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  1. Ottawa’s commercial market showing recovery

    Jamie HenryOther The commercial real estate market in Ottawa is improving, according to a new report from Colliers International. Its latest transactional report, covering Q1 2015, shows that there was a 12 per cent increase in sales volume year-over-year. Industrial assets achieved a 120 per cent rise in the number of sales and overall transactional […]

  2. MP calls for data on foreign ownership

    Jamie HenryOther Kennedy Stewart, the MP for Burnaby, has once again called for a housing study to be conducted by government agencies and for these to include data on foreign ownership. Stewart says that CMHC and Statistics Canada need to do the work as cities don’t have the time and resources to do so. Speaking […]

  3. 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 […]

  4. 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. […]

  5. 10 Signs That You Might Be A Real Estate Agent

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  6. 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 […]

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

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  8. 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 […]

  9. 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 […]

  10. 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 […]