Real Estate

Land used for commercial purposes prior to the 1972 creation of the province’s agricultural land reserve approved for development

Three associations that represented landlords in B.C. have been merged into a single organization.

The market for the biggest and best homes in Canada is improving, according to Sotheby’s latest Top Tier Real Estate Report.

A trade organization that promotes home ownership among the Asian community in North America will hold a conference in Vancouver next week.

A major impediment that threatened a lakefront development on reserve land on Osoyoos Lake has been removed, says the developer of The Cottages on Osoyoos Lake.

Mayor Gregor Robertson is selling his family home and moving west.

B.C. had the steepest drop in building permits this May, while much of the rest of the country continued an upward trend in housing construction, according to Statistics Canada.

The high-end residential real estate market in Vancouver is entering the second half of 2013 with “positive momentum,” according to Sotheby’s International Realty Canada data released this week.

Greater Vancouver home sales in June were up 11.9% compared with a year ago, according to figures published yesterday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).

Construction and architecture company Omicron Canada Inc. has acquired Vancouver’s Grant + Sinclair Architects Ltd. for an undisclosed amount, effective July 1.