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  1. Now there’s a kind of Dragon’s Den for real estate agents

    Listing Llama enables users to anonymously review and interview agents Steve RandallREP Home buyers and sellers in British Columbia and Alberta can now use a new free app to connect with real estate agents. Listing Llama enables users to anonymously review and interview agents using an online system. Agents can use the system to competitively […]

  2. BC home sales are “firming around long-term averages”

    Home sales in British Columbia are strengthening Steve RandallREP Home sales in British Columbia are strengthening according to the latest stats from the province’s real estate association. BCREA says that MLS sales in November rose 27.5% year-over-year to a total of 6,616 and the average price rise 5.5% to $746,939. Total dollar sales volume was […]

  3. Rental investor confidence points to rising market

    Higher rents, lower vacancies, bigger returns will continue to characterize Metro Vancouver?s multi-family rental sector into 2020 Lance Coulson Western Investor What does the future hold for the rental apartment market in 2020? We predict that certain trends from 2019 will carry through to the new year.  For the first half of 2019, multi-family sales […]

  4. BC speculation tax set to rise

    Speculation and Vacancy Tax increased to 2 percent Gerv TacadenaCanadian Real Estate Wealth British Columbia’s Speculation and Vacancy Tax will increase from 0.5% to 2% starting 31 December, according to the Ministry of Finance. The new tax rate will be applied to all foreign owners and satellite families and will be due by July next […]

  5. Vancouver firm claims a world first for real estate AI platform

    EIi Technologies uses AI to review real estate documents Steve RandallREP The use of technology to review contracts is already rising fast in the legal services industry but a Vancouver firm hopes to find traction in the real estate industry. Eli Technologies has claimed a world first with its artificial intelligence (AI) powered condo and […]

  6. Home Sales Firming Across the Province BCREA Statistics December 2019

    BCREA December 2019 Report BCREA The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 6,616 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in November, an increase of 27.5 per cent from the same month last year. The average MLS® residential price in the province was $746,939, an increase of 5.5 […]

  7. Commercial real estate activity remains below the pace of recent years

    Sales activity in the Lower Mainland?s commercial real estate market continued to decline in the third quarter REBGV Sales activity in the Lower Mainland’s commercial real estate market continued to decline in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019 compared to recent years.   There were 405 commercial real estate sales in the Lower Mainland in […]

  8. Comprehensive inventory vital for new strata corporations

    A complete building commissioning best for strata budgeting Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: I am on the first strata council of a new building in Metro Vancouver and we are having some challenges trying to determine our obligations. We have a management company that is helping us set up the operations, but we don’t have […]

  9. Natura 73 one, two and three bedroom homes at 3182 Gladwin Abbotsford by Naturbana Properties and Kerkhoff Construction

    Natura to offer parkside residency Michael BernardThe Province Bruno Jury isn’t your garden-variety developer. His mission encompasses much more than building homes to put up for sale. He says he wants create happy places where the residents not only spend more time getting to know each other, but also look outwards to making their environment […]

  10. Squamish Nation approves $3-billion housing project in Kitsilano

    Squamish Nation approves highrises Joanne Lee-YoungThe Province The Squamish Nation has approved going ahead in partnership with Westbank Development to build a $3-billion housing project with 6,000 new units in 11 towers on reserve land in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood. Khelsilem, a Squamish Nation councillor and spokesperson who goes by one name, described a vote on […]