Real Estate News

Almost 16,000 people left the U.S. tech hub because of affordability challenges, report says

Foreign money “distorting” the country’s biggest housing markets is bad for Canada, RBC’s CEO warned Tuesday.

West Vancouver council is considering mandatory minimum amounts of trees that must be present on single-family lots.

Real estate, construction and related financial and insurance industries are together responsible for more than 20 per cent of Canada’s GDP in 2017, according to a quarterly report released by Statistics Canada March 2. Here in B.C.

This waterfront home in West Vancouver’s Altamont neighbourhood has 80 feet of waterfront, with a saltwater pool and hot tub just steps from its own private, sandy beach – and was the highest-priced new Lower Mainland listing of last week, February 1

In a month that usually starts picking up in terms of sales activity ahead of the spring market, detached home sales in Metro Vancouver saw a considerable slump in February, according to the latest statistics. Detached sales were down 39.

Fate of application for 2601 Lonsdale Ave. awaits full council vote

Properties with four or more rental units will be exempt from the new school tax announced in B.C. Budget 2018

More than 80 per cent of British Columbians agree that the new speculation tax and the expanded foreign buyer tax are “good” or “very good” moves by the NDP, according to a new poll.

Banks and other mortgage lenders are key players in the high price of Metro Vancouver and B.C. real estate, according to a study by the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU).