Print Share Beverage manufacturing companies are an important part of Canada’s food and beverage manufacturing sector and will play a critical role in Canadian economic growth in 2021. The sector employs over 42,000, 15% of all food and beverage manufacturing jobs, and contributes $7.0B in GDP to the economy. Beverage manufacturing is a low-margin, high-volume […]

The August issue of Western Investor includes a look at seven B.C. waterfront homes listed at a lower price than a city condo. Here is a sample.Jul 16, 2021 3:49 PM By:  Frank O’Brien PreviousNext1 / 3 Fawn Lake: 10-acre waterfront parcel with two cabins in the Cariboo.| LandQuest RealtyExpand A West Coast waterfront home is the often the long-held […]

Interested in buying a house that preserves your town’s history and culture? Learn the upsides and downsides from historic property experts.6min read When purchasing a historic home, buyers should be aware of unique parameters and responsibilities that come with living in a timeless residence. Are you considering buying a home built before your time? Here […]

Down payments are more than $100,000 higher than in Quebec, where buyers paid the lowest level in the country, new study showsJun 29, 2021 7:38 AM By: WI Staff – Chart courtesy of LowestRates.ca British Columbia homebuyers put down an average of nearly $160,000 to purchase a home during the first quarter of 2021, by far the […]

Manufactured home parks offer B.C.’s most affordable housing – and contemporary designs are tempting young buyersJun 11, 2021 1:01 PM By:  Frank O’Brien Click Homes are selling fast in a Sunshine Coast manufactured home park. | Click Modular Homes B.C. consumers often dismiss manufactured homes as a housing option, but the rise of Millennial buyers,  B.C.’s runaway […]

Buying & Selling Tips By Justin Kerby May 28, 2021 It’s always a good idea to use a real estate professional when buying or selling property, and there’s no exception when it comes to purchasing a pre-build or pre-construction property. Pre-builds are properties that are just that – pre-built. They are units brought to market by […]

Vacation spots only the ‘one per cent of the one-per-cent’ can affordAuthor of the article:Bianca BhartiPublishing date:May 27, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •   12 Comments Article content The mayor of the Township of Muskoka Lakes, Ont., one of the country’s most popular summer retreats, said the property market in his town has become unsustainable after prices surged […]

Cabin & Cottage Trends Across Canada (2021) May 18th, 2021 Canadians opt for more affordability and new lifestyle, flocking to recreational property market 57 per cent of markets offer properties below $500K, according to RE/MAX brokers and agents Average sale price anticipated to rise up to 30% in some recreational property markets, according to RE/MAX […]

Premier John Horgan said the “great news” is the circuit-breaker restrictions will be over the day after the May long weekend Glen Korstrom Business in Vancouver Western InvestorMay 21, 2021 B.C. Premier John Horgan says that health restrictions on travelling around the province, and on dining inside restaurants will end at midnight to start May 25. Provincial health officer Bonnie […]

BC Step Code will nail up to $48,000 onto new house cost BC Energy Step Code will prove costly as it ascends to new homes that emit zero emissions, builders warn Frank O’Brien Western InvestorApril 28, 2021 In December 2017 the B.C. government introduced the ambitious BC Energy Step Code, a building code with five steps […]

Even travel between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island or the Okanagan subject to extraordinary measures, including hefty fines Elana Shepert Western InvestorApril 23, 2021 B.C. Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth told reporters in a press briefing Friday (April 23) that a $575 fine will be issued to people who contravene sweeping new order restricting non-essential travel within the […]