Real Estate News

Readers following national housing market news would be forgiven for being confused about what’s going on, with contradictory reports making it almost impossible to tell up from down.

Is the B.C. real estate market already showing signs of bouncing back from its government intervention-induced downturn?

Canada’s Architects Without Borders (AWB) may have already come up with solutions to help alleviate the generally poor housing conditions in Canada’s 600 Indigenous communities and reserves, the bulk of which are in B.C. and Ontario.

Exactly how much of a gap is there between median incomes earned in Metro Vancouver, and the income you’d need to buy the average priced house in the area?

As mayors and provincial leaders gather for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities summit in Whistler this week, the union is taking the opportunity to renew calls for the province to do more on real estate speculation.

The frenzied housing market of the past few years seems to have largely cooled, and now a group of property analysts are predicting it will keep doing so.

This British Properties home, completed in 2018, was listed September 5 for $16,888,000. Listing agent: Haneef Virani The week after Labour Day always brings a flurry of new listings as it’s back to business for the real estate market.

Across Canada, cities are seeing declining homeownership rates – but that’s not the case for the riverfront city of New Westminster, B.C., according to a new study.

Although a lull in home-buying is expected in August, last month showed a particularly sluggish market, as the latest Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver data reveals.

The number of new homes being built in Richmond is on the rise, while the number of existing ones being sold is declining.