer Hollie Shaw Sun Hudson 's Bay Co. accepted a sweetened offer from U.S. investor Jerry Zucker on Thursday in a deal that isn't expected to affect Vancouver's 2010 Olympic…

2006-01-26

Mia Stainsby Sun A list of restaurants recommended and anonymously visited by Sun restaurant critic Mia Stainsby . Prices are per couple for three courses, with a glass of wine each, before tip and taxes. $ means $50 or less $$ means $50 to…

2006-01-26

Investor Presence Growing in Residential Housing Markets Across the Country, says RE/MAX Other Kelowna, British Columbia -- Recent gains in average price are attracting a growing number of investors to major markets across the country. In f…

2006-01-25

Tim Loehrke USA Today David Lereah, chief economist for the Realtors, said he expected price increases to slow this year. WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing homes set a record for a fifth straight year in 2005 even though the year en…

2006-01-24

Users of the Research in Motion device keep growing in numbers and devotion to its merits Peter Wilson Sun Darryl Rawlings, president of Vetinsurance who is shown with his dog Charlie, says he gets 500 ... Photograph by : Bill Keay, Vancouv…

2006-01-24

Sun Pacific Centre will lose about 20 retail tenants by the end of this month as they make way for upscale fashion retailer Holt Renfrew's plan to open a new 121,000-square-foot store at the north end of the downtown Vancouver mall by the s…

2006-01-24

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to intervene; judge can rule on injunction request Sun WASHINGTON -- The fate of the BlackBerry may be decided by a federal district judge now that the U.S. Supreme Court has chosen not to intervene in a patent di…

2006-01-20

John Bermingham Province A model housing project in Southeast False Creek could end up as a community for the rich if Vancouver City Council slashes social housing at the project. Gregor Robertson, New Democrat MLA for Vancouver-Fairview, w…

2006-01-20

The Associated Press Province WASHINGTON -- Construction of new single-family homes in the U.S. surged to an all-time high in 2005 but construction activity fell sharply in December, sending a signal that the long housing boom could be cool…

2006-01-20

U.S. government goes to court to force company to hand over records Michael Liedtke Sun SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the Internet's …

2006-01-20

Bruce Constantineau Sun Some B.C. condominium projects will fail in the future because inexperienced developers are paying too much money now for land in "silly purchases" that can't be justified, Concert Properties president David Podmore …

2006-01-19

Peter Wilson Sun Work and play will blend more and more for British Columbians in 2006 as lighter, faster wireless notebook computers -- complete with surround sound, enhanced graphics and high-definition TV -- make their way into the hands…

2006-01-19

Sun WEST COAST Aurora Bistro The first fine dining room on Main St. Inventive food, hip spot. 2420 Main St., 604-873-9944. $$ Bishop's Consistently one of the city's best. Almost 100 per cent organic foods. 2183 West Fourth Ave., 604-738-20…

2006-01-19

Sun WEST COAST Aurora Bistro The first fine dining room on Main St. Inventive food, hip spot. 2420 Main St., 604-873-9944. $$ Bishop's Consistently one of the city's best. Almost 100 per cent organic foods. 2183 West Fourth Ave., 604-738-20…

2006-01-18

Science World BC Province At the close of the 2005/2006 school year, over 55,000 of British Columbia's K-7 students will have visited Science World at Telus World of Science for FREE! And that's only the beginning. Science World is determin…

2006-01-18

Unit sales expected to slow this year as interest-rate hikes cool demand throughout market Derrick Penner Sun British Columbia 's total 2005 real estate sales topped out at a record 106,290 transactions worth some $35.3 billion, the highest…

2006-01-18

Nationally, $30-billion barrier broken for the first time, due to gains in B.C. and Alberta Derrick Penner Sun Non-residential construction investment in British Columbia saw a big gain in the fourth quarter to push up total 2005 spending t…