Real Estate

The number of homes sold across Metro Vancouver were down in July compared with a year ago, but prices still inched upward, according to British Columbia Real Estate Association data released August 14.

The number of housing starts jumped year-over-year in July with the construction of more townhomes and apartment buildings across the region, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation data released August 9.

170-acre development set to be one of largest industrial projects in Metro history

Sweet dealing A local investor is set to acquire the former Brookside Foods Ltd. plant in Abbotsford, which Hershey Co. shuttered last year as it consolidated Brookside’s production at plants in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, and Robinson, Illinois.

Oceanfront in the Gulf Islands is on the market for less than half the price of a city condo

But Airbnb says the number is less than 10% of what the study asserts

‘Legal knowledge centre’ takes down walls to promote collaboration

B.C. newspaper magnate David Black has purchased a farm on an island near Nanaimo that once hosted a 1920s-era cult. The 105-acre De Courcy Island Farm was a refuge from the world for cult-leader and alleged swindler Brother Twelve and his disciples.

Home sales across Metro Vancouver dipped in July, bringing market activity down to levels typically seen in the summer months, but the benchmark price for all property types reached a new high, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

Eight hotels are under construction and another 22 are planned across the province