Real Estate News & Articles

2004-02-29

Real-estate sales are booming, with buyers lured by zero down payments and low interest rates. In Vancouver yesterday, 494 condo units sold for $123 million in just nine hours. B.C.

2004-02-28

REAL ESTATE I Project marketer Bob Rennie expects to gross $100 million today, the first day 612 units go on sale Wyng Chow Sun     Andy Paterson of North Vancouver is the first in line for a chance to buy into some of the $151 mi…

2004-02-28

REBUILDING I Condo captures feel of Mount Pleasant and dovetails with neighbourhood's renaissance Brian Morton Sun Brian Martin, general manager of the Main Street HUB project, holds a model of the 42-unit tan-coloured brick condominium tha…

2004-02-26

Yvonne Zacharias Sun SFU engineering science students Matt Brown (left), Hani Mehrpouyan and Chris Mitchell, invented a device to discourage laptop theft. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Step away from your laptop and the palm-held end o…

2004-02-25

Wendy McLellan Sun Changes in the mortgage rules will encourage younger buyers to get into B.C.'s already booming housing market. CREDIT: The Province Changes in the mortgage rules will encourage younger buyers to get into B.C.'s already bo…

2004-02-24

New rules let buyer use credit card or bank loan as a downpayment Wyng Chow Sun Home buyers will be able to effectively obtain 100-per-cent financing to purchase a property under a new initiative announced Monday by Canada Mortgage and Hous…

2004-02-23

More and more high-end condominiums are being sold to buyers from all over the world John Mackie Sun These condominium developments, with views of Coal Harbour and Stanley Park, are often popular with international buyers who may only use t…

2004-02-22

Susan Lazaruk Province When a Port Coquitlam couple bought their home two years ago, they didn't find out until after they signed the deal that the house had been used as a marijuana grow-op. "Everything looked nice, painted, the basement w…

2004-02-19

Province OTTAWA -- Older baby boomers are showing no signs of sliding passively into retirement, some even taking on new mortgages to upgrade housing rather than downsizing, as has been the norm for their age group, a report by real-estate …

2004-02-19

Susan Lazaruk Province   (How to spot a grow-op house) CREDIT: The Province House inspectors can tell in a flash if they are dealing with a home that used to be a drug factory. "I can tell in less than 60 seconds," said Ed Witzke , who…

2004-02-19

The historic site will be developed by one of four short-listed companies Frances Bula Sun VANCOUVER - B08Vancouver council has crafted a unique strategy for developing the former Woodward's store by proposing to sell it to one of four shor…

2004-02-18

Province B.C. will post Canada 's largest increase in new home construction this year, Royal Bank of Canada economists predict. Low mortgage rates should buoy house sales in B.C. in 2004 as they ignite a response from the enormous pool of p…

2004-02-17

The European chafer beetle arrived somewhere around 2001; now the tan-coloured bug may prove unstoppable Steve Whysall Sun Conway Lum displays beetles that are infesting lawns and golf courses across the Lower Mainland. CREDIT: Glenn Baglo,…

2004-02-14

HOUSING I Design features for the future include a fridge that checks expiry dates and keyless entry Sun So, what does the home of the near future, say 2010, look like? A visit to the Microsoft Home in the Executive Briefing Center at Micro…

2004-02-13

RL   Strategic information for REBGV Realtors February 13 , 2004  Windsor forsees more home warranty suspensions as non-residential and illicit purposes continue to increase. Home warranties suspended for grow ops As police counte…

2004-02-13

Shell Busey Province Q: I have recently purchased a building lot in Chilliwack . I looked-up contractors and builders through the Fraser Valley Builders Association and tried to contact two or three, without success. Can you recommend a cus…

2004-02-12

Wendy McLellan Province Prices for new homes are still rising, says a report released yesterday by Statistics Canada. According to its new-home pricing index, Victoria had Canada 's largest 12-month price increases, with a 10.2-per-cent hik…

2004-02-12

Sun The Cannery Seafood House is hoping this year's boating season will bring in new customers to its new boat dock. "It was put in a bit too late for last year, but we're expecting it to do very well this year," said Steve Bickerdike , dir…

2004-02-10

Metro Vancouver number is best in nine years and is an advance of 140 per cent over January '03 Wyng Chow Sun New residential housing construction in Greater Vancouver soared 140 per cent in January, compared to the same period a year ago, …

2004-02-10

Wendy McLellan Province Housing starts in Canada fell more than expected last month -- except in B.C., the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation said yesterday. Across the country, starts fell nearly 11 per cent, to 195,000 single and m…

2004-02-10

Metro Vancouver number is best in nine years and is an advance of 140 per cent over January '03 Wyng Chow Sun New residential housing construction in Greater Vancouver soared 140 per cent in January, compared to the same period a year ago, …

2004-02-10

Condos, parks and hotel planned; mayor wants project fast-tracked for 2010 Olympics Wyng Chow Sun   The $400-million redevelopment by Michael De Cotiis will extend from Lonsdale east to the Versatile Shipyards in North Vancouver. CREDI…

2004-02-07

CITY VISION I Developers ponder how to keep housing affordable when land prices are soaring Bob Ransford Sun   Land, land everywhere, but not a square foot to develop. That's almost the lament of home builders and commercial developers…

2004-02-07

Steve Whysall Sun Name of project: Retro Location: 8988 Hudson St. , Vancouver Developer: Aragon ( Hudson ) Properties Ltd. Builder: Aragon Construction Management Corporation Architect: Nigel Baldwin Architects Size of project: 133 units i…