MORE REAL ESTATE NEWS

• Metro Vancouver's housing market sees quiet summer, real estate board says

  The latest statistics from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver released Friday revealed the region's housing market continued to see a quiet summer season through August.

  

• Abbotsford, B.C., property assessment increases nearly 12-fold because blueberries weren't planted in time

  A recent decision by B.C.'s Property Assessment Appeal Board explains how the assessed value of a 9.5-acre parcel in rural Abbotsford increased nearly 1,200 per cent in a year.

  

• Metro Vancouver rentals: B.C. college to get 1st on-campus housing for hundreds of students

  A new student housing complex at a Metro Vancouver college is expected to provide beds for hundreds and hopefully ease some pressure in the local rental market.

• Waterfront development dispute: Supreme Court won't hear appeal over $1B Vancouver property

  The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from property developer Concord Pacific Acquisitions, ending a long-running legal dispute over the billion-dollar development of one of Vancouver's last parcels of waterfront land.

• Vancouver rents: $1,450 a month for a loft bed in a living room shared with 1 woman, 3 rabbits

  Finding herself unable to afford her rent, a Vancouver woman was desperate to stay in her suite – so she crammed into the corner of her living room and posted an ad looking for a roommate to share the small space with her and her three rabbits.

• How high mortgage rates are impacting B.C. home sales and prices

  Properties are selling for less and staying on the market longer, recently released reports on real estate in British Columbia show.

• B.C. tenants face extra rent hikes to fund landlords' repairs – and they're permanent

  Tenants' advocates are urging the B.C. government to reconsider a policy that allows landlords to cover the costs of repairs and improvements on their properties using supplemental rent hikes.

• Vancouver-area renters: Here's where it's cheapest, and where you'd pay the most

  It's no surprise to renters and would-be renters that it costs a lot to live in the Vancouver area, but a recent report suggests there are some spots where tenants pay a bit less.

• Update on major Vancouver housing project: Senakw development site prepped for construction

  It seems construction will be starting soon on a major First Nations development in Vancouver.

• Average rent 'increased greatly' in Metro Vancouver this summer: report

  Vancouver-area renters are being asked to pay significantly more in August than those looking for new accommodations in July, a report suggests.

• Vancouver's housing market has entered a 'new cycle.' Here's what that means.

  Vancouver's housing market has, according to the local real estate board, entered a "new cycle marked by quieter home buyer demand."

• $17.8M Vancouver listing includes plans and permits, encourages buyer to tear down existing home

  For $17.8 million, the future buyer of a lot in one of Vancouver's priciest neighbourhoods would get property, plans and permits, but would have to cover the costs of tearing down the existing home.