Real Estate News & Articles

2003-10-21

Record prices across Canada predicted with Vancouver in lead Wyng Chow Sun With Greater Vancouver leading the country, average housing prices are expected to hit record levels in 17 major Canadian markets by year end and continue their clim…

2003-10-21

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2003-10-18

Housing can't keep up with waiting lists Craig McInnes Sun VICTORIA -- Waiting lists for subsidized housing are growing in B.C., even though the province is one of the few in Canada still building new units. In the past two years, the waiti…

2003-10-15

Other OTTAWA (CP) - Sales of existing homes by MLS realtors in 25 major markets set a quarterly record in the third quarter of this year, the Canadian Real Estate Association says. Third-quarter sales surpassed by 5.2 per cent a previous re…

2003-10-14

Kent Spencer Province CREDIT: Ric Ernst, The Province Linda Mix of the Tenants Rights Action Coalition in Vancouver says the tax law is 'scary.' (David) Perry Tenants and property agents should be aware of a little-known law that allows the…

2003-10-14

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2003-10-10

Ashley Ford Province Vancouver new home-building costs are out of step with the rest of the country. In fact they actually diminished slightly in August, while the rest of Canada saw costs rise an average 0.5 per cent last month over July. …

2003-10-10

Daphne Bramham Sun Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun / Dennis Law, one of four Denver brothers who bought the former Ford Centre, now renamed The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts. Richard Lam, Vancouver Sun / Vancouver boasts seductive scener…

2003-10-07

Just when you thought house prices couldn't go any higher, historically low rates combined with pent-up demand are fuelling the already scorching hot Lower Mainland real-estate market Jack Keating and Ashley Ford Province WHAT YOUR $300,000…

2003-10-07

'Successful realtors are making very good money these days,' Fraser Valley Real Estate Board president says Bruce Constantineau Sun Lower Mainland house sales surged again last month, prices went up and successful realtors made "very good m…

2003-10-03

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2003-10-01

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2003-09-17

The figures for August are in: Sales top $2 billion, again Wyng Chow Sun Defying the traditional summer doldrums, residential property sales in B.C. totalled more than $2.2 billion in August, topping the once-elusive $2-billion mark for the…

2003-09-16

For sale: a not-quite-completed 2,400-square-foot house on a 33-foot view lot on West 15th. Price: Just over $1 million. Maurice Bridge Sun CREDIT: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun Built on spec, the modestly sized house is one of four Point Grey…

2003-09-13

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2003-09-12

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2003-09-12

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2003-09-12

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2003-09-09

Canadian Press Sun OTTAWA (CP) - Financing rates at half-century lows continued to keep the housing industry humming in August, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts increa…

2003-09-09

Jim Jamieson Province Powered by British Columbia and Quebec , Canadian municipalities issued a record number of building permits in July for both residential and non-residential construction projects, according to a report released Statist…

2003-09-09

Michael Kane Sun Ottawa is easing restrictions for cash-strapped home buyers in a move expected to fuel continuing strength in housing markets across the country. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. confirmed Monday that there will no longer …

2003-09-08

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2003-09-08

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2003-09-06

William Boei Sun CREDIT: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun Johnny Carline, chief administrative officer of the GVRD. Greater Vancouver has to embrace sustainable development standards quickly before its remaining land that can be developed is lost t…