Vancouver Real Estate

Vancouver housing market faces biggest risk of downturn

Led by “sky-high” prices in Vancouver, housing in Canada has become less affordable for a second quarter running. The latest…

13 years ago

Metro Vancouver real estate prices up 7.5 per cent year over year: report

Benchmark home prices in Metro Vancouver have increased 7.5 per cent to $622,955 in October 2011 from $579,349 in October…

13 years ago

To buy or rent: that is the question

In a report earlier this year, Royal Bank of Canada chief economist Craig Wright suggested home ownership for a growing…

13 years ago

Fewer sales, more listings keep lid on home prices, reports say

A combination of fewer sales and more listings is putting the lid on home price increases in Metro Vancouver and…

13 years ago

The bottom line on strata fees

A reader was telling me recently about the large number of "For Sale" signs in her strata development in Maple…

13 years ago

B.C. home prices set to hit another record high

Average home prices in British Columbia are expected to surge to yet a new record high by the end of…

13 years ago

Busy August for Greater Vancouver home listings, less so for sales

It was the busiest August for home listings in Greater Vancouver in 16 years but home sales didn't follow suit,…

13 years ago

Vancouver’s pricey market ‘in dangerous territory,’ makes home ownership a dream: report

METRO VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver's lofty home prices have made it virtually impossible for a typical family to purchase a…

13 years ago

Metro Vancouver building permits leap more than 42 percent

The value of building permits isssued in Metro Vancouver jumped by more than 42 per cent from May to June,…

13 years ago

Housing bubble fears over-inflated

Vancouver's existing housing market seems to defy economic logic. The Conference Board's Metro Resale Index shows that Vancouver remains a…

13 years ago