Real Estate News

With 4/20 just a few days away, close to half of the respondents to a new national survey said that they would be put off buying a home if even a legal amount of pot had been grown there, under the upcoming new marijuana legislation.

A Royal Bank of Canada study released this month ranks Vancouver’s housing market as the least affordable for any regional market ever recorded in Canada. The costs of owning a home at today’s prices would have represented an astounding 85.

A Victoria tenants advocacy group says changes to B.C.’s tenancy laws introduced in the legislature Thursday will give more rights to renters facing renovictions.

The provincial government will spend $12.4 million to help the B.C. Conference of the United Church of Canada redevelop some of its land in Vancouver, Coquitlam, Nanaimo and Richmond into a total of 414 new “affordable” rental homes.

The number of homes for sale across the province are at or near a 12-year low, pushing prices ever upwards, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association’s monthly statistical report released April 12.

Housing starts in the first quarter of 2018 have more than doubled year-over-year, while home sales took a dive

The CEO of LandlordBC said the organization is “supportive” of the government’s new Rental Housing Task Force, but David Hutniak added that the situation is complex and he’s hoping for a balanced approach.

Airbnb will require hosts to include business licence number in listings

The Richmond Centre South Redevelopment Plan will add about 2,000 new dwellings

Richmond councillor says it's time to stop using the ALR as cheap land for mega-houses