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  1. Kevin O’Leary addresses ‘real estate correction’

    Other Canada’s most-celebrated and controversial investor is offering real estate buyers a word of caution – in addition to his take on market corrections. “I don’t know if it’s going to be a 30 per cent correction,” Kevin O’Leary, founder of O’Leary Financial Group and long-time Dragon, told BNN in an interview. “Maybe it just […]

  2. B.C. home prices to increase over next 2 years: RBC forecast

    Growth is expected to decelerate by the end of 2016 Emma Crawford HampelVan. Courier The price of homes in British Columbia will continue to increase over the next two years, according to an RBC forecast released August 19, but the rate of growth will slow by the end of 2016. Home sale prices across Canada […]

  3. Foreign investor debate heats up

    John TenpennyOther Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s election campaign promise to collect data on foreign ownership in the real estate market has gotten mixed reviews. Last week in Vancouver, where the average price of a detached home is over one million dollars, Harper said, “If such foreign, non-resident buyers are artificially driving up the cost of […]

  4. How Grosvenor Americas is Forging

    Other Grosvenor Americas has received unanimous rezoning approval from the District of North Vancouver for a mixed-use project in Edgemont Village, support secured largely thanks to the long-term vision put forth by the firm. Grosvenor Edgemont, rendered below, will have 82 residential units (a mix of townhomes and condos) and 62k SF of retail along […]

  5. Foreign data pledge welcomed by economists

    Steve RandallOther Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s election promise to collect and analyze data on foreign ownership of real estate has been welcomed by economists. However, they want any decisions on policies to restrict overseas investors buying Canadian property to be left until the data has been collected. Benjamin Tal, senior economist of CIBC, told the […]

  6. Strong sales in Vancouver boosted by consumer confidence

    Steve RandallOther Higher consumer confidence has pushed home sales up by 20.7 per cent in Vancouver to 10,247 in July. New figures from the British Columbia Real Estate Association show that total sales dollar volume was $6.2 billion, up 33.9 per cent from a year earlier and the average MLS price rose 11 per cent […]

  7. Elevated home sales point to strong consumer confidence

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  8. Overvaluation warning for Canada’s hottest market

    Jennifer PatersonOther Toronto has been added to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s list of the country’s riskiest housing markets, with the insurer citing a combination of price acceleration and overvaluation. “The rise in house prices have not been matched by growth in personal disposable income, giving rise to a modest risk of overvaluation,” said […]

  9. Best waterfront buys across British Columbia

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  10. Recreation developers catching wave of baby “zoomers” as Alberta retirees help drive sales at lakefront and mountain resort communities

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