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Inter-provincial migration driving Vancouver home prices up: Royal LePage

Inter-provincial migration driving Vancouver home prices up: Royal LePage

As the economy of resource-dependent Alberta flounders, more and more workers are...
Pre-planning can limit tax bite from sale of a private company

Pre-planning can limit tax bite from sale of a private company

The sale of a privately held company can result in a sizable amount of tax. The greater the growth, the more significant the pain from a tax perspective, as the government takes a larger cut of the purchase price.
Industrial uses shift east as Metro Vancouver region gentrifies

Industrial uses shift east as Metro Vancouver region gentrifies

Fringe uses Spring has long been a time for pilgrimages, at least as far back as Chaucer’s day, so a recent weekend found this columnist hiking east up the North Arm of the Fraser River in pursuit of Vancouver real estate’s holy grail: industrial lan
Profile: Charles Wiebe, president, Fraser Valley Real Estate Board

Profile: Charles Wiebe, president, Fraser Valley Real Estate Board

Part-time actor plays a full-time leadership role with the FVREB
New record for Metro Vancouver home sales in March: REBGV

New record for Metro Vancouver home sales in March: REBGV

The seller’s market continued as the number of sales topped 5,000 units in the month
Major acquisitions drive consolidation in fragmented seniors’ care sector

Major acquisitions drive consolidation in fragmented seniors’ care sector

Amica's sale to BayBridge highlights new money in older demographic
Victoria-area houses shipped to U.S. to provide affordable housing

Victoria-area houses shipped to U.S. to provide affordable housing

Five older houses from Oak Bay on Vancouver Island are heading to...
Airbnb incursion creating more sharing-economy complications

Airbnb incursion creating more sharing-economy complications

The term “sharing economy” is a wonderful, warm-the-heart euphemism, isn’t it? Can’t possibly be a problem in using technology and business savvy to help each other find convenient, collaborative consumption, right? In Vancouver’s case, though, a cer
Record investments underscore outside participation in local real estate deals

Record investments underscore outside participation in local real estate deals

Billions for buildings All the major sources agree that 2015 was a blockbuster year for real estate deals in B.C., led by strong demand for Metro Vancouver real estate.
Study reveals foreign real estate investors profile (with infographic)

Study reveals foreign real estate investors profile (with infographic)

Most likely to be private investors; nearly half the money now coming from the U.S.