Real Estate

The B.C. Ministry of Housing of Municipal Affairs has backed down on a controversial amendment to the Residential Tenancy Act regarding fixed-term rentals. The amended Act came into effect May 17.

A widely quoted national report claiming British Columbia’s recreational real estate market will see the biggest price slump east of the Atlantic is challenged by local realtors and the latest sales statistics.

But overall trend remains positive, according to the association’s lead indicators

Trade-off B.C.

"Anyone ... claiming it is a big deal or not a big deal, is stating an opinion [because] we do not currently have the data to answer that question," analyst says

New Coast Realty in trouble once more with the Real Estate Council of BC

The federal government is taking Wall Centre (Point Grey) Developments and Intergulf Development (QE Park) Corp. to court for information on pre-sale buyers who flipped their contracts prior to completion of construction.

The efforts of various governments to control the rise in housing prices by reducing demand through tax policy has been of little avail.

Mandatory EV plug-ins latest in myriad of costs borne by Vancouver new condo buyers

How high? The arguments in favour of higher mortgage rates include a couple of old chestnuts: one, that higher rates will cool house prices by making borrowing costs higher and cooling demand, and two, higher borrowing costs will encourage people to