B.C. real estate

• Double-digit price growth as Metro Vancouver sets all-time real estate sales record

  The blistering sales volume was 72.2 per cent above the 10-year average for the month of March, and higher than any single month previously recorded. 

  News

  Apr 2, 2021
  
• B.C. real estate defies pandemic with sales, price growth in 2020

  Despite a COVID-19-driven recession, B.C. saw real estate sales surge 21.5 per cent last year, while prices across the province were up 11.7 per cent from 2019.

  Economy

  Jan 13, 2021
  
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• 2019 saw British Columbia home sales, prices dip: BC Real Estate Association

  The agency said the average price of a home province-wide was $700,460, down 1.6 per cent from 2018, though that dip was a result of price drops in three key regions.  

  Jan 13, 2020
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• Assessed value of Lower Mainland homes to drop in 2020: BC Assessment

  While Metro Vancouver assessed values are expected to dip, elsewhere in the province they may stay flat or even climb modestly.

  Dec 9, 2019
• B.C. government introduces rules to crack down on hidden business ownership

  Finance Minister Carole James said in a statement the records will help drive down B.C.'s real estate market and prevent distortions to the provincial economy.

  Oct 26, 2019
• B.C. home sales ‘continue to recover,’ says industry association after August bump

  The agency says nearly 7,100 homes sold across the province in August, up 4.9 per cent from the same month last year.

  Sep 12, 2019
• Money laundering inquiry will also expose problems in our immigration system

  "It seems far too easy for these notorious figures to come to Canada in the first place and far too difficult to remove them after the fact," writes Rob Breakenridge.

  Commentary

  May 18, 2019
• B.C. Government to launch registry of who owns real estate in province

  The B.C. government is creating a new, publicly accessible registry of who owns real estate in the province.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2018
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• Two New Coast realtors fined by B.C. council in one week

  Daniel Deng has to pay B.C.'s real estate council 45-hundred dollars after not telling his clients he was providing services through his personal corporation.

  Sep 23, 2017
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• Real Estate agents to no longer represent both sides of a sale in 2018

  Realtors will soon no longer be able to represent both sides of a deal in B.C.

  Economy

  Sep 8, 2017