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Category: Real Estate News

Ever Wonder if You Can Afford Waterfront in Vancouver or Vancouver Island?

When investing in real estate, the basics are still true – location, location, location. You can change the look and feel of a real estate investment property, but you can’t change the location…and waterfront is the best location of all. Another thing we’ve learned through our years of experience in real estate is that it’s […]

Bank Of Canada Lowers its Target Rate

Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement – July 15, 2015 The Bank of Canada announced this morning that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.5 per cent. In the press release accompanying the decision, the Bank emphasized that while this additional stimulus is required to help return […]

Building a Coach House in Vancouver

We were privileged to interview master builder, Sherman Peng of URBANSCAPE PROJECT LTD, who shared his insights and walked us through a recent coach house project on the Vancouver Westside. This brief video shows how he converts a garage into a 1 bedroom and den, 700 SF, 2 level coach house on a 33 ft […]

Market Implications of Foreign Buyers

Recent news stories have focused on the foreign buyer segment of the market, concluding that foreign investors are unduly inflating home values and driving potential domestic buyers out of the housing market, especially those looking to purchase their first home. However, there are data and analyses from a number of sources that point to foreign investment […]

Zoocasa Shuts Down Home Seller & Buyer Referral Program

A shockwave went through the real estate industry last week when Zoocasa suddenly announced that it’s going out of business, ending its popular real estate referral program for its customers, including Vancouver home seller and buyers. See Zoocasa’s shutdown notice at www.zoocasa.com. Zoocasa was launched by Rogers Communications as a real estate referral service that […]

Commercial Real Estate Market Most Active 1st Quarter in 5 Years

Land sales drive commercial real estate activity in the first quarter An increase in raw land sales helped boost commercial real estate totals across the Lower Mainland in the first quarter of 2015, according to data from Commercial Edge, a commercial real estate system operated by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). The […]

BC Home Sales Hit 8 Year High for May

BC Home Sales Continue at Brisk Pace Vancouver, BC – June 15, 2015. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 10,174 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in May, up 16.6 per cent from the same month last year. Total sales dollar volume was $6.4 […]

BC Housing Demand Forecast to be Strongest Since 2007

BCREA 2015 Second Quarter Housing Forecast Vancouver, BC – June 1, 2015. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2015 Second Quarter Housing Forecast today. “More robust economic growth, strong consumer confidence and rock-bottom mortgage interest rates are expected to push housing demand this year to its highest level since 2007,” said Cameron […]

BCREA Commercial Leading Indicator Continues to Rise

Vancouver, BC – May 28, 2015.  In the first quarter of 2015, the BCREA Commercial Leading Indicator (CLI) rose 1.1 index points to 120.9, the fourth consecutive quarterly increase. The continued positive trend in the CLI is a strong indicator of future growth in the commercial real estate market. “The BC economy is positioned to […]

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