The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reports that residential attached, detached and apartment property sales in the Greater Vancouver area totalled 3,218 in April 2008, a decline of 5% from April 2007, and a decline of 3.8% compared to April 2006.
New listings detached, attached and apartment properties in the Greater Vancouver area climbed 25.6% over a year ago, to 7010. Sales continue to be strong, but there is a lot more choice on the market today. This is good news for a market that has been defined by record breaking activity for most of this decade.
Despite this seeming re-balance between sales and listings, it took, on average, 6 fewer days to sell a home in Greater Vancouver compared to the previous year, with a days on market average of 33 in April this year.
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Their goals are identification and removal of barriers to sustainable building practices within current codes and regulations. Identification and proposal of new provisions for green buildings regulation and implementation of new provisions through administration, education and training.
The green building provisions will focus on sustainable sites, water conservation , energy conservation, materials and indoor environment.
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Esso has closed its marine gas station in Steveston, Port Hardy, Nanaimo and West Vancouver. Will False Creek be next? They have told Allan Keefe, the manager, that they are getting out of the marine gas business, after 23 years of serving the neighbourhood.
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If you are purchasing a condo in Vancouver's waterfront neighbourhood, Coal Harbour, you will find this map very useful. It shows all the waterfront and non waterfront buildings.
http://www.vancouverreflections.com/2008/05/02/coal-harbour-vancouver-condominium-map/
At least seven Vancouver Gastown condo projects are in limbo as City Hall nixed its heritage revitalization program.
City Hall established a Heritage Building Rehabilitation Program for Gastown, Chinatown and the Hastings Corridor in 2003 and it was scheduled to run til 2008. It was designed to cover cost shortfalls for complete building rehabilitation. It also included a density bonus and property tax relief.
The City has now declared that Vancouver's Gastwon Heritage program will be suspended pending further study. Of the 12, 5 were allowed to proceed and the remaining seven were excluded.
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