Real Estate

Part one: Metro Vancouver's home reno market is a $3.8 billion industry without a safety net. In this first part of BIV-CBC joint investigative series Renovation Reality, we look at how professionals strive to reclaim credibility in a business going rogue

Multi-family developments are driving Metro Vancouver housing starts upwards, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. numbers released September 11. Housing starts in multi-family developments rose 29% to 1,417 in August.

If sales miss target for $100 million highrise, in which City of Surrey has $13 million stake, developer will have to delay construction

Vacation property market recovers as Vancouver residential sales continue to slide

Construction in the Lower Mainland is on an upswing, according to the Vancouver Regional Construction Association. The value of building permits for the Lower Mainland and Southwest region of B.C. was $841.

Home sales in the Greater Vancouver area in August were the second lowest since 1998, according to a new Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) report.

Sales increase for B.C. lumber makers, nail producers and kitchen cabinet suppliers as U.S. housing starts hit four-year high

Brisk condo sales, leased retail revitalize Village and help city reduce Games debt

Home sales in B.C. will dip 4% to 73,400 in 2012 before rebounding 7.5% to 78,900 units in 2013, according to the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA)'s 2012 Third Quarter Housing Forecast Update released August 30.

The $1.1 billion that Vancouver rang up in building permits in the first six months of 2012 puts the city on track to have the highest total annual building permits since at least 2007.