Real Estate

Fire sales Wildfires in the Okanagan haven’t hurt real estate sales on the benches above the valley’s shimmering lakes, with July ranking as the second-busiest month in the past 35 years.

It may be a long, long wait for any potential first-time homebuyers hoping for Metro Vancouver’s housing bubble to burst before making a down payment.

This is due to turnover rates as figures are based on landlord-reported amounts for all units – not just new ones

Higher household net worth pushed Toronto neighbourhoods further up the list compiled by Canadian Business Magazine

Development plan includes retail and residential

Investors on track to spend a record $1 billion for Metro rental buildings this year

First Nations banking on better bang for band land buck than industrial use

Checking out Nanaimo’s hopes for a hotel adjacent to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre have again collapsed with SSS Manhao International Tourism Group’s withdrawal. SSS Manhao, a subsidiary of China’s Suzhou Youth Travel Services Co. Ltd.

A slew of housing data this week points to persistent strength in B.C.’s housing market as low interest rates, population gains and modest economic growth continued to drive elevated activity in July.

Many Vancouver homeowners are dealing with the city’s notoriously high cost of living by...