By HUB Cycling Vancouver, BC / May 24, 2017 - Spring Bike to Work Week starts Monday, and HUB Cycling celebrated the event today by challenging cars and transit users to commute more quickly than their biking friends. Ahead of Bike to Work Week, which is happening from May 29-June 4, ten teams of people on bikes, on transit and...[ read more ]
By Mary Frances Hill At the display space for The Smithe, Boffo Developments’ planned community of condominiums in downtown Vancouver, designer Scott Trepp responds to the tower’s architecture from the inside out — by embracing the potential of a bright space, bringing beauty to the smallest details and creating a centrepiece in the display space. GBL Architects designed the...[ read more ]
By Kathleen Freimond Excited by its first downtown Vancouver project, Boffo Developments has defined a new neighbourhood – the arts and events district – to better describe the location of its 27-storey highrise, The Smithe. “It’s a great location on the edge of Yaletown – we’ve coined it the arts and events district,” says Boffo’s director of marketing and sales,...[ read more ]
Photo by Raef Grohne Coming soon to downtown Vancouver, The Smithe by Boffo Developments will be a rare opportunity to own a home right in the heart of the dynamic Arts + Events District. With 94 elegant two- and three-bedroom residences, the building’s modern aesthetic and enviable location will provide a truly unprecedented homeowner experience. Envisioned by Vancouver-based Trepp Design,...[ read more ]
By Joannah Connolly Phew! What a year it’s been for Vancouver and BC real estate stories. From soaring values, to shadow flipping, to foreign buyers tax, to tough new mortgage policies and then Donald Trump’s US presidential election win… 2016 has seen it all. Here are the highlights of our local year in real estate. January January real estate news...[ read more ]
By Cameron McNeill WITH RUMORS OF THE REAL ESTATE market taking a down turn recently, let’s take a look at what has happened so far in Greater Vancouver as we reach the yearly half way mark. Although many predicted the market would soften in 2016 that has not been the case. Since the start of 2016, sales activity and prices...[ read more ]
By Barbara Yaffe Condominium units have long been viewed as the poor cousins of single-family houses in Vancouver’s real estate market. But 2016 could well be the Year of the Condo. Realtor Patrick Weeks foresees only moderate growth this year in Vancouver’s detached housing sector. But he sees the sale of “certain segments of condos going up substantially, as (single-family...[ read more ]
By Frank O'Brien The new condominium market in Metro Vancouver is sizzling hot and prices of new concrete condos, the favourite type for investors, have reached record levels. Yet, there remains room for a nimble investor to get in and get out of the new high-rise condominium market quickly and with a tidy profit. This strategy has been rare over...[ read more ]
By Susan Boyce When the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2015, it will mark not only the beginning of a new year but a new view on family-sized apartment options. In a move envisioned to ensure homebuyers have access to an adequate supply of larger condominiums, New Westminster will become BC’s first municipality to legislate that new condominium developments...[ read more ]
By Josh Sherman The Canadian housing market has overcome a plunge in oil prices and a wave of new condo units flooding some regional pockets, and according to RBC’s quarterly economic update and provincial outlooks released today, it will continue to rally for the rest of this year. RBC is forecasting that national home resales will increase 5 per cent...[ read more ]
