Real Estate

Number of concrete condos complete and unsold or available for presale quadruples in a year, finds quarterly report

The province’s new speculation and vacancy tax declaration could provide a pathway to taxing condos being used as Airbnbs as commercial operations, says Victoria Coun. Geoff Young. But it doesn’t appear the province is prepared to go down that road.

Renter-density data shows why redeveloping Metrotown is a bad idea, according to Jens von Bergmann

Landlord’s market B.C.’s major cities are seeing strong demand for industrial space, a fact underscored by the recent CBRE Ltd. market survey that claims “Vancouver’s industrial hub is leading the world in rental rate growth.

Rising costs, retail slump cloud sector posting Canada’s highest lease rates and sale prices

Major Canadian cities may be struggling with affordability issues, but the rate of homeownership is among the highest in the world, according to a recent report by RBC.

A total of 1,484 home sales took place across the Metro Vancouver region in February, which is down 32.8% year-over-year and is 42.

A bylaw that would see four properties restricted as rental only has not gone ahead

College classrooms, a library and administrative offices may soon move into the space Best Buy used to occupy in Burnaby’s Metrotown area.

Two major projects that would add another 5,000 residents to Port Coquitlam’s borders were pitched by developers this week. Tuesday, at the city’s committee of council, Marwest Development Corp.