Metro Vancouver now Canada’s second-least competitive real estate …
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 23, 2018
Once Canada’s most fiercely competitive real estate market and famed for its bidding wars, Greater Vancouver is now the second-least …
OUR VIEW: Are foreign buyers really leaving BC’s real estate market?
Burnaby Now–Aug. 23, 2018
It looks like foreign buyers have all but disappeared from the Metro Vancouver real estate market – if you believe the latest data. The latest …
Foreign buyers all but disappeared from Metro Vancouver real estate …
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 17, 2018
The numbers show that just one per cent of all real estate transactions in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District during the …
Metro Vancouver real estate prices are 65% overvalued: Economist
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 15, 2018
Metro Vancouver real estate is valued at 65 per cent higher than it should be, based on local incomes, according to a new global house price …
Some realtors believe major price correction underway in Metro …
Vancouver Sun–Aug. 19, 2018
Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board figures for all residential properties still show modest price gains over last year, but prices stopped rising …
The Amazon era is making Vancouver the world’s hottest industrial …
Financial Post–Aug. 17, 2018
Forget that multi-million-dollar condo on Vancouver’s waterfront. … The Canadian city is the world’s hottest industrial real estate market with …
The Amazon era making Vancouver world’s hottest industrial real …
Local Source–The Province–Aug. 17, 2018
Local Source–The Province–Aug. 17, 2018
Montreal Heats Up, While Toronto and Vancouver Real Estate …
Better Dwelling–Aug. 20, 2018
Another Canadian real estate indicator is pointing to cooler markets across the country. Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers …
COLUMN: Housing market downturn harms budget prospects for BC …
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 23, 2018
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver recently released statistics that showed a whopping 30 per cent decline in home sales in the …
Pile of burned debris listed for $3.9 million in Vancouver
The Weather Network–Aug. 22, 2018
Pile of burned debris listed for $3.9 million in Vancouver … “Whoever buys it will be taking it as is,” real estate agent Hunt Tse told the news …
Foreign buyers have pretty much disappeared in Metro Vancouver’s …
Vancouver Is Awesome–Aug. 16, 2018
The numbers show that just 1% of all real estate transactions in Metro Vancouverand the Fraser Valley Regional District during the first six …
Home sales in BC to drop 21% this year: forecast
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 20, 2018
… to a new forecast by the British Columbia Real Estate Association. … housing activity not just in Toronto and Vancouver, but throughout the …
A Vancouver expat experiences Hong Kong rental shock
The Globe and Mail–Aug. 21, 2018
But where Vancouver’s real estate scene has cooled, bringing the potential that rents could drop or at least stop rising, Hong Kong continues its …
Letters: Real estate not major player in money laundering
Vancouver Sun–Aug. 19, 2018
The only money handled by real estate agents is the deposit … provided by Thompson Rivers University to The Vancouver Sun which the paper …
An actual $3.9M junk heap is on the market in Vancouver
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 20, 2018
One of Vancouver’s latest eyebrow-raising big-ticket real estate listings isn’t even about the house. That’s because it’s not even a teardown: the …
Vancouver housing sales expected to drop 26% in 2018
Vancouver Is Awesome–Aug. 21, 2018
… are expected to push housing sales down further this year, according to a new British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) forecast.
Metro Vancouver housing sales projected to fall by 26% this year
Daily Hive–Aug. 22, 2018
Metro Vancouver housing sales projected to fall by 26% this year … sale volumes, according to a new market update by the BC Real Estate …
Housing sales plummet, according to Real Estate Board of Greater …
Straight.com–Aug. 2, 2018
That’s because July’s residential sales fell to their lowest level in that month since 2000 in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s territory …
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 …
‘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 …
West Side Vancouver pile of rubble listed for $3.99 million
Straight.com–Aug. 21, 2018
The zero-bath, zero-bedroom property in the 2500 block of West 3rd Avenue is described by its real–estate agent as something of a fixer upper.
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 …
This Torn Down House In Vancouver Is Selling For Jaw-Dropping $3.9 …
Narcity–Aug. 19, 2018
If you didn’t already know, the housing market in Vancouver is seriously crazy. For years now, the real estate market in Vancouver has become …
Commercial real estate: Metro Vancouver office vacancy rate nears …
The Province–Aug. 22, 2018
Metro Vancouver’s office market appears headed for a record-low vacancy rate, possibly dropping below figures not seen since 2007-2008, …
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 …
Canada is third most overvalued country for real estate: Economist
Times Colonist–Aug. 16, 2018
Looking at 22 major global cities, of which Metro Vancouver was the only Canadian city, The Economist reported that Vancouver real estate is …
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 …
Vancouver housing market cools off, but buying still ‘insanely expensive’
The Globe and Mail–Aug. 1, 2018
Lower housing sales in Vancouver have yet to translate into bargain buys … on the city’s real estate market cooling down, industry experts say.
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 …
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
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 …
Move over Toronto and Vancouver, Montreal the new hot housing …
Vancouver Sun–Aug. 21, 2018
Montreal was the hot Canadian real estate market for Chinese nationals last year as interest slipped in Toronto and Vancouver following the …
Montreal’s hot real estate market spawns rare phenomenon: bidding …
CTV News–Aug. 12, 2018
Montreal’s sizzling real estate market has spawned bidding wars, a common occurrence in recent years in the frenzied Toronto and Vancouver …
BC home sales off the boil but prices remain hot
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 13, 2018
Even in Greater Vancouver, according to recent stats released by the Real EstateBoard of Greater Vancouver, the year-over-year overall price …
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 home sales sink to worst July since 2000
BNNBloomberg.ca–Aug. 2, 2018
“Summer is traditionally a quieter time of year in real estate. This is particularly true this year,” Moore said. “With increased mortgage rates and …
Fed up with traffic, contractors refuse to work in Vancouver
The Globe and Mail–Jul. 31, 2018
Vancouver traffic is so congested, and so time-consuming, it makes …. “Now that property values have skyrocketed across the city, there’s a …
Tenants battling renovictions — and some are winning
Times Colonist–Aug. 24, 2018
… up against a string of evictions since two Fairfield apartment buildings were acquired by a Vancouver-based real estate company last year.
Opinion: Should BC follow New Zealand’s foreign buyer ban?
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 15, 2018
… for real estate, with New Zealand the world’s most overvalued country. … with 63.7 per cent in Metro Vancouver and 66.5 per cent in Toronto, …
Vancouver’s homes may be costly to buy, but they’re cheap to own
Financial Post–Aug. 2, 2018
Got a million dollars to plow into real estate? Vancouver’s a great place to park it, thanks to a property-tax rate that’s the lowest in both Canada …
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 …
Eby troubled by lack of anti-money-laundering compliance in BC real …
Vancouver Sun–Jul. 30, 2018
The heads of the Real Estate Council of B.C. and of the B.C. Real Estate … were in B.C., with 87 of those in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
Toronto Housing Shows Signs Of Rebound, Even As Vancouver Hits …
HuffPost Canada–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 …
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 …
Vancouver real estate market drops to fourth in PwC ranking
Vancouver Courier–Aug. 7, 2018
C algary and Edmonton have displaced Toronto and Vancouver as top ranked Canadian real estatemarkets in PwC Canada’s Emerging …
Flames pour from roof of burning house up for sale in Kitsilano
CTV News–Aug. 23, 2018
Vancouver firefighters spent hours working to extinguish a three-alarm blaze … A photo from a real estate listing shows the interior of a home at …
Vancouver industrial, logistics real estate see world’s largest jump in …
Western Investor–Aug. 7, 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 …
Vancouver moves to expropriate two derelict Sahota-owned hotels
The Globe and Mail–Jul. 30, 2018
Vancouver is taking the unprecedented step of expropriating two … For low-income residents in Vancouver, a different kind of real estate crisis.
Mayoral candidate Shauna Sylvester looking at Whistler’s housing …
Toronto Star–Aug. 24, 2018
VANCOUVER—Independent mayoral candidate Shauna Sylvester is … to help businesses and their employees in the city’s tough real–estate …
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 …