Metro Vancouver new home prices post best rebound

June 12, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

Metro Vancouver has seen the strongest rebound in new-housing prices among Canada’s major markets over the last year, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. The region saw new-home prices edge up 0.4 per cent in April from March on Statistics Canada’s new-home price index bringing the year-over-year gain in prices to six per cent.
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Housing starts decline in May: CMHC

June 10, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

Housing construction declined in May, with both single- and multi-unit starts falling below the previous month, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday.
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Home ownership costs to rise in Canada: RBC report

May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

Home ownership costs to rise in Canada: RBC report
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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

加国修订法规 木结构房屋最高可以盖到六层

May 13, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

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卑诗省府修订建筑法规,准许木造建筑的限制楼高从原先的四层楼提高到六层楼,新法从4月6日起生效。省府表示,这项修法是基於木造建筑的若干优势: 成本较低、较為环保,並可為卑诗木材开拓出新市场。
為了消弭民眾对高层木造建筑是否经得起地震衝击的疑虑,省府已在上述新法生效前三日,针对高层木造建筑增订新的防震安全规则。
「消费者权益与支持屋主协会」(Consumer Advocacy and Supportfor Homeowners Society)主席葛拉斯提(John Grasty)却质疑,省府是根据其他城市的经验,制订高层木造房屋的防火安全规定,但这些法规却未在本省验证过。
他说:「我们毫不留意,就草率作出这些决议。」
他並指出,卑诗惨痛的漏水公寓问题,就是经由类似过程所酿成的灾难。
这项议题已引发相当多的爭论,许多人担心高层木造房屋的防火和防震安全。
但也有人指出,木造房屋因為具有弹性,其实是最耐震的,加州早已批准建造六层楼的木造房屋,有关防震问题其实无须过虑。
另外,若发生火灾,云梯消防车还可救出木造屋高层住户,这和钢筋水泥大厦的四、五十层楼居民相比,还算是较有安全保障的。

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May 10, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment 

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