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A B.C. landlord who sold a rental property failed to convince a judge the buyers – who never moved into the home – should be on the hook for compensating wrongfully evicted tenants, according to a recent decision.
A landlord who evicted her tenant so that she and her family could move into the property, then seemingly offered to re-rent the property to the tenant for double what he had been paying, will have to pay him $30,100 in compensation after losing in B.C. Supreme Court last week.
The City of Vancouver is looking at opening more avenues to home ownership.
A Vancouver man and his company have been ordered to pay a total of $80,000 to B.C.’s real estate regulator after admitting to providing property management services without a licence for more than eight years.
A B.C. Realtor who lost a court case against a former client earlier this year has now had his licence cancelled by the provincial real estate regulator.
Residents of an East Vancouver apartment building gathered with supporters on Wednesday outside the downtown office of their landlord in an effort to get him to drop the planned eviction of a long-term tenant.
A plan to build more than 1,000 units of rental housing on the site of an East Vancouver Safeway got the greenlight from city council Wednesday – despite concerns that none of the units will be affordable.
The Bank of Canada has announced it’s leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.75 per cent.
A B.C. real estate agent has agreed to pay more than $50,000 to a provincial regulator after admitting to two separate instances of misconduct involving her common-law spouse.
The once red-hot housing market in B.C.’s Lower Mainland seems to be cooling.
A former B.C. mortgage broker has agreed to pay a $35,000 administrative penalty for failing to report a misleading mortgage application submitted in his name by his ex-wife.
A West Vancouver property developer has, for the third time, been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to pay more than $1 million to a former client.
A B.C. Realtor who loaned his clients the money they needed to buy a property he was selling committed misconduct and has been fined $15,000, according to the professional regulator.
The would-be buyer of a multi-million-dollar West Vancouver home, who backed out of her purchase when she learned that an unpermitted addition had been made to the structure, has won a refund of her $300,000 deposit from B.C.’s highest court.
A report published by Greater Vancouver Realtors found that condo sales decreased by approximately 20 per cent in April compared to the same period last year.
A public hearing on a controversial plan to build towers on the site of a Safeway in East Vancouver is set to begin Thursday.
