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I was away for Spring Break last week. Got back on Tuesday but have been busy catching up the last couple of days. Now its time to get you, and me, up to speed on the latest real estate news. The trend seems to be towards analysis of the future of the market and whether or not the boom is over. The Globe and Mail's Report on Business ...

Or rather, it stops hitting walls. CBC reported the other day that Bill Eden's Eden Developments had stopped construction of its only active development, the Sophia. In a situation eerily similar to the Riverbend development that cancelled the contracts of pre-sale buyers earlier this year The Sophia, located in Mount Pleasant, was ...

This is the 4th year for the BC Real Estate Convention and it has gotten bigger every year. It must be the cost of admission. It is free! There will be exhibitors from many different real estate related fields, including developers both local and international), lenders, renovators, insurers, and of course some REALTORs will be there as ...

Last night CBC TV's Wendy Mesley had a great story on Marketplace all about the risks inherent in buying a condominium at pre-sale from the developer (or the the marketing company they've hired). You can watch the video on CBC's website (which by the way is getting very good at combining TV and the internet). It is quite ...

I heard some talk of this yesterday, but no specific project mentioned. Well low and behold my morning Vancouver Sun had it right there in the business section (apparently this is not front page news anymore) and also on cbc.ca. It seems that the Eden Group has cancelled their planned development in Mount Pleasant, The Elyse, at East 7th Avenue ...

If you are considering puchasing a newly constructed, or pre-sale, home in Metro Vancouver in the near futute then you will not want to miss the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association Parade of New Homes. The seventh annual Parade is on from October 20th to the 28th this year and will feature new home projects in Burnaby, Coquitlam, ...