BC Assessment

• ‘Simply a scam’: B.C. community gardens growing big tax breaks for developers

  The province, through BC Assessment, can reclassify land from Class 6 business use to Class 8 recreational property/non-profit organization use for community gardens or dog parks.

  Politics

  Dec 24
  
• Chilliwack home assessed at $2 due to landslide risk

  During the atmospheric river in 2021, a slide came within five metres of Chris Rampersad's house, however, it did not reach the house.

  Canada

  May 26
  
• Advertisement
• Assessments show B.C. home values hold ‘flat,’ but falling interest rates could change that

  In the Lower Mainland, virtually all municipalities saw values hold to within a three per cent increase or drop. Burnaby, with a four per cent increase, was the outlier.

  Economy

  Jan 2
• Advertisement
• Lake Country home assessed at $17M listed as Okanagan’s most expensive residential property

  The waterfront also has an infinity pool, a gym, hot tub, a guesthouse, deep-water moorage and a 12-car garage.

  Canada

  Jan 2, 2024
• B.C. home values start to slide in some regions, stabilize in others: BC Assessment

  BC Assessment said homeowners can expect only modest changes in the range of minus-five to plus-five per cent. These assessment changes are notably less than in previous years. 

  Consumer

  Jan 2, 2024
• B.C. property assessments up despite softening market

  BC Assessment's latest valuations have pegged home values at five to 15 per cent higher than last year, despite real estate sales and prices slumping across the province.

  Economy

  Jan 3, 2023
• Priciest properties in the Okanagan found in Kelowna, Lake Country

  Luxury real estate in the Okanagan got a little more exclusive with the highest assessed properties seeing some significant gains in the annual BC Assessment roll.

  Money

  Jan 3, 2023
• BC Assessment says home values up across Interior

  B.C. property assessments have been mailed out, and residents can expect to see increases. In Kelowna, for example, a typical home valued at $869,000 in 2021 is now up to $988,000.

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2023
• Advertisement
• B.C. property assessments higher, but market has changed: assessor

  BC Assessment says in a statement that most owners can expect to see a five to 15 per cent rise in values when notices are issued Jan. 3.

  Economy

  Dec 5, 2022
• Advertisement
• 2022 BC Assessment shows a significant jump in property values  

  ‘British Columbia’s real estate market remains resilient and that means most property owners can expect higher assessment values for 2022.’

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2022