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  1. Vancouver Will See Canada?s Steepest House Price Rises Again in 2016: RE/MAX

    Demand showing no signs of waning, although price rise in metropolitan area will be slower than the 17 per cent seen in 2015, predicts brokerage Joannah ConnollyOther With home prices in Greater Vancouver up more than 17 per cent year over year and demand showing no signs of waning, average local house prices will rise […]

  2. The High Demand for Townhomes

    Other Courting townhomes Mosaic Avenue Realty Ltd. has picked up a 7.1-acre development site in the Baycrest area of Burke Mountain in Coquitlam from Harwood Group for $15.3 million. Mosaic must rezone the site prior to starting construction, but Coquitlam planning documents allow approximately 115 townhomes on the site, making it a rare opportunity for […]

  3. Vancouver’s affordability crisis only getting worse

    Allen GarrVan. Courier Housing affordability, which started as an “issue” before becoming a “problem” and finally a “crisis,” shows every sign of simply getting worse. And it doesn’t really matter whether you want to own or rent. In a real estate market that is both globally desirable and significantly constrained in terms of available product […]

  4. Early Warnings Issued Over High-Growth Property Assessments: BC Assessment

    Property assessment agency sends out early letters to owners of properties that are seeing far-above-average increases for 2016 Joannah ConnollyOther Owners of homes that saw a significant increase in value up in the first half of 2015 will receive early warning letters about their 2016 assessments ahead of the usual January notices, BC Assessment announced […]

  5. Toronto sales set new record up 14 per cent in November from a year ago

    Steve RandallOther Sales in the Greater Toronto Area were 14 per cent higher in November 2015 compared to a year earlier. The Toronto Real Estate Board says that the 7,385 sales through its MLS was a new record for the month. For the first 11 months of the year there were 96,401 sales, which is […]

  6. Foreign investor stats revealed

    CREOther Foreign owners made up a bigger share of the condominium markets in Toronto and Vancouver over the last year, according to the nation’s housing agency. Foreign owners of condos comprised 3.5 percent of the market in Vancouver and 3.3 percent in Toronto, according to a report from Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp. which surveyed […]