Frank O'Brien
Concord sweetens mix in Surrey office options
Condo developer blends high-tech workspace into residential towers as office vacancy rate falls to eight-year low
Regulatory overkill cited as housing outlook goes negative
‘Combined effect of tighter mortgage guidelines and higher interest rates has been larger than previously estimated,’ says Bank of Canada
Property taxes floor Burnaby tile maker
On January 8, less than a week after receiving the assessment notice for his 41-year-old tile manufacturing business in Burnaby, Kim Hauner called his 100 staff members together to break the bad...
‘Policy-driven’ residential slump could be short and shallow
Regulations and tougher mortgage rules trump economic fundamentals
‘Historic’ Metro Vancouver commercial real estate market needs financing fuel
Lenders hold key to outlook for 2019 and beyond
Gig economy could spawn Vancouver ‘micro-lease’ office
Hong Kong company eyes city for short-stay startups seeking temporary working spaces
Empty homes are fraction of City of Vancouver estimate: report
Vancouver claimed there were nearly 25,000 empty homes, but only 2,538 owners are subject to its empty-homes tax
Politics cited as prices of Metro rental buildings fall
Landlords fear arrival of new policy that could make it harder to raise rents
Canadians stressing out about finances: report
Canadians don’t need the federal government to provide a stress test for borrowers – many are creating their own financial stress and Vancouverites are leading the nation. The percentage of...
Landlords the winners as Metro Vancouver housing sales slump
With a near free-fall in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia housing sales will plunge 23 per cent this year, according to the BC Real Estate Association (BCREA), and the projected 2019 recovery will...