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  1. George Gibsons Marine Resort and Residences Gower Point Road Gibsons 39 waterfront condos by Klaus Fuerniss Enterprises Inc

    SUNSHINE COAST PROJECT HAS HOTEL, CONDOS, SPA JOANNE BLAINThe Vancouver Sun Project: George Gibsons Marine Resort and Residences Project location: Gower Point Road, Gibsons Project size and scope: 39 waterfront condominium homes ranging from one to three bedrooms, from 494 to 2,121 square feet Prices: Starting at $399,900 for one bedroom and $699,900 for two […]

  2. The Crossing 288 171 Street South Surrey 67 townhomes by Gramercy

    Spacious townhomes close to nature and U.S. border ? SHAWN CONNERThe Vancouver Sun Project name: The Crossing Project location: 288 171 Street, South Surrey Project size: 67 townhomes, two, three and  four bedrooms Residence size: 1,301 — 1,948 square feet Price: from $489,900 Developer: Gramercy Architectural design: Barnett Dembek Architects Interior design: The Mill Website: […]

  3. LAND CRUNCH WILL MAKE NEW MALLS A RARE SIGHT

    High prices for Metro property hurt case for such projects CHUCK CHIANGThe Vancouver Sun Tsawwassen Mills, Metro Vancouver’s huge new outlet shopping centre set to open in October, has been slowly rising from the ground just north of the ferry terminal for the last two years. The reality, said the mall’s director of development Jeff […]

  4. Metro Vancouver foreign buyer tax: New poll shows high support

    An overwhelming majority of Lower Mainland residents believe the B.C. government made the right decision imposing a 15 per cent foreign buyer tax Jeff LeeThe Vancouver Sun An overwhelming majority of Lower Mainland residents believe the B.C. government made the right decision imposing a 15 per cent foreign buyer tax, a new public opinion poll […]

  5. B.C. property law vulnerable to challenge, says prominent lawyer

    Tax on foreign homebuyers under fire Peter O’NeilThe Vancouver Sun OTTAWA — A prominent lawyer on constitutional and tax law is planning to challenge B.C.’s new tax on foreign homebuyers. “There’s a huge problem with this legislation,” Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati said Thursday. “It’s clearly offensive on its face.” Galati, a former tax specialist in the federal Department […]

  6. Foreign buyers rush to beat B.C. implementation of new tax

    Real estate levy set to kick in Tuesday sparks panicked closure Jeff LeeThe Vancouver Sun In January, Shinna Zhang and her husband moved to Metro Vancouver from London, England. They entered Canada on her husband’s work permit. Zhang, who didn’t want her husband’s name to be used because he works in Vancouver’s growing tech sector, […]

  7. Foreigners buy $885M worth of Vancouver real estate in just 5 weeks – study

    Ephraim VecinaCanadian Real Estate Wealth According to fresh data collected by the British Columbia government and released last Tuesday (July 26), foreign buyers purchased over $885 million worth of real estate in Metro Vancouver in the period covering June 10 to July 14. The amount is approximately 10 per cent of total real estate sales […]

  8. Canadian professionals? statements reflect Chinese fears over new tax

    Ephraim VecinaCanadian Real Estate Wealth In the wake of the B.C. government’s announcement of a new 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers of Canadian homes, real estate professionals have voiced vehement opposition, mirroring in many ways Chinese would-be buyers’ fears over the levy. “It’s unfair to the buyers and it’s also unfair to the […]

  9. Vancouver?s 15% foreign buyer tax: Have your say

    Justin da RosaCanadian Real Estate Wealth It may be one of the most divisive topics in recent memory and agents are, unsurprisingly, opinionated It’s about to become more expensive for foreign buyers to purchase real estate in British Columbia, following an announcement by B.C. Finance Minister Michael de Jong that purchasers of Vancouver real estate […]

  10. The domino effect of B.C.’s new foreign buyer’s tax

    Ephraim VecinaCanadian Real Estate Wealth The B.C. government’s announcement on Monday (July 25) of a new 15 per cent foreign buyer’s tax will impact not only overseas purchasers of residential real estate, but Canadian citizens as well. “The provincial government really should have looked downstream to see all the different groups that would be impacted […]