Inventories of residential real estate swelled in February and sales slowed across the Lower Mainland in February bringing more balance to local markets.
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Soundcheck Vancouver – The Celtic Scene
From yearly festivals to a Gaelic Football league, the cheery influence of the Celtic-descent residents of Vancouver is clearly apparent, but nowhere quite so obviously as the pub-scene.
Premier calls for smaller lot sizes
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell said smaller lot sizes could help young people get into the property market.
Vancouver no longer tops real estate hot list
While prices in Greater Vancouver remain the highest in the country, other parts of the country may be closing the gap, a study revealed.
Soundcheck Vancouver – Punk Rock’s Angry Enclaves
We’ve devoted the next chapter of Soundcheck Vancouver to punk.
Market heading toward balance
Residential attached, detached and apartment property sales totalled 1,819 in January 2008, an increase of 0.7 per cent over the 1,806 sales in January 2007
BC Home Sales Edge Down
British Columbia Real Estate Association reports residential sales dollar volume on the Multiple Listing Service in BC climbed 8.8 per cent to $2.25 billion in January.
Soundcheck Vancouver – Sax And The City
Jazz music has been a part of Vancouver since the city’s early days as a fishing and lumbering town.
Soundcheck Vancouver – The Loud Loudwest
Music in Vancouver. This time, we’ll give you a detailed review of all the essential music venues, and you’ll also learn which rock bands call Vancouver home.
Urban Assault – Home-grown Hip-Hop and Rap
Vancouver sees its fair share of world-class Rap and Hip-Hop talent playing at such mainstream venues as Richards on Richards, even BC Place Stadium, …
Vancouver Neighbourhoods – Cambie
Cambie is considered one of the smallest neighboourhoods in Vancouver, housing just over 7000 individuals on 217 hectares of land. It’s well known for it’s villagey feel and for the fact of practically serving as the city centre some 70 years ago.
December 2007: Housing sales second highest ever recorded
December 2007 update on the long-term housing prices graph in Vancouver, BC. Click the image to see it in full size.
Choosing the Location of Your Home
Choosing the location of your next home is a tricky business. It will be one of the major determining factors of your propertys future market value, not to mention the crucial effects on your new lifestyle.
Soundcheck Vancouver – Chapter 1: The Rootsystem
Following the popularity of our article on Vancouver music clubs, we have started a brand new, extensive section on the past and present of the music scene in Vancouver.
New section on Music in Vancouver
We envite you to take a personal musical journey through Vancouver’s music venues, here is our exclusive review of some of the best Vancouver clubs with live music. We hope youl’ll like this latest addition to our ever-growing Vancouver Guides.