Frank O’Brien, Western Investor, April 2015
There has been a long term strategy about real estate investing: drive an hour out of your city and buy land. And wait.
Today in Metro Vancouver, with suburban land cresting over $1.5 million per acre, the wait for many investors could be over, but lands of opportunity remain on the fringe of Vancouver and B.C.’s other large cities, analysts say.
All B.C.
Sharleen Kneeland, waterfrontwest.com, March 13, 2015
Ever since the price of oil started to slip, I have been wondering about the possible effect the oil slump might have on B.C.’s recreational real estate market.
Historically, a large segment of our site visitors (around 19-22%) have hailed from Alberta and we know that Albertans like to purchase waterfront getaways and retirement homes in British Columbia. With the market for recreational properties on the upswing again in many of the smaller B.C.
NIHO President Rudy Nielsen gave one of the key presentations to 600 people at the successful Real Estate LandRush 2015 Conference on Feb 28th.
Conference founder, Ozzie Jurock, said:
“That success was due in no small measure to your own fine contribution on our stage.
You presented your thoughts, ideas and forecasts in a timely, interesting and professional manner and helped us create a ‘convention type experience’
Frank O’Brien, The Prince George Citizen, March 12, 2015
Buying raw land on the fringe of Prince George is among the best real estate buys in British Columbia, according to Rudy Nielson, president of Niho Land & Cattle Co. and the largest private landowner in the province.
“Prince George has it all. It is a hub city for the province,” Nielson said following an address to the annual Jurock Land Rush conference in Vancouver.
Frank O’Brien, Business in Vancouver, March 10, 2015
Buying raw land on the fringe of Prince George is among the best real estate buys in British Columbia, according to Rudy Nielsen, president of Niho Land & Cattle Co. and the largest private landowner in the province.
“Prince George has it all. It is a hub city for the province,” Nielsen said following an address to the annual Jurock Land Rush conference in Vancouver February 28.
Jeff Nagel, Surrey North Delta Leader, Feb 20, 2015
Premier Christy Clark says the possible defeat of a proposed 0.5 per cent sales tax by the No side in this spring’s referendum on transit expansion might force Metro Vancouver mayors to raise TransLink’s property tax instead.
TransLink already collects $305 million per year – $238 per average home assessed at $719,000 – from its dedicated property tax,