MORE REAL ESTATE NEWS

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  Vancouver home sales down 3.8% in Sept. as lower rates fail to entice buyers: board

  Vancouver-area home sales dropped 3.8 per cent in September compared with the same month last year, while listings grew to put modest pressure on pricing, said Greater Vancouver Realtors on Wednesday.

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  Private isle paradise on Vancouver Island looking for new owners

  An island on Vancouver Island's Sproat Lake, "Sunset Island" is up for sale.

• B.C. real estate regulator fines, suspends former licensee for failing to disclose criminal charges

  A former B.C. real estate agent who failed to disclose to the provincial regulator that he had been charged with dozens of crimes has been sanctioned for his misconduct.

• Detached home ownership in Metro Vancouver becoming 'more of a unicorn,' according to report

  A new report from Re/Max shows it's becoming increasingly unrealistic for most people to buy a detached home in Metro Vancouver.

• B.C. and First Nations reach deal to sell 2,600 condos at 60% of market value

  An agreement between First Nations and the British Columbia government will see thousands of homes made available in Vancouver at 40-per-cent below cost.

• B.C. short-term rental restrictions reducing rents, saving tenants millions: study

  A report led by the Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance says restrictions on short-term rentals in British Columbia have reduced rents by 5.7 per cent, saving tenants more than $600 million last year

• 'Predatory' behaviour: Realtor manipulated client into selling her house, B.C. regulator finds

  A B.C. Realtor manipulated a client with whom he had a close personal relationship into selling her home, the provincial real estate regulator has found, in a ruling that describes the misconduct as "predatory."

• Vancouver home sales fall 17% in August despite interest rate cuts: real estate board

  Greater Vancouver Realtors says home sales in the region dropped 17.1 per cent in August from a year earlier and were more than a quarter below the 10-year seasonal average.

• B.C. real estate agent suspended 6 months for forging homeowners' signatures

  A B.C. real estate agent who admitted to forging the signatures of two homeowners as part of a rezoning application in 2015 has agreed to a six-month suspension of his licence and financial penalties equal to the maximum that was allowed at the time.

• B.C. developer ordered to pay almost $100K for misconduct that caused 'consumer harm'

  A developer in B.C.'s Kootenay region has been ordered to pay nearly $100,000 to the BC Financial Services Authority for misconduct that caused "consumer harm."

• This Whistler mansion just hit the market for $25.5M

  The latest mega-mansion to hit the market in Whistler, B.C., is the most expensive residential listing within a Canadian mountain resort town, according to its listing agent.

• Greater Vancouver home prices rise amid increasing demand: report

  House prices in British Columbia's Lower Mainland are rising again, with the median value of detached homes in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley seeing the largest increases, according to the latest market report from RE/MAX.