Real Estate News

The sub-3% five-year fixed mortgage is back – for now: BCREA forecast

Lower bond yields have brought the typical five-year fixed down to 2.99 per cent – but not for long

Jul 2, 2019 7:02 AM Read more >

Hottest 'hoods to buy a townhome in Squamish and Lower Mainland: study

Squamish's top-ranked neighbourhood only appears at number 91 overall Lower Mainland chart

Jun 28, 2019 10:43 AM Read more >

Millennials may rescue slow recreational real estate sales

Younger consumers usurping baby boomers in B.C.’s slumping vacation property market

Jun 28, 2019 7:06 AM Read more >

B.C. residents find moving home more stressful than starting a family: poll

With the busiest moving day of the year coming up, how stressed do home movers get?

Jun 27, 2019 2:45 PM Read more >

Market downturn barely easing ‘dreadful’ real estate affordability in B.C.: RBC

Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria remain among three least-affordable cities to buy an average home, alongside Toronto

Jun 27, 2019 11:41 AM Read more >

Multi-generational living, space-sharing and other Millennial home-buying hacks

Millennials are getting creative to afford homeownership, and developers need to embrace those changes, says report

Jun 26, 2019 9:44 AM Read more >

Condo incentives ramp up, but can they save slow-selling projects?

Selection of buyer’s bait increases as condo developers face crunch time

Jun 24, 2019 3:03 PM Read more >

How Metro Vancouver home prices have rocketed vs. other North American cities

Real estate prices in the region have risen by 316 per cent since 2000; New York just 103 per cent, finds housing blog

Jun 24, 2019 12:09 PM Read more >

B.C. money-laundering estimates may be wildly off the mark, admits report author

Chair of Expert Panel on Money Laundering in Real Estate tells SFU audience that the panel was unable to “estimate the inestimable”

Jun 21, 2019 11:14 AM Read more >

Opinion: Will the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive really help you buy a home?

The First-Time Home Buyer Incentive promises to help first-timers onto the homeownership ladder, but will it actually work?

Jun 20, 2019 3:22 PM Read more >