1. Home
  2. News
  3. Archive
  4. 2014
  5. 10
  6. Page 1
Search Title:

  1. BC Housing Starts to Hold Steady in 2015: CMHC

    New home supply, MLS resales and prices to edge only slightly higher over the next two years as market remains balanced, according to CMHC’s 2015 BC Housing Market Outlook Joannah ConnollyOther BC housing starts are forecast to reach 28,300 homes next year and 29,000 homes in 2016, according to a report released October 30 by […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    30-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  2. What’s Right For You: Townhouse or Condo?

    For first-time buyers, a condo seems the only way to get on the property ladder – but would a townhouse be a better bet? Real estate agent Barry Magee offers advice Barry MageeOther There are so many things to factor into the equation when you are looking at buying a property. In Vancouver, the house […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    22-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  3. Coal Harbour land sale at 1250 West Hastings pushes record price

    The sale of an 8,250-square-foot (766 square metre) lot in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour for $13.1 million is considered a record price paid for a condominium … Frank O’BrienOther The sale of an 8,250-square-foot (766 square metre) lot in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour for $13.1 million is considered a record price paid for a condominium development site […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    22-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  4. Homeowners are paying down mortgages faster than thought

    Jamie HenryOther TORONTO - A new report suggests that Canadian homeowners are paying down their mortgages faster than they’re being given credit for. CIBC deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal says homeowners are taking advantage of record-low interest rates to accelerate their mortgage payments, and shorten their amortization periods. The CIBC World Markets study says that […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    16-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  5. House prices may be moderating says Royal LePage

    Jamie HenryOther The rise in house prices has begun to ease according to the latest survey from Royal Le Page. The figures show that house prices increased year-over-year up to the third quarter of this year. Condos were at the bottom end of the scale up 4.4 per cent to an average $257,377; standard two-storey […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    16-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  6. September sales slowdown; the year’s first decline

    Jamie HenryOther Despite a positive year-over-year result, national home sales were down in September; the first monthly decline since January. New figures from the Canadian Real Estate Board show that nationally in September there was a drop of 1.4 per cent from the previous month. There were declines in 60 per cent of markets led […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    16-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  7. Scotiabank’s Porter Calls Canada Bubble Fears Overblown

    Greg QuinnOther Canadian concerns about a housing bubble are overblown in a country where credit growth is modest and the job market is stable, says Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Executive Officer Brian Porter. “Bubble is perhaps the most overused word since the global financial crisis,” Porter said in an interview yesterday in Washington, referring […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    10-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  8. Vancouver’s real estate boom: The rising price of ‘heaven’

    Iain Marlow And Brent Jang Other Qiqi Hong walks past her sleek, blue-tiled hot tub and an infinity pool that seems to disappear like a waterfall into the chilly air above West Vancouver. She leans on the patio railing and breathes in the majestic ocean view that takes in the towering Douglas firs of Stanley […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    09-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  9. The Walks at 12091 70th Avenue – townhouses by Scott Hill Developments

    Other Download Document

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    09-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

  10. Anatomy of a deal: the sale of Vancouver’s Olympic Village

    Tallying the winners and losers of Vancouver’s Olympic Village deal Jen St. Denis and Frank O

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    08-10-2014
    Real Estate Related

Archives

Categories

Others