Real Estate News

A top-producing Vancouver real estate agent, known for her luxury listings and land-assembly deals , has pledged to donate her entire commission from her $13.8 million listing to global housing charity World Housing.

It has the feel of a war bond drive from the ’40s, and in many ways the latest initiative from the Sunshine Coast Regional Economic Development Organization (SCREDO) is a direct appeal to Sunshine Coast patriotism.

Metro Vancouver home sales saw the coolest April for 17 years, with the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) admitting that “market conditions are changing.

CIBC announced Tuesday (May 1) that it would be following TD Bank and RBC’s recent moves in raising its fixed mortgage rates, with a 15 basis-point increase taking its five-year fixed rate to 5.14 per cent.

Average (but not benchmark) home prices have seen a recent decline in Metro Vancouver, the Greater Toronto Area and various other regions across Canada – a fact that is cheered by many hoping for better affordability.

More than seven in 10 Canadian first-time home buyers (71 per cent) are afraid that they’ll be hit by unanticipated costs during the process, according to a new survey by TD Bank.

Even with good intentions, appropriate funding and expedited permitting processes, there simply aren’t enough construction tradespeople to build all the homes required to meet B.C.'s housing targets, according to a group of industry experts.

A crackdown on non-payment of taxes on presale condo flips is one of three new housing measures announced by the finance minister April 24.

If living on your own island seems idyllic but a bit inconvenient, perhaps the perfect compromise would be your own peninsula, surrounded by private beaches and rocky shoreline.

Whether the region’s home prices are rising or falling is significantly to do with buyers’ spending power – more so than foreign buyers or market speculation, according to the lead data analyst for Vancouver real estate firm the Rennie Group.