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Foreign buyer ban weighing on high-end real estate, according to Realtors
Western Investor · 19 Jun 2026 · Jami Makan
Market activity for luxury homes is shifting away from Canada's urban centres toward other provinces, a trend also being reflected locally as some Realtors see opportunity in the Fraser Valley and other secondary markets. Smaller and mid-sized markets are expe…
Property includes four-bedroom residence with mountain views
Western Investor · 16 Jan 2026 · Rajin Gill, B.C. Farm & Ranch Realty Corp
DEAL | A 29.4-acre blueberry farm at 34659 Townshipline Rd., Abbotsford, sold Nov. 26, 2025, for $3.7 million. The well-drained property includes a 2,880-square-foot residence with mountain views and 27.5 acres laser-levelled and planted to high-producing Duke…
Comment: Housing market needs some jolts of innovation to end current malaise
The Vancouver Sun · 18 Dec 2025 · Michael Geller
During the past year, I was often asked what I thought would happen to Vancouver's housing market. My response was simple. There is no Vancouver housing market. There is a downtown highrise market which differs from the Fraser Valley townhouse market. Similarl…
Storage real estate boosted by demographics, density and commercial use
Western Investor · 04 Sep 2025 · Jami Makan
Notable deals and a sizable development pipeline indicate a robust self-storage market in Western Canada, where migration, density and business users are driving demand. Nearly four million square feet of new supply is expected in B.C. and Alberta together bet…
Site designated for future condominium development
Western Investor · 04 Sep 2025 · Joe Varing
DEAL | A 2.5-acre property at 7320 208 St., Langley, sold April 30 for $11 million, or an average of $4.4 million an acre. Zoned SR-2 and situated within the Smith Neighbourhood Community Plan area, the site is designated for future condominium development at …
Buyers stay on the sidelines amid shifting rates,
Western Investor · 16 Oct 2024 · Brian Yu
Housing market activity in the Lower Mainland sputtered again in September, even as affordability conditions started to improve for homebuyers. Despite lower mortgage rates, many prospective homebuyers are opting to stay patient, confident of further rate redu…
At least 700 homes will be built near the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project
other · 12 Sep 2024 · Charlie Carey and Michelle Meiklejohn
Transportation Minister Rob Fleming announced the move, explaining it's the first time the province has made a purchase like this. This project is going to be tremendous for Surrey and Langley, and this project, for once, is going to align the development of o…
B.C. housing market showing signs of marginal improvement
Western Investor · 23 Apr 2024 · Bryan Yu
B.C.'s housing market saw a slight improvement in March as home sales nudged higher following a 5.9-per-cent decline in February. Sales increased 0.7 per cent to reach 5,866 unit sales. Home prices rose 1.8 per cent. This said, housing momentum has waned in th…
Royal LePage expands footprint with Lower Mainland acquisitions
Business in Vancouver · 09 Apr 2024 · Peter Mitham
The importance of technology to residential property sales – and in turn the investors participating in the market – is once again in the spotlight with Royal LePage's latest brokerage acquisition in Metro Vancouver. Royal LePage Elite West, based …
140-acre industrial development site in Abbotsford
Western Investor · 18 Nov 2022 · Western Investor Staff
With no new space under construction this year, Abbotsford has a 0.2 per cent vacancy rate – or about 17,000 square feet available – within its 9.4 million square feet of industrial real estate, according to a third-quarter report from Colliers.…