Jean Sorensen

After a failed provincial amalgamation attempt in 2016, the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is talking to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) about possible amalgamation.

After more than a decade attempting to get to market, the 1,838-acre Foothills development at Lantzville, B.C. at the mid-point on Vancouver Island now has building lots ready to go.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark has stripped the Real Estate Council of B.C. of the privilege of self-regulation and a report by the council-appointed Independent Advisory Group (IAG) points to a lack of clout and culture.

When the members of the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) cast a ballot this summer to determine whether to dissolve the association plus its...

MoneySense, a personal finance magazine, recently ranked Vancouver Island’s Port Alberni as the worst place to live in Canada. The magazine ranked the town last or near-last for liveability out of more than 200 communities.

HomeLife Realty Services, headquartered in Toronto, is offering territory franchises in foreign countries in a bid to take its brand deeper into the international market.

Monica Donetti-Ross, who comes from a family of B.C. Realtors, has launched Safe2Show, a service where agents who are Safe2Show members and who feel uncomfortable going to a showing alone can buddy-up with another agent.

Royal LePage Real Estate Services’ acquisition of the 31-year-old independent Coast Realty Group of offices and property management business, with 150 agents in the central Vancouver Island area, was a matter of perfect timing.

A syndicated mortgage is formed when a number of investors or individuals pool their funds to make a loan to the developer. Each investor in the syndicate is registered on the title of the property.

International real estate professionals attending the first Vancouver RED Talks, a series of real estate and development panel discussions, told a crowd of local...