Real Estate
As the Vancouver housing market grinds to a halt, property developers are pulling back. Under the provincial Real Estate Development and Marketing Act, builders must sell about 60 percent of a project within nine months to obtain construction financing. Good...
Sizzling summer temperatures mean that well-appointed properties with great curb appeal sell quickly. Last week, a waterfront home in West Kelowna and a townhouse in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood topped the list of most expensive homes sold in the province, according...
Address: Cielo Coal Harbour, #1802, 1205 West Hastings Street, Vancouver Price: $4,450,000 Listing: R2377581 The skinny: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,300-square-foot condo in Coal Harbour The bling: This is a development called Cielo, which is Spanish for “sky.” It also comes from the root word for...
The most-expensive property sold in the province last week—in the Okanagan—went for more than $6 million after 327 days on the market. By contrast, the second-priciest, which was in Vancouver’s Kerrisdale neighbourhood, sold in four days for $3.76 million—close to...
The most-expensive property sold in B.C. last week was a new, 3,300-square-foot, custom-built home in the Main Street area of East Vancouver. Listed at $2.88-million, it went for $2.91 million, $22,000 higher than list price, after being on the market...
BCBusiness + Pavilion Cowork When you think of impressive company headquarters, the first places that come to mind might be the likes of Amazon or Microsoft . Having a beautiful home base for professional businesses isn’t only for mega corporations, however. Pavilion Cowork...
The highest-priced homes sold last week were in Kelowna and Vancouver. The Okanagan property—a four-bedroom, five-bathroom, 5,343-square-foot house on nearly 12 acres—fetched $3.44 million, nearly 95 percent of list price. With a pool, outdoor grilling station, three-car garage and secondary...
The climate has changed. In some corners, those may still be fighting words, but even if you’re not among the British Columbians who have endured extraordinary floods or fires lately, when you get your next quote on home insurance, you’re likely...
Vancouver and Victoria had the priciest residential real estate sales last week. Both Vancouver properties sold quickly: a Point Grey townhouse went for $1.7 million in a single day, while a Yaletown condo fetched its asking price of $1,271,900 in...
Last week the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board reported that sales in Metro Vancouver were almost 35 percent below the 10-year average for June and the lowest for the month in 19 years. “Carnage makes the news,” says Zolo Realty...