Real Estate

Implementation of the City of Vancouver Building Bylaw – which will ban doorknobs and usher in some of the toughest energy requirements in Canada – has been postponed from March 2014 until July 1 2014, according to Mark Hartman, Vancouver’s green building manager.

The affordability of housing in the Vancouver area increased slightly in 2013’s fourth quarter but remains the worst of all of Canada’s major cities.

Program’s cancellation will have no major impact on local housing market: analysts

Investment in new housing construction fell in December, Statistics Canada announced February 20.

Ice rink, ferris wheel, water fountains and more listed in potential plan

The owners of Mount Washington Alpine Resort have quietly put Vancouver Island’s only commercial ski hill on the market.

High-end condominium buyers in Vancouver will soon have the opportunity to share in a new concept that delivers a house to a poverty-stricken family surviving in a third-world garbage dump for every condo bought.

A U.S. developer is aiming to attract B.C. recreational buyers into Washington state by offering waterfront cottages at a fraction of the cost on the Canadian side of the border.

A new $97 million city hall for the City of Surrey opened February 17 at noon.

Don't expect the elimination of the immigrant investor program in the latest federal budget to have much of an effect on Greater Vancouver's soaring real estate market.