by Kenzie Andrews | Aug 29, 2019 | Around Town, BC Building Code, Blog, Building Code, Campbell River, Comox Valley, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Powell River
As of April 1, 2019, electronic versions of the National Building Code of Canada were made available at no cost and the changes eliminated the royalties B.C. pays to the federal government. The BC Building Codes are now available online for free, and printed copies...
by Kenzie Andrews | Aug 22, 2019 | Around Town, Before You Dig Partners, Blog, Campbell River, Comox Valley, Construction News, Port Alberni, Powell River
In an effort to best serve the digging community, Before You Dig Partners is hosting two weekly Webinar series’ to review the locate submission process, recent software changes, and help excavators address any issues or hurdles they have encountered while using...
by Kenzie Andrews | Aug 21, 2019 | BC Step Code, Blog, Campbell River, Construction, Construction News, Courtenay, Editor's Note, Port Hardy, Tenders
In This Week’s Editor’s Note Courtenay: West Urban Developments is proceeding with projects that include 150 apartment units and 40 townhomes.Port Hardy: Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations has issued general construction tenders for an estimated $4.9...
by Kenzie Andrews | Aug 15, 2019 | Around Town, Blog, Campbell River, Courtenay, Kutyn, Real Estate News
Over the past five years, one of the factors playing havoc with the market was low inventory. This continues to be an issue in most of the Condominium sectors in the Comox Valley, but especially in Campbell River. One of the biggest factors in the real estate market...
by Kenzie Andrews | Aug 8, 2019 | Around Town, Blog, Campbell River, Comox Valley, Parksville, Port Alberni, Qualicum Beach, Real Estate News, Vancouver Island Real Estate Board
According to the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s (VIREB) July Statistics, 453 single-family homes sold on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System compared to 406 the previous month and 438 in July 2018. The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board has released...
by Kenzie Andrews | Aug 1, 2019 | Around Town, Blog, Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay, Real Estate News
In B.C.’s currently lukewarm real estate sector, it’s easy to read the headlines and imagine it’s becoming a buyer’s market. But that’s not true of all areas. A REW.ca study of real estate activity from February to May 2019 looked at the sales-to-active-listings ratio...