Our American friends in the Pacific Northwest may have caught Rudy Nielsen on their radio on Aug 6th. He was interviewed on America Outdoors Radio by John Kruse. They talked about the ins and outs of buying recreational land in British Columbia.
To listen to the interview, click here.
Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, July 26, 2016
Metro Vancouver mayors hope a new housing fund announced by Premier Christy Clark will be used to help resolve a “desperate need” for affordable housing across the region.
Clark announced Monday a 15-per-cent foreign buyer tax on all residential real estate deals in Metro Vancouver — from Bowen Island to Langley Township — starting Aug. 2. Revenue would go into a special housing fund for housing affordability projects,
Rob Shaw, Vancouver Sun, July 25, 2016
VICTORIA — A foreign buyers tax introduced in a surprise move by the B.C. Liberal government Monday may cool the high end of Metro Vancouver’s red hot real estate market, even if it contains several potential loopholes and unintended consequences, say experts.
The new 15-per-cent foreign buyer tax will apply to residential real estate deals in Metro Vancouver — from Bowen Island to Maple Ridge/Langley Township — starting Aug.
Kerry Gold, The Globe and Mail, June 17, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with a round table of experts on Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis on Friday, just as new data are released showing the extreme nature of the city’s escalating housing problem.
Planner and analyst Andy Yan, who will attend the meeting, has released a comprehensive set of maps that show the rapid rise of assessed house prices over the past decade.
Frank O’Brien, Business in Vancouver, June 7, 2016
Rain and thousands of hectares of verdant farmland have sparked a new multimillion-dollar industry in the outback of northern British Columbia: harvesting hay and shipping it to drought-stricken livestock producers in China and Korea.
From a standing start four years ago, nearly 10,000 tonnes of hay per year is now being baled and shipped in containers to Asia out of the Port of Prince Rupert.
Frank O’Brien, Western Investor, May 30, 2016
LandQuest Realty Corp.celebrates its 20th anniversary this year as the largest dealer in land in British Columbia: but scratch the surface of the clamouring global demand the company is now experiencing, and LandQuest is really dealing in water, according to the company co-founders.
“Every time it rains in B.C, we should get down on our knees and give thanks,” said Rudy Nielsen who,
Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun, May 15, 2016
Does it seem like cranes and dump trucks are constantly on seaside streets, as bigger, newer homes are built on the water?
Seventy-nine new homes have been built on the oceanfront in Metro Vancouver during the past five years, the most (24) in West Vancouver, according to a spreadsheet of waterfront properties provided to The Sun by Landcor Data Corp,
The colour-coded map below shows the location of the newly built houses along the Pacific Ocean from Lions Bay to South Surrey.
Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun, May 13, 2016
If you don’t mind the border crossing, the place you should buy oceanfront property near Vancouver is, of course, Point Roberts.
There is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom, waterfront house for sale on the American peninsula for $658,000 US. Even with the low Canadian dollar, that’s a relative bargain ($825,230 Cdn) for this 1,792-square-foot home built in 1974 on a 0.23 acre lot.
Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun, May 12, 2016
When we think of waterfront homes, we often think big: The palatial mansion on the expansive lot with the eye-popping price tag.
And while there are many teeny tiny places squeezed onto precious seaside land, there are indeed some impressively large homes to tell you about.
There are 275 oceanfront homes bigger than 5,000 square feet — 16 of them condos.
Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2016
I awake to the sound of a gull and crows scrounging through my gear for food.
The gull thinks it has something, but it’s just a plastic baggie containing my pocket matches.
“Get out of here,” I scream. It obliges by flying away with the matches and landing out on the salt chuck.
So much for morning coffee.