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Many Metro Vancouverites describe real estate sector as corrupt: poll

Many Metro Vancouverites describe real estate sector as corrupt: poll

New survey found Metro Vancouver residents much more likely to feel this way than other Western Canadian respondents
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North Van District reverses decision, rejects Edgemont Village development

North Van District reverses decision, rejects Edgemont Village development

New council reverses predecessors' vote, saying $1.5M asking price for townhouses too high for those in need; developer left dismayed
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B.C. home sales, average prices drop in November: BCREA

B.C. home sales, average prices drop in November: BCREA

Buyers “continue to struggle” with mortgage stress test, but one B.C. region bucks provincial trends
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Canada’s priciest condo relisted – at $8M off original price (PHOTOS)

Canada’s priciest condo relisted – at $8M off original price (PHOTOS)

Two-storey penthouse atop Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour hasn’t sold since January, and is reduced to $29.9 million
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Metro Vancouver homeowners cash in and move out

Metro Vancouver homeowners cash in and move out

Homeowners using equity to start next chapter elsewhere in B.C.
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No increase in 2019 for new fixed-rate mortgages: BCREA forecast

No increase in 2019 for new fixed-rate mortgages: BCREA forecast

With a recent decline in bond yields, lenders have pushed interest rates as high as they will go for a year, predicts association
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Five-tower mega-project eyed for Burnaby border next to Koreatown

Five-tower mega-project eyed for Burnaby border next to Koreatown

A five-tower development proposed for Burnaby’s border on the site of the former Best Western hotel on North Road has cleared its first bureaucratic hurdle. Following a public hearing on Dec.
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B.C.’s Rental Housing Task Force wants to stop renovictions but rejects vacancy control

B.C.’s Rental Housing Task Force wants to stop renovictions but rejects vacancy control

The B.C. government’s Rental Housing Task Force is recommending changes to the Rental Tenancy Act to stop renovictions, but it’s rejected the idea of vacancy control — an idea renters favoured and landlords opposed.
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Canadian confidence in housing market running low: poll

Even though owning a home is still widely seen as an important life milestone, most people – even homeowners – don’t feel confident in today's real estate market
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Huawei executive arrest could impact Vancouver real estate prices: Barron's

Huawei executive arrest could impact Vancouver real estate prices: Barron's

Influential business journal suggests that arrest could chill Chinese migration
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