Real Estate

Eight of the top 100 neighbourhoods set to lead growth in Canada are in British Columbia, according to a September 26 RE/MAX Network and Verico Financial Group report.

A Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) grocery store will occupy the entire retail premises at the upcoming Arbutus Ridge development, the developer – Cressey Development Group – announced September 25.

Developers of the future Trump International Hotel and Tower on Georgia Street are enticing buyers by dangling innovative perks such as trips in private jets and access to chauffeured Rolls-Royce vehicles.

Residential housing sales in B.C. were up 28.6% in August, compared with the same period last year, the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reported this morning.

Metro Vancouver's population growth is outpacing new housing starts, according to a new Urban Development Institute (UDI) quarterly State of the Market report.

New housing prices increased by 1.9% nationwide in July compared with the previous year, while Vancouver and Victoria were the only two cities in the country where prices dropped, according to Statistics Canada data released September 12.

A near-record number of transactions helped propel B.C. commercial real estate in 2013’s first half, according to an Avison Young report released September 11.

Vancouver’s Westport Innovations (TSX:WPT) will become the anchor tenant at the Marine Gateway development on Cambie and Marine Drive, developer PCI Developments Corp. and Mayor Gregor Robertson announced in a joint statement September 10.

Growers increasingly concerned that unchecked condo expansion and other residential growth in the region threaten to displace valuable crop land

Housing starts in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area were trending at a higher level in August compared with July, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) data released September 10.