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  1. Vancouver and BC New Home Prices Continue Decline: StatCan

    Joannah ConnollyOther Despite the seemingly unstoppable rise in resale house prices in Metro Vancouver, the price of a newly built home in the city continued to drop in January this year, according to Statistics Canada figures released March 12. New homes in the area fell 0.1 per cent compared with December 2014 and 0.6 per […]

  2. Why the North Shore is Heating Up

    BisnowOther Commercial real estate deals on the North Shore generated $173M last year, the second-highest dollar volume on record, with just three transactions surpassing $10M. There’s “virtually no land available” for commercial projects, says Terry, so builders are forced to assemble sites for redevelopment. Onni Group pieced together land for CentreView, North Vancouver’s largest mixed-use development. […]

  3. 10 Signs That You Might Be A Real Estate Agent

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  4. Building permits value up 11.6 per cent in March

    Jamie HenryOther There was an 11.6 per cent increase in the value of building permits in March compared to the month before. New data from StatsCan shows that the total value of permits increased to $6.9 billion, the first increase in three months. British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Saskatchewan registered noticeable advances in the non-residential […]

  5. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Stats for April 2015

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  6. Vancouver’s Residential Construction Permits Up 97% in March: StatCan

    Joannah ConnollyOther The value of Vancouver’s residential building permits in March was nearly double that of the same month last year, according to Statistics Canada data released May 7. Residential permits in the city totalled $979 million in March, up 97.2 per cent compared with March 2014, and a rise of 52.1 per cent compared […]

  7. Canadian Building Permits rose 12 per cent

    Other The total value of Canadian building permits rose close to 12 per cent on a monthly basis in March, led by higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in BC and Alberta as well as higher permits for multi-family dwellings in BC and Ontario.  The value of building permits issued in BC rose for […]

  8. Vancouver needs to get tough on house prices says professor

    Jamie HenryOther An academic says that there needs to be tougher regulation on housing in Vancouver to curb rising prices. Professor David Ley of the University of B.C. says that Vancouver is “out of phase” with other large cities around the world that are subject to high levels of foreign investment. The Vancouver Sun highlights […]

  9. Ontario housing market 25% overvalued

    Jennifer PatersonOther It’s been said before, but it seems the chorus is contagious – yet another report is calling the Ontario housing market overvalued. The Fitch Ratings report argues the province’s home prices are approximately 25 per cent overvalued, following an analysis between home prices and fundamental economic factors such as income, unemployment and mortgage […]

  10. Vancouver housing activist slams condo project at 1171 Jervis for having one entrance for the condo owners and one entrance for the Social Housing Unit renters #LesTwarog

    Naoibh O’ConnorVan. Courier A May 4th tweet under the @CityHallWchVan handle created a firestorm this week by calling attention to a new West End condominium project that features a separate door for the social housing units — a so-called “poor door.” Later that day, the Development Permit Board approved the 19-storey condominium project at 1177 […]