Insurance premiums for B.C. multi-family rental buildings have soared as much as 100 per cent this year while allowable rental increases are frozen

Vancouver’s population of more than 2,000 homeless is rising rapidly and council is eying radical measures as crime complaints skyrocket

August sales were up 56 per cent in the Fraser Valley and 63 per cent in Chilliwack as price increases hit double-digits

The 81,500-square-foot space would allow Seaspan Victoria Shipyards to amalgamate its supply-chain operations on one site at Colwood

It is not just B.C.: housing sales and personal savings have surged across Canada during ‘asymmetric’ recession

A Vancouver citizens group claims an estimated $360 million spent each year to address homelessness, drug addiction and mental health has had little success

B.C.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that, effective immediately, all liquor sales in bars must end by 10 p.m., and all nightclubs must close

The federal government is extending the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program for small businesses by one month.

Residential rental rate freeze ends in December but landlords will have to keep rental increases at low level into next year, province says

Pandemic-hammered hotel occupancy has plunged to 35 per cent and revenue per available room has dropped nearly 70 per cent from the same period in 2019

DIY-concept cuts the price on new Vancouver condos where young buyers are expected to finish the rest of the space

Leading indicator of commercial real estate fell for the fourth quarter in a row for the second-worst performance in more than two decades

Malaysia-linked TA Hotel Management declares assets of $1.1 million against $4.7 million in liabilities as Vancouver’s Trump hotel shuts down

Trump International Hotel & Tower has permanently closed the Trump hotel, which has been shuttered since April due to COVID-19

As big shopping centres tentatively open from COVID-19 restrictions, owners are redefining redevelopment to capture and extend the value of the real estate beyond retail

Vancouver began here on a foundation of vision and hard work and now a new wave of real estate investors and philanthropists hope to reclaim its mean streets

If a vaccine is discovered and if there is no virus second-wave lockdown, B.C. projected to match the nation and lead the West into a post-pandemic recovery

Victoria has a fraction of the office space as Edmonton, but B.C.’s capital is outperforming Alberta’s in vacancy rates, lease rates, construction and even sales volume this year.

Natural ventilation, wellness studio, on-site dining, advanced tech and short-term leases reflect concerns about coming back to the office

Despite leasing slowdown in teeth of virus crisis, industry confident that 15 new office towers will proceed in Vancouver’s core and complete by 2024

A $190 million industrial build in the Fraser Valley a concrete symbol of China's intention to make Canada a "belt and road" country – but it is also a target of local and national concern

Thousands of tenants who applied for provincial rent relief will have to pony up the full rent on September 1, but rent increases remain frozen until year-end

Powell River’s paper mill has been shut down since April but the coastal town posted B.C.'s highest home price increase in July with a 30 per cent hike from a year earlier.

Five-year mortgages at 1.89 per cent as Bank of Canada cuts rates for mortgage stress test for second time this year

Mixed-use housing and commercial development planned for the aging hospital property on Burrard Street, with sales proceed helping to fund replacement

A dramatic Whistler lakefront chateau; a 2,300-acre ranch within the city of Vernon; and 90 acres on Texada Island among rare listings for those seeking an ultimate retreat or investment

Restaurants Canada estimates the industry could lose as much as $44.8 billion in annual sales compared to 2019, and says more than half of its membership is operating at a loss.

Province got a good deal according to vendor, who claims he sold below a higher bid on the waterfront parcels.

Strata owners may find their business near worthless when a mixed-use building is sold for demolition and re-development

Home prices on Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast have increased more than three times faster than in Greater Vancouver since COVID-19 detected in February

Finding an island waterfront retreat – or investment – need not break the bank as these active listings show

Permanent store closures pockmark Canada’s retail sector despite reports of a promising sales recovery in May and June

Innovative condo concept in Port Moody would see some units sold as rent-to-own and others divided into lock-offs for income-producing rentals

The B.C. government accounted for one-third of the sales and more than half the dollar volume in Canada hotel transactions during the second quarter

More than 5,400 employed on three energy projects but 13,000 more workers needed by 2021 – and a labour shortage could loom within two years

With near-zero evictions allowed and rent increases frozen, some B.C. landlords are being forced to the wall

Developers are transforming historic industrial and commercial sites in the centre of B.C.'s capital city

Mukund Mohan, chief technology officer of BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc., was taken into custody July 23 in Washington state accused of money laundering and wire fraud

Up to nine luxury homes in Metro Vancouver are booked to go under the auctioneer’s gavel this August as online selling tries a traditional twist

Gen-Xers lead the boomerang, but 278,000 baby boomers also say they will move back in with family to shelter from COVID-19 fallout

The first two sections will lay 140 km. of natural gas pipeline between Groundbirch and McLoed lake in Northern B.C

As B.C. opens up with non-essential travel, Tofino may be the safest, healthiest destination in the province

Multi-family financing five-year funding at unprecedented 1.3 per cent and and “we could slide further into uncharted depths” if downturn persists

Neighbouring businesses, police battle spike in vandalism, burglaries and gun threats after hotels bought to house Victoria homeless

The B.C. Ministry of Health will spend at least $4.4 billion over the next three to five years on 13 major hospital construction projects, according to B.C. Finance Minister Carole James.

Home sales and prices rising faster in the Okanagan, Island than in Greater Vancouver, which some see as a pandemic reaction

Trophy properties (including bargain waterfront listings) are highlighted in the August edition of Western Investor

Cratering of travel and tourism action has persuaded many owners of short-term rentals to rent properties on long-term leases

At $25 million per acre for residential assemblies, the resulting strata units could be priced well above current market values

First green loan approved: no financial break on the funding but it offers developer an opportunity to signal environmental credentials

Okanagan city the outlier as province-wide new home construction flatlined in June and fell in Vancouver, according to CMHC

The easing of the eviction ban does not include evictions for non-payment of rent but does cover eviction orders that pre-date COVID-19

Housing sales are down 30 per cent from 2019 but average home price up slightly to $329,364

Five-year fixed-rates as low as 1.9 per cent, but near-free money arrives as mortgage debt and deferrals soar

An average of 55 homes sold every day during the month as determined buyers rolled through pandemic restrictions

B.C. government says rising land value led it to pay nearly double the assessed value for a Victoria hotel

Metro Vancouver's June housing sales up month-over-month and 17 per cent above June 2019 with prices higher than a year ago

Only two new condominium projects with 200 units launched in the six weeks ending May 15, down 75 per cent from the same period in 2019 as pre-sale assignment listings increase

A bankrupt luxury waterfront property sells to a developer for $5.6 million while B.C. taxpayers pay $14 million for an old motel where the building is assessed at $90,000

The 234-acre parcel, considered among the last great waterfront packages available in the North Okanagan, begins our annual summer look at trophy and waterfront listings in Western Canada.

After eight years of planning, and three years since it was approved, the Valemount Glacier ski resort was expected to being construction in mid-2021.

B.C.’s Food Security Task Force report lampooned as “dismissive” of agricultural reality in Peace River region

British Columbia will weather the economic turmoil of COVID-19 better than all other provinces, according to Deloitte Canada

With revenues down 50 per cent and travel, convention and cruise bans in place, hotel owners open into an unprecedented headwind

Latest near-$75 million deal in Vancouver follows purchase of two Victoria hotels

More than two-thirds of British Columbians say they do not feel comfortable leaving the safety of their home office to return to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to a recent . . .

As the COVID-19 curve flattens, three western cities are poised for an economic bounce back

Central data, payment portals and mobile apps are changing the game

B.C.’s top doctor warns businesses that private testing of asymptomatic individuals is against public health guidances and will do little good

New subleases total more than 500,000 square feet of space and nearly doubled Vancouver’s downtown office vacancy rate to 4 per cent

Regardless of political stripe, nearly 80 per cent of British Columbians want to forbid non-Canadians from buying real estate in the province, a new Glacier Media survey shows

Rates for mandatory Insurance for Metro Vancouver strata corporations have soared 50 per cent and are up 40 per cent across B.C.

Mega-landlord CAPREIT has followed a Vancouver trend in offering one month free rent deals as city rental rates drop for first time in years

B.C. Housing minister urges landlords and tenants to work together as pandemic measures extended to June 23

Land and multi-family rentals accounted for more than half the dollar volume as Lower Mainland commercial real estate sales surged to $2.1 billion in Q1

A 177-year old fellowship has used a uniquely Vancouver solution to replace its aging seniors home with sleek new affordable housing

Comments accepted to July 16 on expansion that would increase LNG production capacity by more than 50 per cent

CRE landlords in B.C., Alberta face carrot-or-stick options with limited government aid that bans evictions

Market may see a rush of homebuyers trying to beat deadline for new regulations on income qualification and downpayments

Unique lease arrangement, pandemic, have kept targeted tenants away from waterfront apartments

“Cutting-edge” regional office tower will employ 250 people and provide new office and retail space in the heart of downtown

1,008-acre swath of East Surrey attracts developers as SkyTrain and 120,000 new residents are expected to turn rural land into an urban destination

Launched in the teeth of a pandemic, a new 122-unit luxury condominium tower in West Vancouver has pre-sold 54 condos in the last month, including a $6 million penthouse, and the head of its marketing team suggest the success is more than a geographic anomaly.

B.C. Commercial landlords who don’t use federal assistance programs not able to evict tenants under new B.C, legislation announced June 1

Smaller operators will bear the brunt of an unprecedented downturn that could last three years.

A seven-kilometre urban section of the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning project has begun in Kamloops, throwing a lifeline to struggling hotels. Trans Mountain Corp. said in a press release that . . .

B.C.’s top doctor, Dr. Bonny Henry, announced May 26 that the province has officially banned overnight summer camp to mitigate potential outbreaks of COVID-19. Summer camps for kids have also . . .

In a May 27 unanimous vote, Vancouver City council approved a staff recommendation to allow mass-timber construction up to 12 storeys for residential and commercial uses, doubling the current . . .