Author Archives: Jay Banks

Vancouver in Fall Season Photo Essay

During the fall the burning red, bright yellow, and many shades of orange can change familiar urban scenes into some very dramatic images!

It’s true that the Canadian real estate market has experienced a moderate slowdown in the last few months; however, it’s not that dramatic.

The total number of homes listed for sale on the region’s MLS® reached 17,370 increasing by 12 per cent compared to last year’s results.

A poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It has renewed public involvement and interest in spoken word performances.

In the last two years, the global economy became topic number one in the media. The main question is: How to Fight the Crisis?

If you are a photographer, be it amateur or professional – doesn’t matter – send me your photos via this form.

New listings for detached, attached, and apartment properties amounted to 5,321 — reaching a 6.3% fall in growth compared to September 2011.

An island in the middle of a city, the Granville Island is a perfect example of a successful urban redevelopment.

How the financial crisis in 2008 and following years of uncertainty impacted companies focusing on wealth management around the world?

When you head East of North Vancouver, you will find yourself in a community of the Deep Cove, also affectionately called “The Cove” by locals.

With an increasing number of people living or just spending their holidays in forest regions, the risk of forest fires is increasing.

The costs of owning a home as a share of household income in Canada has been growing since the beginning of 2012.

Vancouver, the “City of Glass” — is this the brand that the city should lose or the one to keep?

August sales in the region ranked the second lowest total for the month since 1998 and stayed 39.2 per cent below the ten-year August sales.

After the IMF report from January, here is another sign that the housing bubble in Canada is not just an imagined phenomenon.