Real Estate

Home sellers in Vancouver will get a boost in 2014 as the city sees an above-average increase in home prices, according to a Royal LePage forecast issued January 9.

Realtors in two northern British Columbia boomtowns are frustrated by a lack of product in the face of huge buyer demand.

In 2014, landlords in British Columbia can raise the rent by 2.2%.

Tom Durning of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre in Vancouver said he was shocked when he learned nearly two dozen residents of the Westmont Apartments in Fort St. John had been living without heat for three months as the northern B.C. deep freeze settled in, driving temperatures down to -40 C.

Amacon principal Lilliana De Cotiis oversees the hospitality division of one of Vancouver's most ambitious and successful real estate development families

Sales and prices for all classes of Vancouver real estate were up in December compared with a year ago, according to Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver statistics released January 3.

Residential property values in the Vancouver Sea-to-Sky region are generally stable, according to 2014 assessments, while homeowners in Kitimat have seen their values spike 27%.

Surrey’s population wave making ripples in neighbouring municipalities

Vancouver has Canada's highest percentage of condo owners in the country, according to CMHC data released December 18.

A modest recovery in British Columbia’s residential real estate market will continue over the next few years, according to the latest housing forecast from Central 1 Credit Union released December 18.