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...
Editor’s Note June 13, 2018: Your North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Issue: Campbell River’s Eagle Ridge with projected 109 units starting Phase One this summer. City of Powell River gives third reading to zoning bylaw applications for two new projects in city. Former Alberni District Secondary School property in...
Around Town: Single-family benchmark price surpasses $500,000 in May
The benchmark price of a single-family home in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area broke the $500,000 mark in May, rising to $507,700, a 17 per cent increase from one year ago. Sales of single-family homes were down 17 per cent from last year but...
Editor’s Note: Your Weekly North Island Construction News
In This Issue: BC Hydro releases timeline for $100 million Strathcona Dam Upgrade Defence Construction Canada for 19 Wing Comox calling for Underground Civil Construction and Mechanical Contractors The Village of Cumberland moving forward with approximately $4 million...
Around Town: New Affordable Housing Funding
BC Housing has announced funding opportunities through a Community Housing Fund. The new program is expected to create over 14,000 new residential units across BC over the next 10 years. Projects can be combined with an existing mixed-use site or existing housing if...Get 8 FREE Issues!
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