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Vancouver’s luxury housing market stalls as listings rise, buyers hold back

Vancouver’s luxury housing market stalls as listings rise, buyers hold back

Sales of $4M-plus homes drop nearly 50 per cent as Sotheby’s warns of deepening buyer’s market conditions
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Judge rules against Vancouver developer in lawsuit over former Jimi Hendrix Shrine site

Judge rules against Vancouver developer in lawsuit over former Jimi Hendrix Shrine site

Bonnis Properties ordered to return $1.1M deposit, pay more than $190K in damages as well as costs in suit with Epix Developments
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Bonnis seeks quick approval for revamped project above Commodore Ballroom

Bonnis seeks quick approval for revamped project above Commodore Ballroom

New concept is for two towers, 43 and 39 storeys, with 500 rental homes, 100 hotel rooms, five levels of retail, restaurants and entertainment
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B.C. condo king Bob Rennie pitches incoming PM on foreign investment in rentals

B.C. condo king Bob Rennie pitches incoming PM on foreign investment in rentals

Rennie seeks CMHC involvement to attract foreign buyers for long-term rentals
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Benchmark price of Sunshine Coast homes lower than in adjacent areas

Benchmark price of Sunshine Coast homes lower than in adjacent areas

The composite listing price for Coast houses, townhouses and apartments grew three per cent in the past year; a rate was higher than those of all but one other Greater Vancouver Realtors area.
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Home prices climb at higher levels on the Coast

Home prices climb at higher levels on the Coast

Prices for Sunshine Coast real estate showed a 6.9 per cent increase over the past year, according to statistics released by the Greater Vancouver Realtors association Feb. 4.
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B.C. Realtor banned, fined $80K for ‘predatory’ misconduct

B.C. Realtor banned, fined $80K for ‘predatory’ misconduct

Former Blueprint Realty Inc./RE/MAX Blueprint real estate agent in Surrey committed multiple acts of professional misconduct on his first property sale in 2015, according to a BCFSA hearing officer
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B.C. dad can't get back $500K he gave now-separated son, daughter in-law for home

B.C. dad can't get back $500K he gave now-separated son, daughter in-law for home

The B.C. Supreme Court sided with a man's former daughter-in-law, who was gifted $500,000 to buy a $1.3-million home with her former spouse; the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the judgement.
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B.C. cities turning to AI to speed up housing approvals

B.C. cities turning to AI to speed up housing approvals

Gold standard is for AI to give site-level feedback with human checks and balances.
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AI takes centre stage as Vancouver's real estate sector accelerates digital embrace

AI takes centre stage as Vancouver's real estate sector accelerates digital embrace

Industry leaders argue artificial intelligence could eventually be used to address B.C.’s affordable-housing shortage
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