Real Estate

A widely followed index from the B.C. Real Estate Association is signaling a potential slowdown in the commercial real estate sector for the first time in a year.

Metro Vancouver’s industrial real estate market, which has been fueled by widespread speculation over the past year, has apparently hit the pause button.

The historic Hotel Vancouver is putting up a for sale sign after Quebec’s public pension fund, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, announced it was selling off the luxury building along with Toronto’s Royal York.

The next two Station Square highrises are set to join Burnaby’s skyline.

Not surprisingly, British Columbia led Canada in home value in 2011 — and the value of housing in Vancouver was the highest of any Canadian city.

Rising real estate prices in Vancouver are helping to increase market confidence, but are leading to housing becoming even less affordable, RBC announced May 27.

Demand for housing in British Columbia is expected to increase this year and next, driven by employment growth and an increasing population, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

Vancouver-based BigSteelBox Structures unveiled what they are calling “the world’s most luxurious workcamps” at a liquefied natural gas conference in Vancouver this week.

Coquitlam, one of the three Canadian cities involved in an insurance-industry backed pilot program to access threats of climate change, has ruled that new developments on the Fraser River must be set further and higher back from the water.

Seasonal strip suffers as downtown core shifts east and landlords stay firm on lease rates