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  1. Cost of living in Vancouver has surged says Mercer

    Steve RandallCanadian Real Estate Wealth Vancouver has overtaken Toronto as Canada’s most expensive city for expatriates according to an annual ranking. Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey is designed to help multinational companies and governments determine compensation allowances for their expatriate employees. Cities are ranked against New York City and costs are ranked against the US […]

  2. Trump Hotel Owner in Toronto Reaches Deal to Remove Trump Brand

    Katia Dmitrieva REP The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Toronto will no longer be branded with U.S. President Donald Trump’s name under a deal struck with the owner of the property. JCF Capital ULC, the closely held U.S. firm that owns the building in the city’s downtown business district, reached a buyout deal to […]

  3. New foreign buyer stats revealed

    Justin da RosaCanadian Real Estate Wealth Foreign buyers are showing increasing interest in the Montreal market, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The foreign buyer segment showed strong growth in 2016, which has continued into 2017, with 235 foreign buyers recorded in Montreal from January to April of this year. That represents a […]

  4. Pollster Keeps Tabs On Nation?s Mood

    JOHN MACKIEThe Vancouver Sun Angus Reid started off his professional life as a sociology professor at the University of Manitoba. But he didn’t last long. Academia was too slow for Reid, whose entrepreneurial knack and a passion for politics led him to take a leave of absence from the university to start a polling firm […]

  5. Seven Peaks 39548 Loggers Lane Squamish 70 townhomes by Polygon Seven Peaks Ltd

    Seven Peaks townhome project will be a first for Polygon in Squamish Michael BernardThe Vancouver Sun Project: Seven Peaks, Squamish Project location: 39548 Loggers Lane Project Size/Scope: 70 three-bedroom-and-flex and four-bedroom townhomes built immediately adjacent to the town’s recreational centre. Located under an hour’s drive via Sea to Sky Highway to downtown Vancouver and 45 […]

  6. BC Home Sales to Exceed 100,000 Units for Third Consecutive Year

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  7. Only strata corporation can collect penalties on recoverable costs

    Strata corporations deal with two types of debts Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: I have recently become the treasurer of our strata council. In reviewing the correspondence to collections, a number of owners have complained about the strata management company back charging them for administrative or service costs.  We have nothing in our contract with […]

  8. Platform 87 Moody Street, Port Moody 104 condos, townhouses and live-work lofts by Aragon Properties

    Community of condos, townhomes and live-work lofts uses both rustic and soft materials Mary Frances HillThe Province Platform Where: 87 Moody Street, Port Moody What: 104 homes, including condos, townhomes and live-work lofts Residence sizes and prices: studios, one, two and three bedrooms, 560 —1,612 square feet, starting at $409,900 for a junior one- bedroom, two […]

  9. Plaza of Nations site pitched as vibrant waterfront neighbourhood for Vancouver

    Plaza of Nations site gets a revamp Derrick Penner The Province A new proposal for the Plaza of Nations site on False Creek calls for development of 1,400 housing units on a 10-acre site that would link Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside to the waterfront. The residences, 20 per cent of them to be provided as […]

  10. BC sales set to exceed 100,000 again this year

    Steve RandallREP Despite a decline in home sales in British Columbia this year, total sales are still forecast to exceed 100,000 for the third consecutive year. The BC Real Estate Association is expecting 101,000 sales for 2017, down 10 per cent from the record high of 112,209 in 2016. This remains well above the 10-year […]