Chris Bryan, Burnaby News Leader, January 9, 2009
There are few surprises for Burnaby homeowners this week as the 2009 assessments arrive in the mail.
For most, there is no change over 2008 because of provincial legislation capping assessments at the lower value between the two years, to provide people with some financial certainty in a tightening financial climate.
“The lower value is the basis upon which the 2009 property taxes will be calculated,” said Connie Fair,
Andrew Duffy, Victoria Times Colonist, January 9, 2009
It’s no contest when it comes to the property with the highest assessed value in the capital region this year.
Weighing in at almost $76 million, James Island, owned by Seattle billionaire Craig McCaw, is head and shoulders above the rest of the top-10 assessed properties, four of which are in Oak Bay.
McCaw is part of a syndicate that bought the 315-hectare Gulf Island just off Sidney in Haro Strait under the name JI Properties in 1994.
James Weldon, North Shore News, December 5, 2008
The benchmark price of a detached home in North Vancouver has dropped almost 20 per cent in the last six months, according to figures released this week by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.
Real estate sales on the North Shore continued to slow last month, dragging some housing prices down close to 20 per cent from their springtime peak,
Frank O’Brien, Western Investor, December 2008
With housing sales plunging across British Columbia- descending 43 percent so far from a year earlier and still accelerating- and landmark condominium projects collapsing under debt, 2009 is expected to see the bottom of the most spectacular real estate collapse in 20 years.
For those with cash and confidence, however, the next year- starting right now- represents a golden opportunity to purchase prime properties at bargain prices,
Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, Friday, November 28, 2008
Phones are still ringing at Tourism Whistler’s booking office, offering some hope to a waning Whistler real estate market.
“Our real estate activity does flow from our tourism activity,” Patrick Kelly, an agent at the Whistler Real Estate Co., said in an interview, “particularly where the international — American and European — market is concerned.”
“If they don’t come [to visit],
Rudy Nielsen, Canadian Real Estate, November-December, 2008
The numbers are in, and after seven years of sold, often double-digit growth, the residential real estate market throughout BC has slowed, according to the recent Q2 2008 Residential Sales Summary by Landcor Data Corp., Vancouver.
What are the numbers telling us? The two key market messages are lower sales and slower price growth. The question we need to consider is: does this mean investors should start looking for bargains,
Teresa Murphy, Canadian Real Estate, November 2008
Among the few hundred proven real estate and property investment experts in Canada, recreational real estate guru Rudy Nielsen is the only one to have outsmarted both black and grizzly bears – a number of times – while evaluating remote investment property.
One thing is certain – Nielsen likes to know exactly what he’s getting into before he considers buying or selling a recreational property.
Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, September 13, 2008
At first blush, the top end of British Columbia’s real estate market seems to follow that old observation about the rich being different from the rest of us.
Agents recorded 30 sales of mansions over the $5-million mark during the first seven months of this year, according to research by Landcor Data Corp.
The January sale of 3330 Radcliffe Ave.
Graham Pollock, Coquitlam NOW, September 10, 2008
The numbers are in and there’s no mistaking it — after years of unfettered growth, the Metro Vancouver housing market is starting to cool. Sales are down across the Lower Mainland — including the Tri-Cities — and listings are up, as more homes stay on the market longer.
But despite the predictions of some critics, who suggest the market is overstretched and headed for collapse,
Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, September 5, 2008
It’s a buyer’s market in real estate around British Columbia, according to a new Landcor Data Corp. report, although company president Rudy Nielsen reckons buyers are just sitting on their hands for the time being.
Landcor tracked lower sales and slower price gains in most markets around the province to the end of June. The median prices of some home types dipped into negative territory from the first to the second quarter,