Real Estate

A proposal to build a four-storey, mixed-use building on West Fourth Avenue in Kitsilano, which would feature a London Drugs store as tenant on the first storey, is expected to go before the Urban Design Panel next month.

China-based realty portal, local agents say rush of foreign bargain hunters points to sudden sales recovery after three-year slide

Housing starts and residential investment to decline, but strength in other areas will prevent overall recession, predicts credit union

There could soon be a rise – literally – in wooden residential buildings across the province, after the B.C.

Vancouver city council approves liquor licence for 350-seat restaurant and 644-seat venue in long-vacant site

Some neighbourhoods hoping for towers likely won't get them

Real estate association blames mortgage stress test for “sidelining” buyers, calls for feds to scrap it entirely

Still not affordable The ongoing slide in the benchmark price for a residential property in Metro Vancouver is approaching the point that will make headlines: the million-dollar mark.

Nosebleed dirt prices expected to ease as residential downturn, construction costs, politics and financing fears cool land speculation across the region

While there is a common perception that overseas buyers have snapped up much of Metro Vancouver real estate, the number of homes owned purely by non-residents across the region is 4.