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Vancouver home sales crash by nearly 40 per cent
The REBGV is analysing the home sales and listing for the Greater Vancouver District.
Character house plan penalizes future by trying to preselve past
The City of Vancouver character house zoning review wants to modernize historic residences.
Westside at Orchard Grove 16422 26th Avenue South Surrey 53 single family detached homes by Miracon
Wood is the primary element in Westside at Orchard Grove.
Vancouver home price gains still among world's highest despite slowdown
There is an early sign of a bounce in real estate looking at median prices.
Vancouver sales slumped at year-end
Overall real estate sales were down compared to 2015 but up from 2014.
Vancouver housing crisis has been four decades in the making
A look at how the real estate market got here, and where we should take it
Volkswagen’s financial arm buys Vancouver startup PayByPhone in scramble for technology
Volkswagen AG's financial services gains a foothold in the transport economy with the purchase of PayByPhone, a Vancouver-based mobile parking payment company.
First half of 2016 commercial real estate sales eclipses all of 2015 in Metro Vancouver
Sale of office space and apartments was up in 2016 by 17% for 2015.
Vancouver real estate prices face double-digit drop in 2017: LePage
The forecast for a double-digit price drop in Vancouver’s housing market makes for a nice or nasty surprise for 2017, depending on where you are on the property ladder, but experts say it still won’t make the city affordable.
Zetter Place 8520 204th Street Langley BC 82 two – four bedroom townhouses by Lanstone Homes
Zetter Place townhomes estimated completion January 2017.Located in Walnut Grove Langley, ideal for downsizing or a growing family.
Real Estate Council restricts licences of two fast-growing Vancouver brokerages
The Real Estate Council has put restricts on Metro Edge Realty and Nu Stream Realty limiting their growth and to monitor the commissions.
City fades as lender hot spot
Toronto is now the most desirable market for lenders over Vancouver.
New co-op housing at Fraserview signals change in financing affordable housing
The Fraserview Housing Co-op is a two tower residential development at 2910 East Kent Avenue. It will provide 278 homes.
IMPERIAL 5051 Imperial Street Burnaby 169 homes in a 26 storey tower by Amacon Development
Chris Dikeakos Architecst Inc. has designed the Imperial after the luxury car 'Chrysler Imperial'.
Hidden home ownership common in B.C., anti-corruption group says
Nearly half of BC's most expensive homes secretly owned, raising fears of money laundering.
The Columbia at 285 Nelson’s Court New Westminster 242 homes in a 26-storey tower by Wesgroup Properties
The Columbia at Brewery District in New Westminster has several points of interest for homebuyers.
Rising house values lock more Metro Vancouver residents out of homeowners' grant
Inflation of house prices past $1.2 million makes it difficult for owners on fixed income to pay taxes.
Westside at Orchard Grove 16422 26th Avenue South Surrey 53 single family detached homes by Miracon
Westside development has the Orchard series and the Signature series floor plans.
Richmond firm New Coast Realty fined by Real Estate Council for unlicensed services
Two years after an audit for unlicensed services the New Coast Realty was fined $7,500 by BC Real Estate Council.
CMHC: Foreign buyers are not the problem
Foreign buyers own only 2.2 per cent of condos in Vancouver. The domestic market is the driving force behind the high prices.
Don't just blame foreigners for Vancouver's affordability crisis: CMHC
Several factors, not just foreign investors, are responsible for the housing situation in Greater Vancouver.
Forecasts and foreclosures: What does newest Metro Vancouver real estate prediction mean?
Owners who can't pay the mortgage in a hot market can sell or refinance. But when prices drop foreclosures go up.
B.C. home prices expected to drop
The average home price is predicted to drop 6.4 percent in 2017.
Vancouver’s Robson is 7th Priciest Retail Street in Americas
The annual Main Streets Across the World report tracked 462 of the top retail streets around the globe.
Triomphe 1904 Gilmore Avenue Burnaby 340 homes in a 46 storey tower by Millennium Development Group
Triomphe is one block from the city limit of Vancouver. Ideal for first time buyers.
Connaught 3230 Connaught Crescent at Edgemont Village North Vancouver 23 townhomes and 59 condos by Grosvenor Developments
Some features of Connaught are outlined.
On B.C.’s farmland, mega-mansions and speculators reap the rewards of lucrative tax breaks
Richmond, Delta, Fraser Valley loosing farmland to investors building mega houses on agriculture land.
A comprehensive analysis of the multifamily real estate market in Metropolitan Vancouver
Third quarter report on the Metro Vancouver Housing Market.
Five things that have altered our understanding of the real estate market
Overview: mortages increased, new mortgage rules, change in tax rebate, Vancouver market sluggish, Calgary stable.
The Columbia at Brewery District 285 Nelson’s Court New Westminster 242 homes in a 26-storey tower by Wesgroup Properties
The Brewery District in the Sapperton area of New Westminster has a new building which will be completed in 2019 called The Columbia.
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