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'China's Amazon' to start selling Canadian real estate

'China's Amazon' to start selling Canadian real estate

Chinese consumers can now buy Canadian homes online through a deal inked with Juwai.com, China’s largest real estate website selling international properties, and JD.com, which is China’s largest retailer, both online and offline.

BC home buyer confidence damaged by new tax measures, says poll

If one goal of the B.C. government’s new housing taxation policies was to cool home sales in the province, it has likely succeeded, if the results of a new poll of real estate agents are anything to go by.
'Apoplectic' over speculation tax, Bowen Island now relieved it's exempt

'Apoplectic' over speculation tax, Bowen Island now relieved it's exempt

“Just the impact was going to be so profound, so devastating," says island mayor
Family constructs dream home

Family constructs dream home

Current builders offer advice to residents planning to create their own future abode
Sunshine Coast needs foreign buyers tax, says MLA

Sunshine Coast needs foreign buyers tax, says MLA

People may be divided on whether the foreign buyers tax will help or hinder housing affordability, but Nicholas Simons, MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast, still wants it extended to the Sunshine Coast.
Province announces tipline to report real estate misconduct

Province announces tipline to report real estate misconduct

There is now a way for the public to report shady real estate deals. The Real Estate Council of British Columbia Thursday announced the launch of an anonymous tipline “to enhance consume protection in British Columbia’s real estate market.
City of Powell River council approves major condo complex

City of Powell River council approves major condo complex

Developer suggests market demand can support more similar developments
Builders add carriage house to construction plan

Builders add carriage house to construction plan

Powell River homeowners utilize new bylaw to create rental unit in Cranberry
Starium continues with plans for development

Starium continues with plans for development

Owner Shih-tao Lu moves forward with multiple projects and proposals
Nootka Street proponents await legal opinion

Nootka Street proponents await legal opinion

Regional district investigates land-density bylaw to determine building project legality