Real Estate News

Although residential real estate is seeing a stronger resurgence of activity in Greater Vancouver, the sales uptick is being seen throughout the province.

International students represent a powerful economic influence in Canada, according to new data, not the least of which is seen in the real estate sector.

How does $20,000 disappear? That’s the question at the bottom of a legal battle between a New Westminster notary public and the couple whose condo sale he facilitated.

It could be out with three single-family homes and in with a four-storey, 35-unit condo building if a rezoning application for 105-125 West 49th Ave. is ultimately approved.

The owners of West Vancouver’s iconic Villa Maris – more popularly known as the Pink Palace – are looking to redevelop the building along with the Shoreland apartments on Bellevue Avenue.

Since the fortunes of the Metro Vancouver region’s housing market have reversed, so has the number of realtors, according to a new study.

A proposed five-storey mixed-used building will have an entrance on the southwest corner of the site for one of the stops on the Broadway subway extension.

Predictions that the Metro Vancouver residential real estate market is in recovery mode may be realized, as home sales in September were up a whopping 46.3 per cent from one year earlier.

Vancouver’s $1 million-plus home market is set to see a gradual recovery from this fall, according to a September 25 forecast from Sotheby’s International Realty Canada.

New owners at the commercial real estate hub in downtown Vancouver known as Bentall Centre are planning a transformative upgrade to their four office towers and underground shopping mall.