Vancouver House

5692 Kings Rd., No. 101, VancouverListing price: $875,000Selling price: $867,500Days on market: 171Taxes: $1,768.12 (2019)Monthly maintenance fee: $330.74Listing agent: Keith Roy, Re/Max Select RealtyThis University of British Columbia three-bedroom, two-bathroom condo is a corner unit in one of the few freehold properties on the campus. The building was built in...

4743 Belmont Ave., VancouverAsking price: $58-millionSelling price: $42-millionPrevious selling price: not availableDays on market: UndisclosedTaxes: Upwards of $200,000Listing agent: Christa Frosch, Sotheby’s International Realty CanadaThe mansion belonged to prominent philanthropists Joseph and Rosalie Segal.Because it’s an exclusive market that demands privacy, details of the sale are not public, listing agent...

Cities need to give up on the myth that seniors are going to naturally transition out of their houses, because the reverse trend is happening, experts say. They also say that seniors are not to blame.Economist Mike Moffat is one expert interested in the topic. According to him, Ontario is...

4370 Avenue Harvard, MontrealListing price: $969,000Selling price: $840,000Days on the market: 66Taxes: $6,963Listing agent: Deborah Newton, Royal LePage VillageThe listing price on this former duplex converted into a single-family home was reduced twice before its sale for $840,000. Although renovation work was done on the house in the Montreal borough...

4402 Avenue Christophe-Colomb, second floor, MontrealListing price: $389,000Selling price: $429,875Previous selling price: $330,000 (2010)Days on the market: 4Taxes: $4,039Listing agent: Rémy Beauchamp, Via Capitale du Mont-RoyalThis apartment in a triplex on busy Christophe-Colomb Avenue in the heart of the hip Plateau Mont-Royal borough was scooped up by a young French...

455 Rue Saint-Pierre, PH530, MontrealAsking price: $2.8-millionSelling price: $2.65-millionTaxes: $17,828 (2020)Days on the market: 10Listing agent: Martin Rouleau, Engel & Volkers MontréalA luxury penthouse condominium in the heart of historic Old Montreal, a district famous for its narrow cobblestoned streets and imposing carved stone buildings. The condo is in a...

1609 Marlowe Place, West Vancouver (Chartwell)Asking price: $12,998,000Selling price: $12,100,000Previous selling price: Not availableDays on market: 19Taxes: $26,853.23Listing agent: Trent Rodney, Royal LePage SussexThe seller received one offer from a young family who live in the area.The house is located in the Chartwell neighbourhood of the British Properties, which doesn’t...

Heidi Woodley had mentioned to her landlord that she’d like to purchase her rental cottage, if only she had a way to do it. But when he put it on the market in April, she didn’t initially have a plan.“It was mostly developers were coming through, and it was...

38 Earl St., Th 5Asking price: $749,000Selling price: $825,000Previous selling prices: $520,000 (2014); $498,000 (2013); $455,000 (2011); $326,000 (2008); $237,000 (2003)Taxes: $3,305 (2018)Days on the market: FourListing agent: Christopher Kowal, Royal LePage Urban RealtyThe action: Every few years, a homeownership opportunity emerges in a condominium townhouse community near Sherbourne station....

605-384 E. 1st Ave., Vancouver (Mount Pleasant)Asking price: $759,900Selling price: $755,000Previous selling price: $408,900 (2014)Days on market: 4Taxes: $2,059.68Monthly Maintenance fee: $333Listing agent: Paul Albrighton, Re/Max Crest RealtyThe sellers had purchased the unit as a pre-sale in 2014 for $408,900, before tax. But they didn’t live in the unit until...

2320 Trinity St., unit 205, VancouverAsking price: $550,000Selling price: $580,000Days on market: 2Taxes: $1,240.56Maintenance fees: $537Listing agent: Mary Cleaver, Re/Max Select RealtyThe sellers received one offer after it was just listed. The buyers live in the area, which is near the quickly growing, trendy shopping district of Hastings East.This 921-square-foot...

1343 Lakewood Drive, VancouverAsking price: $2,022,000Selling price: $2,225,000Days on market: 12Taxes: $5,620.92Listing agent: Mary Cleaver, Re/Max SelectThe sellers received three offers and the house sold subject-free after the first weekend of showings. The sellers are downsizing and the buyer lived in the neighbourhood.This fully-restored 108-year-old, 2,223-square-foot character home is high...

288 St. David’s Ave., Unit 18, North Vancouver, B.C.Asking price: $764,900Selling price: $755,000Previous selling price: $220,042 (2001)Days on market: 4Taxes: $2,251.99Maintenance fees: $443.66Listing agent: Shelley Williams, Team 3000 RealtyThe seller had bought the unit new and resided in it until a few months ago, listing agent Shelley Williams says. The...

601 – 1540 W. 2nd Ave., Vancouver (Fairview)Asking price: $1.449 million (May, 2021)Selling price: $1.425 million (May, 2021)Previous selling price: $597,196 (2005)Days on market: SevenTaxes: $4,543.57Maintenance fee: $918Listing agent: Paul Albrighton, Re/Max Crest RealtyThe seller had owned the unit since 2005 and had rented it out.After 10 viewings, they received...

2333 Triumph St., No. 213, VancouverListing price: $525,000Selling price: $499,000Days on market: 23Taxes: $1,083.88Maintenance fee: $315.71Listing agent: Mary Cleaver, Re/Max Select RealtyThis 669-square-foot, one-bedroom condo is in Vancouver’s up-and-coming Hastings East neighbourhood, nicknamed the East Village. The building was built in 1976, but the unit has been updated with new...

1105 Kelowna St., Vancouver (Hastings-Sunrise)Asking price: $1,499,000Selling price: $1.735,000Previous selling price: $1,452,000 (2012), $733,000 (2008), $327,000 (2002), $291,000 (2001), $210,000 (1989)Days on market: SevenTaxes: $5,615.06Listing agent: Cheryl Davie, Stilhavn Real Estate ServicesThe house sold for 116-per-cent of asking. It was on the market for one week and more than 35...

Amid the pandemic, a luxury market has emerged on Vancouver Island – driven by wealthy people seeking a more temperate climate and better lifestyle. Towns and even villages that had long been hidden gems are suddenly very much on the map.Foreign buyers, particularly Americans from the West Coast, are scooping...

The effects of rising home prices in Canada are reducing the affordability of almost every housing segment, including a part of the market that has long been under-appreciated: trailer parks.From recreation-only RV parks and campgrounds to those for all-year-round retirement or family living, prices have been rising, spaces are booked...

CBRE says Canadian commercial real estate is pointing to a post-pandemic economic upswing.The commercial real estate company says the pace of office vacancy increases eased in every major Canadian city in the second quarter and industrial demand picked up.Downtown office leasing increased in major cities by the smallest amount since...

Throughout the pandemic, home sales soared, and in some markets, set record prices. Industry insiders say that postpandemic, the B.C. housing market is expected to boom again – driven by Canadians returning home and the federal government’s plan to bring in more than 1.2 million immigrants by 2023.The wave is...