The Canadian housing market remains strong, but the days of double-digit gains in real estate are largely over, according to the president of Coldwell Banker Canada.
Housing starts in British Columbia will trend higher over the next two years, totalling 26,900 units in 2011 and 29,000 units in 2012, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation forecasts in its Housing Market Outlook, released today.
Condos in the Olympic village officially go on sale to the public Friday. But a test of the market this week stunned condo marketer Bob Rennie, who says he’s seeing strong demand for units in the troubled Southeast False Creek development.
When most folks were busy getting ready for Christmas, Jill Alexander was bargaining, bartering and begging her way to an impressive home makeover.
What's hot in interior design this year? Last week's Interior Design Show in Toronto highlighted four scorching trends.
Marketer Bob Rennie said a small group of 15-25 buyers is being used to test-market the new pricing structure to make sure it’s not too high.
Despite Seattle's having 34 per cent of homes being "underwater," the city is not even in the top 10 in Zillow's list of cities with the highest percentage of homes that have seen their values fall below the mortgages owed.
What does an "average-priced" home in B.C. look like? It depends where you are - whether in Vancouver, the suburbs or beyond.
The average price of a home in British Columbia rose 11.5 per cent, to $548,183, in January compared to the same month last year, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association.
The owners of one-third of the houses with mortgages in the Seattle metro area now owe more than their homes are worth, Zillow.com estimates.
As the old adages go, "a man's home is his castle" and "there's no place like home." What type of house a person chooses to call home can say a lot about his or her personality and priorities.
Sarah Richardson is painting a bright picture for those looking to spruce up their homes.
Colours are what tie a room together. Whether it's a soft taupe on a wall contrasted with deep-purple florals on the side table, colours in a room work together to create unity among the design elements in the space. I've compiled some colour schemes that are a must have for any homeowner looking to design or renovate her space in 2011.
With costs rising and economy faltering south of the border, many retirees are looking further abroad to find their retirement homes. The AARP unveils their top 10 choice destinations.
The Playboy Mansion, the 29-room home, movie studio and corporate throne of Playboy Enterprises Inc. founder Hugh Hefner, is worth $54 million, or 45 times what the publisher claimed on its books, a shareholder lawsuit said.
Hefner and Playboy Enterprises are hiding the true value of the company’s assets in an effort to take it private without paying a fair price for the minority stake that Hefner doesn’t own, according to an amended complaint filed Feb. 4 in Delaware Chancery Court in Wilmington.