Vancouver is one of the few cities where your choices for buying a new home are abundant. This is especially true in neighbourhoods that are growing and changing based on new community plans.
As we begin to prepare for an additional one million people predicted to migrate into Metro Vancouver over the next 30 years*, the Mayors’ Council has developed an ambitious Transportation and Transit Plan — summarized in the document, Regional Transportation Investments – a Vision for Me
Is it a buyer’s or seller’s market? What is the state of the housing market?
Spring is traditionally a busy time for the housing market and Metro Vancouver has got a head start already with the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reporting that sales in February 2015 were 20.2 per cent above the 10-year average for the month.
As the Spring real estate market shifts into top gear in Metro Vancouver, our Neighbourhood Profile looks at the rise of Richmond's urban villages and the growing interest in Vancouver's tech job scene.
A Collection of Urban Villages
Richmond is made up of six villages: Bridgeport, Capstan, Aberdeen, Lansdowne, Brighouse and finally the Oval Village. The City has been planning and gradually implementing a strategy that embodies the concept of healthy urban living.
Destination Vancouver
Over the past decade, Vancouver has experienced extreme brain drain due to a high cost of living and lack of opportunities in the creative sectors. We saw that the US markets, i.e. Seattle and Silicon Valley, were offering better salaries and larger scale projects.
Vancouver's iconic skyline evolves with true skyscrapers
When thinking about Vancouver, our iconic downtown skyline of glass and concrete towers is well known throughout the world.
With the 2014 tax filing deadline just around the corner (April 30, 2015 the deadline has now been extended to May 5 for individuals and June 15, 2015 for self-employed pe
Almost exactly a year ago a study issued by the experienced and global organization, Grosvenor Group, named Vancouver as the second most ‘resilient’ city in the world for real estate investment. Vancouver even trumped well known real estate meccas like London and New York.