Real Estate

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.

Steven Cirotto stood at the microphone Friday and talked about growing up in the Heights. The operations manager for the construction company Axiom said he still remembers how special Christmas was as a child at Brentwood Town Centre.

London, Sydney, Hong Kong and more seeing price declines over past year, reports The Economist – a correlation that could herald a global recession