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  1. The Ridge at Burke Mountain 1425 Strawine Hill Street Coquitlam 49 single-family homes by Foxridge Homes

    Winning appeal at Foxridge’s The Ridge at Burke Mountain Michael BernardThe Vancouver Sun Project: The Ridge at Burke Mountain Project location:  1425 Strawline Hill St., Coquitlam Project size/scope: 49 single-family homes with three or four bedrooms and total square footage from 3,400 to 3,800 square feet. Well-developed trail systems, many municipal amenities, stores and restaurants at […]

  2. Overheating, overbuilding and other housing plagues

    Justin da RosaREP Canada Mortgage and Housing offers a cross-Canada analysis of the country’s housing markets Overall, CMHC rates Canada’s housing market as showing “strong evidence of problematic conditions” due, in large part, to strong evidence of overvaluation at the national level. However, all local markets are unique; so we’ve broken down the ratings highlights […]

  3. Gramercy’s The Crossing takes a tranquil, wooded setting

    TOWNHOME RESIDENTS WILL BE SET BACK FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE, BUT CLOSE TO SHOPS AND SERVICES The Province The homes will range to almost 2,000 square feet and have impressive finishes, inside and out. SUPPLIED Situated beside the Peace Arch border crossing, but hidden from Highway 99 by dense woods and a sprawling golf […]

  4. Parc East residents will enjoy the best of urban and rural living

    ALTAS DEVELOPMENTS? PORT COQUITLAM CONDOS SET FOR SALES LAUNCH ROBIN BRUNETThe Province If location is everything, then what could be better than being in the big city on the edge of wilderness, as is the case with Parc East by Altas Developments? But offering the best of both worlds is only the beginning of the […]

  5. Different definitions apply to majority votes

    Read your bylaws, as rules for strata may vary by situation Tony GioventuThe Vancouver Sun Dear Tony: At our first council meeting since the AGM, we spent two hours arguing about how strata councils make decisions at council meetings. We think the problem is the way the act was written, as it has two separate […]

  6. 1335 Howe 120 homes in a 40-storey tower at 1335 Howe Street by Onni Group

    Visitors impressed with Onni?s 1335 Howe Mary Frances HillThe Province 1335 Howe Where: 1335 Howe Street, Vancouver What: 120 homes in a 40-storey tower, with only four homes per floor (one at each corner), with retail and amenities on the lower floors Residence sizes and prices: 1,090 — 6,055 square feet, priced from $1.7 million […]

  7. CMHC red flag remains but there is improvement

    Steve RandallREP The CMHC’s early-warning system of problems in Canada’s housing markets continues to show “strong evidence of problematic conditions” but there is some improvement. The agency has published its latest Housing Market Assessment and while the ‘red flag’ for market imbalances remains, the footprint of the potential issues has narrowed. CMHC says that 6 […]

  8. Highlights from the Spring Market Trends report

    Justin da RosaREP 5 things agents across the country need to know. Move over buyers forced out of major markets Buyers in and around the country’s hottest markets – Toronto and Vancouver – are being forced out of those major cities in search of affordable housing. “These buyers, known as move-over buyers, are looking for […]

  9. Ontario will impose foreign buyer tax and rent control as part of 16-point Fair Housing Plan

    other On Thursday, April 20, Kathleen Wynne introduced Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan, a set of measures that will tax foreign buyers, and establish more regulations for speculators entering the Toronto real estate market. Many owners and renters in the city are feeling the pinch as housing costs increase exorbitantly and rents rise faster than wages. […]

  10. Victoria could be next with foreign buyer tax

    Steve RandallCanadian Real Estate Wealth Real estate speculators are in the sights of city officials in Victoria who have asked the BC government to allow them to tax some foreign buyers. The measure that was implemented in Vancouver last year appears to have accelerated price increases in Victoria, which gained more than 15 per cent […]