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Vancouver wins Green Building Policy award.http://www.vancouverobserver.com/life/business/vancouver-wins-green-building-policy-award

A 52-storey twisty tower at Granville Bridge's north end and a mini-village under the bridge inched closer to reality when Vancouver city council sent the proposal to public hearings.If Westbank's proposal for a 497-foot-tall tower, designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and DIALOG Design, is approved, it promises to inject a cool factor into the Downtown South neighbourhood.That area, bo ...

Concord Pacific unveils massive new Vancouver development near BC Place: False Creek Central neighbourhood will be part of the sports and entertainment district between BC Place and the Cambie Bridge.Concord Pacific has unveiled plans for a new neighbourhood of 1,300 condominiums in eight buildings by the northern end of Cambie Bridge near BC Place.Part of the downtown’s new sports and entert ...

Acting for buyers or sellers of cooperative properties can be a more difficult task than acting for buyers or sellers of “ordinary” houses. The majority of real estate bought and sold in BC is fee simple. However, there are a number of properties that have a different legal structure and therefore require that different questions be asked. One of those types of properties is the cooperative, ...

Vancouver real estate: The $1-million white picket fence.The geographic line that Vancouver real estate buffs draw to symbolize the million-dollar divide in housing prices has been shifting ever eastward over the years. Homes formerly deemed affordable on the east side are now part of a landscape where only those with hefty down payments need bother bidding.Fifty-four per cent of single-famil ...

The provincial government officially eliminates the harmonized sales tax and reinstitutes a provincial sales tax (PST) as of April 1.Homebuilders are hammering away at this message in an attempt to eliminate confusion among consumers, who wrongly believe that they will save tax if they wait to buy a new home."Builders are frustrated with the confusion in the public," said Bob De Wit, who is C ...

China, India and Brazil are likely to enjoy the highest real estate growth over the next decade, say surveyors.During 2013 India, China, Asia Pacific, South and Central America, Middle East and Africa and parts of East Europe are also set to see the most dynamic growth for construction, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).“In these countries, the opportunities for ...

Did you know that two out of three Canadian families own a house? That is one of the highest rates of home ownership in the world. And for good reason . Real estate is a great investment.And with increasing housing prices, it's all the more important for first-time buyers to get a foot on the first rung of the property ladder. If you want to make it big, about 80 per cent of millionaires made ...

Transit is Impetus for Vancouver’s Largest Upcoming DevelopmentsHere is a quick look at Vancouver’s largest residential and mixed-use/residential projects that are either under construction or at the latter stages of planning and approvals. What is notable is that a large majority of the projects are transit-oreinted; if not built directly near a Skytrain station, then within a short walking di ...