Canadian home sales fall 2.6 per cent in April as market cools down

May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

OTTAWA — The Canadian housing market is cooling, but the decline will be moderate, thanks to the rebound in the labour market, economists say.
Canadian home sales fell 2.6 per cent in April from the previous month, with residential sales totalling 52,042 units last month, 6.8 per cent below the peak reached in December 2009, the [...]

Metro Vancouver housing demand expected to flatten out in 2010

May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver real estate sales will drop in 2010 compared to last year and flatten out in 2011 because new buyers who would have been in the market were enticed to buy in 2009, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Wednesday.
CMHC is forecasting that Metro Vancouver will see 35,000 property sales cleared through [...]

Metro Vancouver home prices dip slightly in April

May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

VANCOUVER — April saw a blip in the rise of Metro Vancouver housing prices, which is another sign that the market is easing into a balanced state.
The Conference Board of Canada noted that Metro Vancouver’s average home price dipped 2.6 per cent to $662,348 in April from March, though it remains almost 20 per cent [...]

Home ownership costs to rise in Canada: RBC report

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Home ownership costs to rise in Canada: RBC report
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Squamish band wants to develop land near Burrard Bridge

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The Squamish First Nation is planning a massive multi-million-dollar development on the band’s traditional lands at the south end of the Burrard Street Bridge.
Once the Squamish village of Senauq, the land is an undeveloped green space bordered by the Molson Brewery to the southwest, Whyte Avenue and Vanier Park to the north, and False Creek [...]

`Ambitious` proposal still in its early stages

May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

The Squamish First Nation’s proposed multimillion-dollar development in the heart of Vancouver will include a mix of apartments, condos and office towers at the south end of the Burrard Bridge.
Nothing’s been finalized, but the towers could be as high as 35 storeys, according to renderings obtained by The Vancouver Sun, potentially changing the city skyline, [...]

Old King Eddy shows how to mix business and history

May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

Plans to restore legendary hotel and convert some floors to condos may be a blueprint for future preservation projects
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