Real Estate

If you’re in the market to buy a detached home in Greater Vancouver, you’ll likely have a lot more luck than if you’re looking for a condo, according to the latest home sales statistics.

Former Vancouver City Councillor turned blogger (and Fellow with the SFU Centre for Dialogue) Gordon Price shared an interesting fact this week: Berlin has banned short term rentals, and they’re not messing around.

Taxing real estate speculators, creating more diverse housing supply, accelerating construction of rental homes and adopting alternate routes into homeownership are just some of the 32 recommendations issued by Union of B.C.

City of North Vancouver council voted to move ahead with a density-doubling development on Chesterfield Avenue last week, after the project won support from two tenants of the building set to be demolished.

If you’ve ever dreamed of living in a contemporary, Modernist home, now’s your chance – if you have $13.8 million in your budget.

The organizations responsible for what was an aging seniors’ rental complex in Renfrew-Collingwood have leveraged the land’s value to get the building replaced at no cost, and no risk, as part of a larger mixed-use development.

A Vancouver development company that was forced to cancel a Cambie Street project last fall – because it never received final permits – will be hoping for more success with a 22-storey tower proposed for Vancouver’s West End.

Real estate money may help thaw frozen plans for major Metro Vancouver transit projects

A new document “ Seeking Bold Action: Housing Priorities for Budget 2018 ,” with tough recommendations for changes to housing policy ahead of February's BC Budget, was released January 31 by the Green Party.

Q&A with Wonderwall Inc.’s Masamichi Katayama