Real Estate

Leasing agents and tenants urge Lower Mainland municipal governments to follow City of Vancouver's expedited permitting program

Calgary and Edmonton have displaced Toronto and Vancouver as top ranked Canadian real estate markets in PwC Canada’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, released November 6.

Strata corporations have a year to commission new mandatory depreciation reports

Thousands of residential units to be included in towers along key Metro thoroughfare

Housing starts in Vancouver’s census metropolitan area (CMA) are forecast to flatten in 2013 after a projected increase in 2012, according to a new Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. (CMHC) report.

B.C.’s building permits hit $1,027.1 million in September, up 55.8% from September 2011, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning. Nationally, the country’s construction intentions rose 15.

The Office of the Mayor announced yesterday that Vancouver's city council has approved a new 352-unit housing development at 955 East Hastings, with 70 units, or 20% of the entire project, being transferred to the city as social housing.

Vancouver condo price drop sparks spate of lawsuits that underscore need for developers to disclose completion dates to buyers

Home sales in B.C. are expected to fall overall this year but will see a significant increase in 2013, according to a B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA) report issued Friday.

Holborn Group signed an agreement October 25 with the City of Vancouver and the B.C. government to build a 50-unit social housing building on a 6.2-hectare Little Mountain site before Holborn gets rezoning and approval to build an estimated 1,800 market housing units.