Spring delivers greater balance to Greater Vancouver housing market

The Provincial Government First-Time New Home Buyers Bonus; Up to $10,000

If you are currently in the market for a new home and qualify as a first-time new homebuyer, you may be eligible to receive a significant bonus of up to $10,000 from the BC government.

Flaherty; Stricter mortgage rules helped cooling the housing market

Canada's finance minister is taking credit for the recent cooling in the hot housing market, saying a slowdown now is better than a crash later.

First American Financial; the Los Angeles-area insurance company

When Dennis Gilmore gathered financial analysts and investors on a conference call last summer, the head of California-based First American Financial Corp. had some troubling news. It was what he referred to bluntly as %u201Cthe situation%u201D up in Canada.

Vancouver's population is Growing fast

Vancouver's suburbs are booming, according to the latest census data, with population growth rates reaching nearly 20 per cent over the last five years in some cities.

The number of people in the metropolitan Vancouver area increased by 9.3 per cent between 2006 and 2011, driven by huge population growth in places like Surrey.