Real Estate

The B.C. Financial Services Authority has issued another consumer alert about Matthew Kuras, the former licensee it has accused of short-term rental fraud.

Rising mortgage rates and a weaker labour market are weighing on home sales in British Columbia, especially in the Lower Mainland.

A New Westminster lawyer has agreed to a six-week suspension and promised to give up practising real estate law under a consent agreement with the Law Society of B.C.

The B.C. Financial Services Authority has issued a consumer alert about Matthew Kuras, the real estate licensee it has accused of operating a short-term rental fraud in Vancouver.

Weak condo sales dragged down real estate activity in the Vancouver area last month, as prices also moved lower compared with a year ago.

One of British Columbia’s wealthiest residents has successfully appealed the assessed value of his waterfront mansion in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood.

Journalists and other members of the public got their first look inside the distinctive Sen̓áḵw tower development on the south end of Vancouver’s Burrard Bridge on Tuesday, showing off what the Squamish Nation hopes will be a positive economic opportunity for their community while mitigating the housing crisis.

A Vancouver woman who donated her $1.625-million home to charity and later argued the gift was made under duress has lost a legal challenge to get the property back.

Changes could be coming to Vancouver’s multiplex policy, three years after it was adopted.

The B.C. property manager accused of tenanting multiple Vancouver properties “under false pretences” and subleasing them as short-term rentals without their owners’ consent has lost his appeal of an order directing him to produce documents for investigators.

The owners of second homes and a vacant lot in the City of Vancouver have lost their bid to get the city’s Empty Homes Tax struck down in B.C. Supreme Court.

Vancouver-area home sales and prices moved lower in April compared with last year, as the city’s real estate board says the market is diverging between property types.

A B.C. landlord who was ordered to pay his former tenant $19,570 attempted to “offset” that amount by having someone pose as the tenant and agree to a settlement in his favour, according to a recent decision by the provincial tenancy regulator.

A B.C. Realtor who used his personal Instagram account to send an “antisemitic, violent and hateful” direct message to a Toronto restaurant has been disciplined by the provincial real estate regulator.

The Okanagan city of Kelowna, B.C., is being allowed to opt out of rules limiting short-term rentals in time for this summer’s tourism season.