Real Estate
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Developers caught in crossfire when cities overrule study findings
Environmental rules frustrate builders
B.C.’s largest property managers losing capacity
Average amount of property managed by the top 20 has dropped 3.4% since 2016
Surrey accountant banned by financial regulator for part in condo scheme
Licensed accountant Vasant Pragjibhai Patel now permanently prohibited from conducting securities related business in any capacity with a mutual fund dealer
Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley housing sales nudge upward as prices hold steady
Home sales remain down by more than 40% compared with May 2019
West Van condo tower sees fast sales during pandemic
Luxury project has pre-sold 54 condos in the last month, including a $6 million penthouse
Realtors not buying CMHC’s 'nightmare' scenario
Federal housing agency forecasts sales will fall up to 29 per cent, home prices will drop 18 per cent and national housing starts could crater by 70 per cent this year. Industry experts beg to differ
KingSett partners on Richmond industrial site
Acquisition with PC Urban Properties an indication of institutional investors piling into Metro Vancouver real estate
B.C. home sales suffer steep drop in April
Not surprisingly, housing activity fell sharply across the province in April. Demand was constrained by lower consumer confidence amid a plunge in the employment and increased economic uncertainty,...
Vancouver poised to allow 12-storey ‘mass timber’ residential, commercial buildings
A total of 13 B.C. municipalities, including Richmond, Surrey and the City of North Vancouver, have already opted in to provincial building code regulations that allow taller mass timber...
Construction costs throw wrench in Surrey’s YMCA facility
City’s growing downtown precinct dealt significant blow as recreation facility cancelled due to $35 million funding gap