Real Estate
American real estate startup Zillow turned many heads on this side of the border when its Zestimate tool—which allows users to see the predicted value of homes—launched in Canada in 2018. Vancouver-based company Offerland is hoping for a similar result with its...
Life Story: After Hayden James and Josh Baker met through a mutual friend four years ago, they started working on an idea to build a Hootsuite-type social media automation business for independent professionals and entrepreneurs. Their startup was housed in...
Although Vancouver suffered rising temperatures toward the end of June, the heat wave in the local housing market has cooled off from its record-breaking performance in March and April. June residential sales in Metro Vancouver totalled 3,762, an 11.9-percent decrease...
Address: 1316 Connaught Drive Price: $17,500,000 Listing: R2571995 The skinny: Five-bedroom, eight-bathroom, 9,615-square-foot house on 19,301 square feet in Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood The bling: I wonder what an alien might think of 1316 Connaught Drive if they stumbled upon it. It was built in 2004 with the apparent thought...
Fewer immigrants managed to call B.C. their home in 2020, according to a new report. B.C.’s population growth declined by a third last year, with the province welcoming only 56,757 new residents, the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC)...
Address: 1188 West 55th Avenue Price: $29,800,000 Listing: R2554931 The skinny: Eight-bedroom, 12-bathroom, 15,371 square foot house on an acre of land in South Vancouver. The bling: I know, you looked at the price of this place and pictured Shaughnessy or Chip Wilson Way...
Address: 1883 Trimble Street, Vancouver Price: $9,280,000 Listing: R2580005 The skinny: Four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 4,302-square-foot house on 7,764 square feet in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood The bling: Ever wanted to feel like you live on a boat without, you know, actually living on a boat? Well, grab your nautical-themed...
This isn’t just any old paint job. Since rising to international fame as the voice of Generation X, Douglas Coupland has invigorated his hometown of Vancouver with public artworks ranging from the waterfront Digital Orca to Golden Tree on Southwest Marine...
Women who aspire to succeed in the real estate industry just got a helping hand from Oakwyn Realty. In this year’s instalment of its Women of Oakwyn (WOO) event, which celebrates women in the business, the Vancouver-based property brokerage raised funds...
Ryan Berlin calls himself “lead geek” at Rennie Intelligence. He doesn’t disappoint—and we mean that as a compliment. Director of intelligence and senior economist with the division of real estate marketing firm Rennie, Berlin is one of four analysts tasked with...