AltWeeklies Wire
Smart Tips for First-Time Home Sellersnew
From tips on how to go about purchasing a house to materials proclaiming the advantages of owning a property, new buyers don't have a shortage of print and online references. But how about people selling their homes for the first time?
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
06-02-2008 |
Housing & Development
Oil Costs Reshaping the Suburbsnew
Current property values in the U.S., where the subprime-mortgage crisis has unleashed a sea of foreclosures, demonstrate how surging oil prices can affect the real-estate market. Cities with more suburban sprawl are suffering more in terms of depressed prices than denser areas that are less dependent on cars.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
05-19-2008 |
Housing & Development
Subprime Mess Spreadsnew
The subprime lending crisis in the U.S. is far from over, and its impact on financial markets may continue to affect the cost of Canadian mortgages.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
01-04-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
EcoDensity Won't Cut House Pricesnew
EcoDensity has been billed as supplying more housing through densification–laneway homes, condos on top of stores, rezoning sprawling house-oriented neighborhoods to accommodate low-rise apartments–and prices would drop into the affordable zone.
The Georgia Straight |
Pieta Woolley |
11-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
No Vacancy in Vancouvernew
The city is bedeviled by rising rents and low vacancy rates, which take a disproportionate toll on young people.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith and Carlito Pablo |
10-15-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Metro Vancouver Downplays Location-efficient Mortgagesnew
Despite the gravity of the issue, Metro Vancouver has not aggressively advanced one potential solution for working families who don't own motor vehicles: location-efficient mortgages, otherwise known as transportation-based mortgages.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
08-24-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
