Master planned communities are becoming increasingly more common in Metro Vancouver as city planners and residents discover the value of living, working and playing in neighbourhoods which allow for all of these things together.

Why our Market is More Predictable than our Weather

In May, the Globe and Mail reported that the 55th floor penthouse at the new Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences in Toronto sold for a record-breaking $28 million. The nearly 10,000-sq.-ft.

Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past 5 years, you’re well aware of the exploding world of social media and now mobile device applications or “apps”.

Perhaps you’re stuck in a snowstorm, yearning for a long soak in the bath the second you get home. Maybe you’re travelling abroad, and would love to check in on your home and personal belongs (since you left the teenagers home alone).

I grew up in the Lower Mainland and have seen the downtown core change dramatically from 3 and 4 level walk ups to the residential high rises we see today.

I am not an interior designer. I do, however, have the lucky distinction of working with some of Vancouver’s best designers and builders to help design hundreds of new kitchens every year. The kitchen continues to be the most adored and expensive room in a home, and with good reason.

Due to the current cost of housing, developers and home owners are constantly searching out creative and intelligent uses for space. Homes are becoming more efficient in size in order to appeal to a wider variety of home buyers.