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Living's easy in central Brentwood

August 31st, 2009

New Memento development offers affordable homeas in a great aslocation

Memento's great location provides easy access to SkyTrain, the Lougheed Highway, TransCanada Highway, Brentwood Mall and local schools.

Memento's great location provides easy access to SkyTrain ...

Future homebuyers will pay significantly more tax under HST

August 31st, 2009

Four levels of government have their hand in the buyer's wallet and the take is going to get larger next year unless something is done

French economist Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) opined that "the art of taxation consis ...

High hopes for B.C. housing market upswing in 2010

August 28th, 2009

Uptick in sales is 'brightest light' in otherwise dismal economic picture

A better housing sales season is a bright spot in a gloomy economy, says the B.C. Real Estate Association's forecast for 2010.

A better housing sales season is a bright spot in a gloomy ...

B.C. real estate sales should continue to rise: economist

August 28th, 2009

Prices will remain below 2008 levels before edging up in 2010

Spurred by record-low mortgage rates, provincial real estate sales should continue to rise through the remainder of 2009 from last year's market fall ...

Worst of housing downturn behind us: National Bank

August 28th, 2009

Metro Vancouver saw house prices tick higher in June after 11 straight months of decline on one bank's index measure of property values.

With three other major cities on the index measure also ...

BC Home Sales Brightest Light in Economy

August 27th, 2009


BCREA Forecast Update - Third Quarter 2009

Vancouver, BC - August 27, 2009. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its Forecast Update for the third quarter of 2009 today.

BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales are forecast to climb 15 per cent from 68,923 units in 2008 to 79,400 units this year, just below the ten-year average of 82,800 units. Reside ...

New Site For Consumers and REALTORS® to Voice Concern About HST

August 25th, 2009

Vancouver, BC - August 24, 2009. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) today launched a new section of its website to provide the public and REALTORS® with information about the impact of the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and an opportunity to voice their concerns about the tax. This new resource, which can be found at www.bcrea.bc.ca/hst/hstaction.htm, encourages conc ...

Latest condos offer stunning design

August 24th, 2009

gateway north shore: Reclaimed Stanley Park trees used in ceiling

The kitchen features glossy two-tone cabinets in white and charcoal at the Gateway North Shore condo development, opposite Capilano Mall in North Vancouver.

The kitchen features glossy two-tone cabinets in white and cha ...

Fairmont hotels get into green programs

August 24th, 2009

The Waterfront, among other hotels in the chain, is into beekeeping in a big way and is earning a sweet reward for its efforts

Like a passionate wine maker describing the bouquet of his latest cabernet, Graeme ...

Condos with windows on four sides

August 24th, 2009

The Kettle Creek development near Victoria features detached homes at relatively low prices

KETTLE CREEK STATION

Project location: Langford

Project size: 49 homes now selling, up to 600 eventually

T ...

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