Around Town: Home sales shifting
Housing demand in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area, Duncan to Port Hardy, has shifted lower in the first half of 2018. Despite lower sales thus far, lack of inventory continues to tilt the market in favour of sellers and push prices upwards. June...
Around Town: BC creates public registry of real estate owners
The BC government is proposing to launch a new registry, open to the public, that will list anyone who owns real estate in the province. The registry, a first in Canada, aims to end the hidden ownership of property. The proposed legislation is part of a report that...
Around Town: Wage raises increasing
According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), the unemployment rate in BC is the lowest in Canada, with Construction showing one of the highest vacancy rates. A 5.8 per cent unemployment rate recorded in February ties for the lowest nationwide...
Around Town: Update on BC real estate sales
New sales numbers released by the B.C. Real Estate Association on June 15 suggest measures intended to cool the overheated house market could be working. The Multiple Listing Service recorded a 28.7 per cent drop across the province in May compared to the same month...
Around Town: VICA’s Women in Construction Network celebrates five years!
Women in Construction (WiC) is a grassroots Vancouver Island network working to promote and support female participation in construction, one of the key sectors of our provincial economy. In May of 2013, a group of dedicated women came together with the intention of...Get 8 FREE Issues!
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