Real Estate News

Vancouver, one of the hottest housing markets in North America, is getting a little tougher for wealthy Chinese buyers.

Urban Development Institute argues budget doesn’t address real problem

B.C.'s new package of tough measures takes aim at tax evaders who stash money in real estate, hide their ownership and speculate in the increasingly pricey market.

Real estate markets across the province saw a slower January, compared with the unusual pre-stress-test rush of buyers in December – but the home sales total was still much higher than this time last year, according to statistics released February 15

The link between property and transport has been perhaps the most durable in human history. Since the ancients, few things have delivered higher land values with more certainty than advances in transport, from roads to canals, railways to highways.

The only thing that might be colder than Toronto in January is the city's housing market.

In advance of new housing regulations due to take effect in March, local real estate agents are blasting new provincial regulations that ban limited dual agency. The regulations, part of several new rules established by the B.C.

The alleged actions of a McBride real estate agent are at the centre of a conflict between B.C.'s superintendent of real estate and the industry council he was appointed to oversee. Michael Noseworthy filed a petition in B.C.

The city's real estate market enjoyed a rebound over the past year.

Prospective home buyers have a new hurdle to clear in the form of a "stress test" for uninsured mortgages but a local mortgage broker is predicting it will only slow the sales of higher-end homes.