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Home prices in BC could reach a all time high in 2010

October 26th, 2009

B.C. home prices could hit new highs in 2010

By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun

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The rebound in B.C. housing sales from the recession is the strongest on record, Central 1 Credit Union said Tuesday, predicting that property prices will regain all of their downturn losses by the end of this year.

Central 1 chief economist Helmut Pastrick said the housing sales rebound has already surp ...

BC Province confirms new roof for BC Place Stadium will be finished.

October 26th, 2009

Province confirms new BC Place roof

A fixed-priced contract for the construction of a new, retractable roof on BC Place has been signed between the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) and PCL Constructors Canada Inc, announced Kevin Krueger, Minister of Tourism Culture and the Arts and David Podmore, PavCo chair, today.

As first announced in May 2008, a new retractable roof will be built aft ...

Metro Vancouver new home prices move slightly up in August 2009

October 26th, 2009

New home prices inch up in August in Metro Vancouver

By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun

METRO VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver new-home prices edged up in August, according to Statistics Canada's latest measure of new-construction values, which helped lessen the dip that prices took during the housing downturn.

Statistics Canada, in its latest new housing price index, found that prices tick ...

Sept 2009 Stats

October 3rd, 2009

Greater Vancouver home sales remained strong last month, with the second highest number of residential sales ever recorded for the month of September.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled 3,559 in September 2009, an increase of 3.4 per cent from the 3,441 sales recorded in August 2009, and an increase of 124. ...