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Everything you need to know about buying a townhouse in 2021

Everything you need to know about buying a townhouse in 2021

Townhouses have become extremely popular in real estate markets across Canada, offering homebuyers the opportunity to get more space than an apartment, with less of a hefty price tag than a detached home.
Metro Vancouver industrial vacancy rate flirting with zero

Metro Vancouver industrial vacancy rate flirting with zero

Vancouver-region industrial rate could plunge below 1 per cent for the first time this year due to demand for distribution space
Sales of Vancouver rental apartments soar as vacancies rise

Sales of Vancouver rental apartments soar as vacancies rise

Transaction surge started in second half of 2020, despite higher vacancies and a B.C.-wide ban on rental increases
Community engagement key to real estate development

Community engagement key to real estate development

Real estate legends say getting residents and stakeholders on board will define the future success of Metro Vancouver real estate development.
5 real estate markets that outperformed in 2020

5 real estate markets that outperformed in 2020

COVID-19 impacted Canada's housing market in some surprising ways
B.C. amends rules so landlords, tenants can exchange docs via email

B.C. amends rules so landlords, tenants can exchange docs via email

The change is now permanent as of March 1
No-payment mortgage scheme floated in Vancouver

No-payment mortgage scheme floated in Vancouver

A homebuyer must be able to afford a 60 per cent down payment, compared to the five to 20 per cent in the conventional mortgage market.
Vancouverites lead search for B.C. recreational property

Vancouverites lead search for B.C. recreational property

At least 62,000 Vancouver residents searched for rural B.C. property since June 2020 as the pandemic locked down reasons to live in the city.
How B.C. plans to move homeless into market rentals

How B.C. plans to move homeless into market rentals

New Homeless Prevention Program is meant 'to help access rental housing in the private (non-subsidized) housing market'
5 Canadian real estate market trends to watch in 2021

5 Canadian real estate market trends to watch in 2021

What's coming next for Canada's housing markets?