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Absurd Vancouver Property: Vancouver vs. Toronto

Melissa Carr | Posted 05.20.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Melissa Carr

We're almost halfway across Canada in out 'Absurd Vancouver Properties' series. This week we're focused on three Toronto houses and what domestic perks they hold against f*%king ridiculously priced properties sprinkled throughout Vancouver.

Vancouver's Property Divide

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 05.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Vancouver's real estate will split into two markets over the next 15 years, and both of them will be financed by baby boomers, a prominent developer s...

How Far Did Vancouver Housing Fall THIS Time?

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The Vancouver housing bubble continues to burst with the news that home sales dropped 6.1 per cent in April from the previous year. Residential pro...

Absurd Vancouver Property Of The Week

Melissa Carr | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Melissa Carr

Last week we had a look at properties in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This week we move on to New Brunswick, where $1.1 million can buy you a country estate, located on over one square kilometre of untouched land, including a seven-acre spring-fed lake. What will it buy you in Vancouver?

Jesse Ferreras

How Canada's Housing Crash Could Take The Economy Down With It

HuffingtonPost.com | Jesse Ferreras | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada Business

Canada's housing market is falling in the country's major cities and it could very well drag the economy down with it, a prominent housing analyst sai...

It's Going To Get Worse Before It Gets Better

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Vancouver's housing market is expected to continue its slump, seeing only a slight recovery towards the end of the year, says a credit union forecast....

If You Had A Million Dollars..

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada British Columbia

If given $1 million, people in B.C.'s Lower Mainland would buy a big house with a yard in the suburbs ahead of a central luxury condo, a new survey ha...

10 B.C. Homes For Less Than $300,000

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.23.2013 | Canada British Columbia

For house hunters looking to purchase in B.C., it doesn't take long to realize you get more bang for your buck the farther you are from Vancouver. ...

How Many Vancouver Condos Sit Empty?!

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.22.2013 | Canada British Columbia

New data underscores what many Vancouverites have speculated: real estate investors are major players in the city's booming market. In downtown Van...

Vancouver Condo Owners: A Failure To Communicate

Tristan Risk | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Tristan Risk

I don't understand Vancouver condo owners. I just don't. Now, this is a broad, sweeping generalization but most of them, from what I can tell, are completely contrary creatures. Potentially even, dare I say, a little bit nutsy. They have strange habits that leave me in danger of having a permanent mark on my forehead from repeatedly slapping myself from hearing about their latest actions and escapades.

$1.7 Million For THIS House?!

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Amid the weekly up and down reports on Vancouver's housing market is one constant: a regular blog feature called "Absurd Vancouver Property" that high...

Vancouver Homes Are WAY Overpriced: Report

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Vancouver homes are overpriced by about 26 per cent, says a report released by a major U.S. credit ratings agency. Fitch Ratings released a report ...

Vancouver Home Sales Plummet In February

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The number of homes sold in the Vancouver area was down 29.4 per cent last month compared with February last year, continuing a trend of b...

Vancouver's Stiff Rental Competition

CBC | Posted 04.15.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Looking for rental housing in Vancouver may be getting a little easier as vacancy rates edge up and with some landlords offering incentives to get goo...

Vancouver Considers Communal Living

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 02.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The City of Vancouver is considering a proposal by people in Cedar Cottage, a neighbourhood in East Van, to build a "cohousing" complex where families...

Vancouver Housing Keeps Slacking

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 02.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Vancouver's real estate market continues to trend downward as January housing starts lagged behind last year's numbers. The Canada Mortgage and Hou...

Vancouver January Home Sales Cool

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 04.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Greater Vancouver recorded its second lowest January in home sales since 2001, according to a report by the region's real estate board released Monda...

B.C. Real Estate Forecast To Rebound This Year

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 02.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia

British Columbia's real estate market is expected to rebound this year after dropping almost 12 per cent in 2012. The B.C. Real Estate Association ...

Vancouver Housing Bubble: Why Chinese Investors Will Return

Will Lin | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Will Lin

While China's policy change has impacted investors' cash flow in the short term, it hasn't curbed their enthusiasm for Vancouver real estate. The sudden rise and fall in real estate prices that we're seeing now in China, as well as fluctuations in the overall economy, mean that people view investing there as no less risky than placing bets on a baccarat table. For many Chinese investors, parking money in Vancouver feels as safe as investing in treasury bills.

Vancouver: World's 2nd Least Affordable City

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 01.22.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Vancouver is the second least affordable city in the world when it comes to housing, according to a U.S. think-tank. Demographia ranked the B.C. c...

Vancouver Housing Limps Into New Year

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 01.10.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Vancouver's housing starts dipped slightly in December 2012 from the previous month, continuing a downward trend for the city's real estate market. ...

Vancouver Home Sales Plunge

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales fell sharply in December compared with a year ago.The board sales home sales we...

LOOK: B.C.'s Most Expensive Properties

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Another sign of B.C.'s cooling housing market is appearing in the form of property assessments that show some home values falling for the f...

LOOK: Vancouver's Most Expensive Condos

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Another year has nearly squeaked by without a fatal pop to Vancouver's hotly debated real estate bubble. What better way to cap off 2012 — a year of...

Worst New Home Sales Listings In Canada

The Huffington Post B.C. | Jesse Ferreras | Posted 12.17.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Greater Vancouver posted the country's worst new home listings in November, the Canadian Real Estate Association said in a Monday news release. The...