Landlords are up in arms after a Tribunal ordered a Toronto landlord to pay a young woman for denying her an apartment because she was under-18. Grainne BurnsOther Investors have been warned again about the implications of age discrimination in light of a ruling in favour of a then underage tenant. The Ontario Human Rights […]
Iain MarlowOther One of the largest real estate companies in British Columbia says that more than one-third of all the single-family detached homes it sold last year went to people with ties to mainland China. Macdonald Realty Ltd., which has over 1,000 agents and staff in B.C., said 33.5 per cent of the 531 single […]
Justin da RosaOther One reader believes variable rate mortgages will continue to be the best option for clients going forward, following one big banks market forecast for 2015. “I think this forecast means that prime rate will remain low just that much longer as it is the only interest rate that the Bank of Canada […]
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CANY alleges city, developer kept details secret Bob MackinVan. Courier A citizens’ group battling to stop a tower from rising above Emery Barnes Park goes to B.C. Supreme Court on Aug. 25. Community Association of New Yaletown wants a judge to overturn a rezoning and land swap deal that it says were cloaked in secrecy […]
Jon MacCallOther “Can I add you to my email list?” Are these words part of your client cultivation vocabulary yet? They should be. Now that the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is law, sales reps, as users of electronic marketing tools, need to be aware of some Dos and Don’ts. As an earlier REM article pointed out, […]
Mount Pleasant group seeks to defeat Rize development in court Naoibh O’Connor Van. Courier The Mount Pleasant Residents’ Association has filed a court petition against the City of Vancouver in a bid to quash the development and building permit granted to Rize Alliance properties July 14 for its Rize tower project, which it’s christened The […]
This one’s big KERRY GOLDOther Construction on Vancouver House will begin in the next four months and as it goes up, so, too, will the city’s cachet as one of those places worthy of world-class architecture. We’ve all seen the renderings of the tower that appears to twist, and few dispute that Vancouver House is […]
Joannah ConnollyOther British Columbia’s housing market is not likely to see the same “soft landing” in 2014 and 2015 as the nation as a whole, according to the latest forecasts in the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Third Quarter Housing Market Outlook British Columbia Highlights. Housing starts in the province are expected to remain […]
New survey of condo market sure to be criticized for leaving out more than it includes Susan PiggOther Canada’s federal housing agency has tried – yet again – to pull back the curtain on Toronto’s and Vancouver’s condo market and says a new survey of condo owners shows just 17.1 per cent are investors and […]