CMHC predicts only 16,250 new homes in B.C. this year, but forecast is better for 2010
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First-time buyers spearhead record July for Metro Vancouver real-estate sales
Metro Vancouver realtors racking up 4,114 sales, compared with 2,174 in the same month a year ago, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said Wednesday.
Market conditions drive strong June housing sales
VANCOUVER, B.C. – July 3, 2009 – The combination of low interest rates and more affordable pricing helped propel Greater Vancouver home sale numbers to the second all-time highest total for the month of June. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that sales of detached, attached and apartment properties increased 75.6 per [...]
Making sense of today's housing market
In recent months, economists have had the unenviable task of trying to calculate the direction the housing market is likely to take, factoring in things like unemployment rates, population and immigration figures, economic growth, mortgage rates, and that most nebulous of criteria, consumer confidence.
B.C. housing market in recession
VANCOUVER – The widespread impact of the credit crisis on mortgage finance, the economy, and consumer confidence has generated an external shock, sending B.C.’s housing market into recession, according to Central 1 Credit Union’s latest Economic Analysis of British Columbia newsletter.
Home prices in Lower Mainland slip below 2007 levels
Home prices in most Lower Mainland markets slip below 2007 levels: Home prices in most Lower Mainland markets slip below 2007 levels Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun Published: Thursday, October 02, 2008 METRO VANCOUVER – Detached home prices in September slipped below 2007 levels in most markets across the Lower Mainland in the environment of declining [...]
温哥华城市发展规划介绍
溫哥華市無論是在加拿大或是全世界都占有一席之地 ，是加拿大第三大城市，是卑詩省的第一大城市，也是全國第三大城市及最大港口城市；亦是多家林木業和採礦業公司的總部所在。而近年電腦軟體開發、生物科技和電影業等行業的發展也十分活絡，尤其是電影業的蓬勃，讓溫哥華具有「北荷里活」的稱號，是北美第三大製片中心；同時溫哥華更獲得2010年冬季奧運會的舉辦城市。相對於一些北美大城市，溫哥華在大眾捷運設施上相當完善，可說是海陸空四通八達。溫哥華景色優美、氣候宜人，在2006年的世界最佳居住城市評選中，榮登全球第三位；在這樣絕好的居住條件下，溫哥華吸引許多外來移民，而房價也高居全加拿大第一位。
加拿大名牌大學周邊房價比一比
每年此時，正是孩子申請大學的時機。家中有孩子即將申請或已經就讀其他省分大學的家長，在面臨孩子離家的失落感的同時，如果沒有工作的牽累，除了回流外，大部分都會開始考慮是否應該搬去和孩子一起住，一則可享天倫之樂，照顧孩子的生活起居，二則也可以嘗試另ㄧ個加拿大城市的風情，豐富移民的生活。因此許多家長言談之間，也開始關心起其他省份的房地產情況來。
高貴林房地產現況
拜架空列車之賜，高貴林房價大幅飆升，以高貴林中區一帶，因學區及附近社區活動中心便利，房價不亞於列治文；如位於中區三十年屋齡的獨立屋，地60×120呎已叫價近48萬元。大統華超級市場進駐高貴林中心，華人另一商場恆基超市設立，麒麟酒樓、漢記和鹿園等中式餐廳開設，在在方便華人之外食。