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The rooftop revolution is on
Spent yesterday trading emails with Dino Celotti, the project manager behind the Opus Hotel rooftop patio. As you probably know, city council voted t...
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condohype |
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Bloomberg on Vancouver housing slump
It looks like Vancouver's housing slump is starting to get attention from outside Canada. Several people pointed out this Bloomberg article about our...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Opus Hotel loses patio bid
Way to go, condo yuppies. You've made your point: Yaletown is no place for a rooftop patio. Last night, city council swallowed your hype and rejecte...
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condohype |
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'Simple' solution to housing squeeze
Realtor urges more density in exchange for extra units sold at lower profit (at least someone is starting to figure it out)
Bob Rennie, one of Vanc...
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MintyPop |
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Build houses we can afford (for the love of God!)
Will some one please tell me just who it is that is buying all of the new condos going up and where they work? For the rest of us there are fewer and...
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MintyPop |
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3 tips to sell your house in a falling market
There are a huge number of houses and condominiums for sale in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland with fewer and fewer buyers who have the desire and/or...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Gambling with contingency funds
No-lympics pointed out this article in todays Province. Apparently two BC condo strata councils have lost substantial amounts from their reserve fun...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Pam Anderson makes splash with Ladysmith condo pitch
NANAIMO -- An appearance at a Ladysmith council meeting by Pamela Anderson -- who's seeking a permit for her proposed Vancouver Island development -- ...
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MintyPop |
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It's a dishonour to be nominated
Most awards are invented for promotional purposes. The Oscars are probably the most popular example. B.C. developers have an awards program of thei...
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condohype |
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Rental Availability Drops While Condo Development Soars
From The Province
Finding an apartment in Vancouver just got harder.
In a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) report released today...
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Shane_B |
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suddenly poorer, condo prices to fall furthest.
It looks like the correction' phase of the Canadian real estate market cycle is picking up steam and Vancouver is strapped to the front on the loco...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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I came across this (redacted) story in the Glum an
I came across this (redacted) story in the Glum and Moving (italics and emboldening mine), about a woman who waited too long to list. I wonder how ma...
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Olympic Village deal demands disclosure
It's rare for Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan to issue a press release of importance. In the newsrooms, he's known as Spam Sullivan because of his...
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condohype |
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Boom, Bubble and Bust
Tom Durning passes along a New York Times article from October 21 that now seems dated by fast-changing events:A Canadian Condo BoomAlthough price inc...
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Price Tags |
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BC to see steepest price drop in 2009
The Canadian Real Estate Association has just released an updated housing market forecast and predicts that next year BC will see the steepest house s...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Yaletown revolts against the lifestyle
Oh how this is so Vancouver!Residents in trendy, condo-laden Yaletown Vancouver's definitive lifestyle neighbourhood of swanky bars, bronze ...
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City of Vancouver bails out Olympic Village
Remember that rumour that the construction of the Olympic Village is running into credit difficulties and the various assurances that taxpayers wouldn...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Vancouver House Prices down 9.8% from peak
2008 - Vancouver House Prices Down almost 10% from the peak.According to statistics released by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the benchm...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Property tax assessments to be frozen
Gordon Campbell has pledged to freeze BC property tax assessments at their 2007 level to help people cope with turbulence in property values'. I'...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Now that the market has collapsed…
There is no indication, at this point, of any kind of substantial decline in prices. Cameron Muir, BC Real Estate Association, July 4 2008 ...
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condohype |
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Friday Free-for-all! (spooky edition)
Alright, you made it to the end of the week. Here's our news round-up to kick off the discussion:-Falling BC house prices a reality check-CBC map of...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:2 weeks 6 days ago |
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BC House sales to plunge 28%
According to an article in today's Sun the BC Real Estate Association is projecting a sales drop of 28% across the province this year, with a slight r...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:3 weeks 13 hours ago |
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How things used to be
Do you remember when Metro Vancouver real estate could be advertised like this? A few colours here, an upward arrow there, a splash of urban alcoholi...
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condohype |
active:3 weeks 1 day ago |
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Canada tracking US with 2 year lag?
The Globe and Mail is reporting today that Merrill Lynch & Co are growing more alarmed' that the Canadian housing market is tracking the US housing...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:3 weeks 1 day ago |
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Everything is Crashing!
The stock market, the Canadian dollar, commodities, the Vancouver real estate market and yes, this site. Everything is crashing. Sorry folks, I'm ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:3 weeks 1 day ago |
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Bankruptcy rate growing in BC
From an Article in the Vancouver Sun:VANCOUVER - Dropping real-estate values are sending more British Columbians into financial crisis and causing a s...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:3 weeks 2 days ago |
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“Yes, the boom cycle is definitely over”
In Metro Vancouver, The Vancouver Sun is the authority of truth. For better or for worse, their coverage of real estate sets the boundaries of the ev...
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condohype |
active:3 weeks 3 days ago |
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V6A: No condo for this postal code
The winds of change are upon us. CTV News hit hard last night with an explosive report on the Vancouver condo bust. The exclusive? The reveal that O...
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condohype |
active:3 weeks 6 days ago |
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Foreign buyers disappearing?
The problem with having your recession at the same time as everyone else is that it can put a damper on the dream that a wealthy foreigner will swoop ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:4 weeks 9 hours ago |
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Ritz-Carlton work stoppage
Thanks to Vansanity for this tip - apparently all excavation work has stopped on the Residences at Ritz-Carlton site on West Georgia street in downtow...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:4 weeks 1 day ago |
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IMF: House prices compound crisis
Pani sent in this link to an International Money Fund research department write-up on falling house prices in advanced economies and their impact on t...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:4 weeks 1 day ago |
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Condo burns, buyers happy?
The media firestorm over the Surrey Quattro is burning hot. The local rags gave it major front-page treatment. Metro Vancouver that other ...
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condohype |
active:4 weeks 2 days ago |
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Trouble in New Yaletown
It looks like all is not going according to plan in Surrey's efforts to turn Whalley, a neighbourhood known for its crack dealers and methamphetamine ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:4 weeks 2 days ago |
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Vancouver's real estate hangover
A condo boom can be compared to a night of heavy drinking. (Or as I call it, Thursday. ) When you're in the thick of it, it's the best fun you'...
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condohype |
active:4 weeks 3 days ago |
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Infinity Surrey bankruptcy trouble
Several people just posted this news - another lower mainland condo tower has run into money troubles. The Infinity at Central City' is the large...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:5 weeks 10 hours ago |
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Which REBGV area will see biggest declines?
Here's an open question for discussion and a bit of a scientific experiment. I noticed a recent story on the UBC election stock market and that rem...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:5 weeks 1 day ago |
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Cosmo is a no-go
West Georgia never looked so chic. Honestly, I have no idea what this means. I've lived in Vancouver my whole adult life and never once have I heard ...
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condohype |
active:5 weeks 2 days ago |
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Of Bank Failures and Bailouts.
Just so you know, Canada's banks are in fine shape. Not the sort of fine shape' that US banks were in last year, but real, honest to goodness fine ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:5 weeks 6 days ago |
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CIBC: Canadian housing market predictions
The CIBC economic forecasting dartboard hasn't been remarkably accurate lately, so I'm not sure how to take this most recent prediction from Benjamin ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:6 weeks 1 day ago |
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Election signs
Section 322 of the Canada Elections Act is quite clear that condo residents are entitled to display election advertising posters in their own units: ...
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Credit crisis comes to Olympic Village
Gah just posted this link, looks like Millennium Water might need a bail out:As the credit crisis south of the border begins to creep north, concerns ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:6 weeks 2 days ago |
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The fundamentals of the condo economy
To sell real estate now, we have to look at fundamentals. And one of those fundamentals is how much product is really out there . We're at a tim...
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condohype |
active:6 weeks 3 days ago |
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New Feature: rate comments
For a week or two now you've been able to give a thumbs up to comments posted on this site, but the means to express your disapproval with a comment h...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:6 weeks 3 days ago |
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Lower mainland home prices drop below 2007 levels
exx just posted this link, looks like its worth its own post. The Vancouver sun is reporting that the house price drop in September was big enough t...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:6 weeks 6 days ago |
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House prices drop below 2007 levels
exx just posted this link, looks like its worth its own post. The Vancouver sun is reporting that the house price drop in September was big enough t...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:6 weeks 6 days ago |
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Downtown westend condo market tracking
Recently we posted an updated spreadsheet compiled by YLTNboomerang that tracks downtown waterfront townhouse listings and price changes (here's the o...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:7 weeks 15 hours ago |
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Via bankruptcia
Don't get too excited about the headline. I'm not suggesting Boffo's Via condo is going bust. It's just with the global stock market plunge, I'm hav...
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condohype |
active:7 weeks 2 days ago |
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Bail-out fail out
The $700 billion US bailout plan has been defeated for the time being and the markets are in turmoil. So far today the Dow has plunged by more than ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:7 weeks 2 days ago |
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California foreclosures go green
Want to make your lawn look lush and green all year round?A Stockton man sees the growing number of dead brown lawns of foreclosed homes in the area a...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
active:7 weeks 2 days ago |
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Merrill Lynch warns of Canadian housing crash
Realbiz pointed out this story in the Globe and Mail this morning: A recent report from Merrill Lynch Canada is warning of a Canadian housing market c...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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