Top-selling West Vancouver realtor charged with aggravated assault
Vancouver Sun–Aug. 9, 2018
A year after a high-flying West Vancouver luxury realtor was found to have … Shahin Behroyan, an award-winning real estate agent who …
Metro Vancouver industrial real estate sees world’s largest jump in …
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 9, 2018
The cost to lease industrial and logistics space in Vancouver rose 29.1 per cent over the past 12 months, which is the highest year-over-year …
BC boomers keen to move on to smaller homes: real estate report
Vancouver Sun–Aug. 8, 2018
Nearly half of B.C. baby boomers plan to downsize, and 42 per cent would consider buying a condominium for their next home. Those are …
Vancouver’s Real Estate Market Ranks As Least Affordable In North …
HuffPost Canada–Jul. 24, 2018
Vancouver is known for being Canada’s most unaffordable real estate market, but according to a new study, the city ranks above all other metro …
Mortgage Delinquencies Are Flatlining In Toronto and Vancouver …
Better Dwelling–Aug. 8, 2018
Delinquent mortgages for Toronto and Vancouver real estate have assumed a holding pattern. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation …
The Vancouver Detached Real Estate Market Officially Plunges Into …
Better Dwelling–Aug. 7, 2018
Vancouver real estate had the worst July in 18 years, and the detached market was a big contributor. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver …
Vancouver Real Estate Sales Hit 18 Year Low, Prices See Slowest …
Better Dwelling–Aug. 6, 2018
Vancouver real estate just had one of the worst months in recent times. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) show July sales …
Three possible scenarios for Vancouver’s housing market
BCBusiness–Aug. 9, 2018
With help from disgruntled residents, global investors and government intervention, here’s how the city’s real estate future could play out, for …
‘Significant or very significant’: Analysis shows money-laundering …
Vancouver Sun–Jul. 29, 2018
And while the real estate sector largely drives B.C.’s economy, many … Real estateis vital to the economy of Vancouver and B.C. The real …
Fewer buyers, more choice, push Vancouver home sales to lowest …
CTV News–Aug. 2, 2018
VANCOUVER — Home sales in July across Metro Vancouver tumbled to their lowest level in 18 years in statistics compiled by the real estate …
Housing sales plummet, according to Real Estate Board of Greater …
Local Source–Straight.com–Aug. 2, 2018
Local Source–Straight.com–Aug. 2, 2018
BC real estate market tips to balance amid new mortgage rules …
CTV News–Jul. 13, 2018
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tighter mortgage rules and lower demand are bringing the provincial …
BC government closes in on real estate tax evaders
Vancouver Courier–Jul. 25, 2018
The B.C. government is closing in on real estate tax evasion by requiring much more comprehensive information from anyone buying …
Tiny Vancouver West End apartment listed at $2100 a month
Globalnews.ca–Aug. 1, 2018
An ad has appeared on Craigslist for a studio apartment in Vancouver’s West End that is currently listed at $2,100 a month. Residents in the …
Dip in house prices doing little to help affordability for first-time buyers
CTV News–Jul. 26, 2018
B.C. real estate market tips to balance amid new mortgage rules: … Prices and listings up, sales down in Metro Vancouver real estate market.
Overheating? Region’s housing market still ‘highly vulnerable’ to risk …
Local Source–Vancouver Courier–Jul. 26, 2018
Local Source–Vancouver Courier–Jul. 26, 2018
Real estate ‘windfall’ tax would curb speculation and gentrification in …
Toronto Star–Jul. 26, 2018
VANCOUVER—One of Vancouver’s civic parties is proposing an extra tax on land sales, when city policies like increasing density or adding …
Vancouver home sales hit lowest level for July since 2000
Toronto Star–Aug. 2, 2018
VANCOUVER—Home sales in July across Metro Vancouver tumbled to their lowest level in 18 years in statistics compiled by the real estate …
Councillor urges Vancouver to tackle money-laundering in cannabis …
Toronto Star–Jul. 24, 2018
VANCOUVER—In the wake of an explosive provincial government report … laundering in sectors like marijuana dispensaries and real estate.
Housing market is cooling off nationwide with both prices and sales …
Toronto Star–Jul. 16, 2018
VANCOUVER—The average sale price of homes is down nationwide, according to the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association, …
Developers say Vancouver’s housing density plan won’t address the …
The Globe and Mail–Jul. 24, 2018
“It’s almost more a labour of love than a traditional real estate venture,” Mr. Geller said, as he walked through the old house. “We don’t know …
Vancouver, Toronto housing slowdown takes toll on Canada’s …
The Globe and Mail–Aug. 5, 2018
Falling home sales in Toronto and Vancouver this year are … Residential real estateactivity – including resales of existing homes, construction …
GTA home sales, average prices, climb higher in contrast to …
The Reminder–Aug. 3, 2018
The Reminder–Aug. 3, 2018
New home construction and sales continue at record-breaking pace in …
Toronto Star–Aug. 9, 2018
VANCOUVER—Home construction, especially for purpose-built rentals … at a record-breaking pace in Metro Vancouver even as the real estate …
Metro Vancouver homebuyers face unintended consequences of …
Vancouver Sun–Jul. 20, 2018
It doesn’t automatically move,” says Gary Serra, a real estate agent who specializes in downtown and east Vancouver. If “you have to re-qualify …
Proposal for luxury condo tower in Vancouver pulled amid signs of …
The Globe and Mail–Jul. 27, 2018
It’s a sign of what some see as a shift in Vancouver’s hot real estate market, as the demand for high-end property has weakened, construction …
It’s not just sky-high home prices that make Vancouver so unaffordable …
Financial Post–Jul. 13, 2018
“You need one of two things: either Vancouver real estate prices need to halve to attain a certain level of affordability, or you need to double …
Fed up with traffic, contractors refuse to work in Vancouver
The Globe and Mail–Jul. 31, 2018
Owning a home in Vancouver already comes at a premium. And increasingly, homeowners are facing the high cost of renovation and …
Vancouver needs more Amazons and Microsofts to improve …
Toronto Star–Jul. 23, 2018
VANCOUVER—New data published this month crowning … about people “storing their money here in the form of real estate,” but Portland has …
Personal letters helping buyers score homes in Canada’s hot real …
Globalnews.ca–Jul. 22, 2018
Monica Martins and her husband had been looking for a house for nine months by the time they fell in love with a “character home” in Toronto’s …
Toronto area home sales, average prices, climb higher in contrast to …
CBC.ca–Aug. 3, 2018
The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board said 2,070 properties changed hands in July in a 30 per cent plunge compared to the same month …
Eby troubled by lack of anti-money-laundering compliance in BC real …
Vancouver Sun–Jul. 30, 2018
Under Canada’s anti-money-laundering laws, real estate firms are … were in B.C., with 87 of those in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
Signs of stabilization in Canadian housing markets: study
CTV News–Jul. 14, 2018
B.C. real estate market tips to balance amid new mortgage rules: … Prices and listings up, sales down in Metro Vancouver real estate market …
West Vancouver builder denies claims of shadow flipping deal
North Shore News-August 10, 2018
West Vancouver builder denies claims of shadow flipping deal … He later checked with the Real Estate Council and found neither Ibrahim nor …
Telus selling its stake in Vancouver headquarters
The Globe and Mail–Aug. 3, 2018
Calling it a “favourable real estate opportunity,” Telus said it will realize … Vancouveroffice vacancy rates are the second lowest in Canada and …
Most BC real estate markets now ‘back in balanced conditions’
Vancouver Courier–Jul. 17, 2018
Although 11 of B.C.’s 12 real estate boards posted average resale … the Fraser Valley (up 1 per cent) and Greater Vancouver (up 1.4 per cent).
A Greater Vancouver condo now costs nearly as much as a house 4 …
Globalnews.ca–Jul. 15, 2018
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s (REBGV) statistics for July 2014 pegged the benchmark price of a single-family detached home …
BC securities regulator hunts assets of Vancouver financial fraudster …
The Province-August 10, 2018
A judicial panel of the commission found the pair had raised millions without telling investors that Alberta real estate development projects …
The key to affordable housing isn’t building more units — it’s better …
Financial Post–Aug. 9, 2018
In Vancouver, many wonder if the city can still attract school teachers, municipal workers … Stephen Moranis is a real estate industry veteran.
Why Vancouver’s Election Is a Referendum on Unchecked Capitalism
TheTyee.ca–Jul. 12, 2018
Real estate speculation is also increasing the divide. “Unlike Toronto, Vancouverdoesn’t have the high-paying jobs to drive its economy,” the …
Notorious Sahota brothers sue alleged real estate fraudster over $2M …
CBC.ca–Jul. 17, 2018
Two infamous Vancouver landlords have launched a legal battle against an accused real estate fraudster and his partner in an alleged …
Food grows where North Shore industry used to thrive
Vancouver Sun-August 10, 2018
I’d live nowhere else in the Vancouver area.” … long before it became a bank, a real estate office and sundry other businesses opened as a …
Vancouver city staffer’s move to developer prompts calls for cooling-off …
The Globe and Mail–Jul. 20, 2018
The departure of one of Vancouver’s most senior managers for a job with … everyone at city hall, that Vancouver’s head of real estate services, …
Location, location, location: Why our national housing market is a myth
Financial Post–Jul. 19, 2018
For some, the real estate market is “out of its slump.” For others … Prices in Vancouver Island followed with a 16.5 per cent increase. Meanwhile …
Salt Spring Island’s housing crisis pushing out longtime residents
Vancouver Sun–Aug. 7, 2018
… and rising real–estate prices have pushed many long-time residents off … “If they’re calling it a crisis in Vancouver, it was beyond a crisis here …
Poll: 84% blame foreign buyers for Metro Vancouver housing crunch
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 2, 2018
Foreign buyers, population growth, shadow flipping and money laundering are mainly to blame for the Metro Vancouver housing crisis, …
Canadian Real Estate Prices Make The Smallest Advance Since 2009
Better Dwelling–Jul. 17, 2018
Toronto Detached Real Estate Sales Rise, But Still The 2nd Worst June In At ….. Vancouver real estate prices have hit an all-time high, but price …
Vancouver office occupancy costs rise fastest in N. America
Real Estate News EXchange–Jul. 12, 2018
The annual Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs, by commercial real estate firm CBRE, found downtown Vancouver prices jumped to $63.10 …
City of North Vancouver advances three-storey Shipyards project
North Shore News–Aug. 7, 2018
That’s the plan for 1 Lonsdale Avenue and Carrie Cates Court following the City of North Vancouver council’s decision at the July 16 meeting to …
The Average Mortgage and HELOC Payment Is Soaring In Toronto …
Better Dwelling-August 10, 2018
Canada’s real estate buying spree may be over, but paying off the debt has … mortgage payment is rising quickly in Toronto and Vancouver.
Vancouver condo moves after two price cuts
The Globe and Mail–Jul. 19, 2018
Buyer’s agent: Nicolas Blachette, Re/Max Crest Realty … The unit has unobstructed views of downtown Vancouver from the balcony, bedroom …
Commercial real estate: Vancouver launches Zero Emissions …
The Province–Jul. 25, 2018
The City of Vancouver has launched a zero-emissions building support network that the local construction industry says is essential to help …
Montreal real estate: Shopping malls could be the key to suburban …
Montreal Gazette–Aug. 10, 2018
That’s how Vancouver urbanist Brent Toderian, who has worked extensively on transit-oriented development projects in cities across Canada …