Great news for first time new home buyers! The BC Government intends to implement a temporary BC-First-Time-New-Home-Buyer's Bonus, effective February 21 - March 31 2012. However, it is still subject to approval by the legislature. Read more about it and see if you qualify: BC's First Time New Home Buyer's Bonus
Eliminating the viaduct could not only create more space for housing and parks, but could weave disparate neighbourhoods into a whole new community. Lead by the city's former head of planning and former councillor, the pair aim to show how replacing the viaducts with pathways of parks, could link historic neighbourhoods in the downtown eastside to the water, and to new mixed-use developments. ...
BC will return to PST on April 1, 2013, which drops the 2% provincial portion of the HST on all new homes sold for $850,000 or less. Thus, the idea is that the two per cent tax rate will apply now in the form of the provincial portion of the HST on all homes under $850,000.It will then apply to homes built during HST, but sold under PST, in the form of the two per cent transitional tax. Read ...
Check out the new proposal to build a unique 49-storey condominium with the most interesting design we've seen in Downtown Vancouver. The $200-million project envisioned for the corner of Beach Avenue and Howe Street is a provocative design by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels that starts out as a triangle at the base but turns into a rectangle higher up.
Greater Vancouver home sellers were more active than buyers in January and overall home prices continued to experience more stability and less fluctuation compared to the beginning of 2011. Read Full Stats Here: Feb 2012 REBGV Stats
