Real Estate

Under pain of “charges of unprofessional conduct”, architects have been told to ignore a request for bids issued by TransLink.
Sandra Wyant, a realtor for more than 20 years, says that the return to the provincial sales tax and federal goods and services tax system is good for home sellers and buyers.
John Kay, president of Affordable Sustainable Homes Idea Company, spoke to council on March 25 about ASH buildings.
One of the authors of the Canadian Mortgage Trends blog has pointed out that the federal budget has restricted the use of default insurance on low-ratio mortgages.
Housing sales have slowed significantly in Vancouver over the past year, but that hasn’t stopped rezoning applications from coming forward to City Hall.
A KPMG report promoting the construction of a subway to UBC provides some insights into potential First Nations–controlled real-estate projects on Vancouver’s West Side.
There will be a new name appearing on the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver's monthly pronouncements on th
Arno Matis Architecture has asked city hall to rezone a long-time car lot at 2290 Main Street, at the corner of East 7th Avenue, for a mixed-used building with 89 residential units.
The report notes that between 2007 and 2012, average monthly rent in the region rose from $898 to $1,047.