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Residential sales across B.C. up 12.4% from last year: BCREA

Residential sales across B.C. up 12.4% from last year: BCREA

Average home price has slipped but total dollar volume is up more than 10 per cent
Trophy properties include golf courses, oceanfront

Trophy properties include golf courses, oceanfront

Prime real estate – and development plays – should entice investors from Saskatchewan to Vancouver Island
More than $500,000 awarded to Northern B.C. economic development projects

More than $500,000 awarded to Northern B.C. economic development projects

Projects to benefit include Fort St. John airport and recreational facilities improvements
Vancouver retail tenants face demolition clauses

Vancouver retail tenants face demolition clauses

Storefront space expensive and scary as development pressure drives leases and property taxes sky high
Trans Mountain approved to resume construction of B.C. pipeline terminals

Trans Mountain approved to resume construction of B.C. pipeline terminals

National Energy Board confirms pre-construction conditions have been met at Westridge Marine and Burnaby storage terminals
Jumbo Glacier ski resort back on ice after B.C. court decision

Jumbo Glacier ski resort back on ice after B.C. court decision

B.C.’s Supreme Court says environment minister was correct in cancelling approval of the ski resort
Lower Mainland presale homes see surge in take-up rate in July: report

Lower Mainland presale homes see surge in take-up rate in July: report

New-home sector mirrors resale market with unexpected uplift in absorption, finds MLA Advisory – but this is likely lack of supply rather than higher sales

Vast majority of Vancouver Island residential buyers are local: agent survey

Survey of Island real estate agents raises question of why province applied speculation and vacancy tax to places such as Nanaimo and Lantzville
Metro Vancouver residential sales unexpectedly leap 23.5%: board

Metro Vancouver residential sales unexpectedly leap 23.5%: board

Fraser Valley also sees real estate transactions recover in July to near-average levels
B.C. businesses paying $5B in extra taxes since 2013

B.C. businesses paying $5B in extra taxes since 2013

Layering on of various tax policies is a burden for business, and the real cost goes beyond additional billions, says BCBC chief economist