Winners to be announced at Victoria CARE Awards Gala on September 24th, 2010 The Victoria Chapter of Canadian Home Builders’ Association CARE Awards has listed Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa, a Vancouver Island luxury second home resort, as a finalist in multiple categories. The categories are: Best Commercial Project Best Interior – Commercial Best Condominium [...]

Port Alberni Housing Sales Price Increased by 27% Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) released the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) sales summary for June 2010. This summary indicates a decrease in Vancouver Island home sales on a year over year basis, while the average residential home sale price is beginning to level out. In June of [...]

EnerGuide Label for New Vancouver Island Homes Vancouver Island home owners have an advantage they have never had before.  When purchasing Vancouver Island real estate, a home owner may have access on how energy efficient their home is, or the new residential home they are about to purchase. EnerGuide is an energy efficiency rating service [...]

Technical Manual allows Water Balance Model users to “follow the numbers” The British Columbia Inter-Governmental Partnership (BCIGP) and the Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership (ALIDP) have completed the Water Balance Model Technical Manual. This manual is an online text that is navigable and organized in a way which allows users to understand a variety of aspects [...]

VIREB’s 2009 Vancouver Island Buyer Profile The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) released its 2009 Buyer Profile for Vancouver Island, which tracks where people are coming from, what they are buying and why. Statistics are for the overall Board area and for each individual zone (Duncan/Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo, Port Alberni/West Coast, Parksville/Qualicum, Comox Valley, [...]

Canadian Green Building Council held Annual Conference Vancouver Island resident and green development pioneer, Joe Van Belleghem was recently awarded the prestigious Canadian Green Building Council Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his visionary work. “I am honored to be recognized by the Canadian Green Building Council, an organization that is transforming the build environment [...]

Exclusive Marketing of Vancouver Island Projects on 1stView 1stView.ca is a residential development directory for Vancouver Island and was founded by Clarice Coty of the Comox Valley.  This Vancouver Island business is the only online directory of new residential real estate that focuses exclusively on marking Vancouver Island projects. 1stView.ca is pleased to announce that [...]

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation States Year-to-Date Figures Ahead of Last Year’s Pace Vancouver Island housing starts slipped in May from last month; although, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) states that the year-to-date figures are well ahead of last year’s. According to analysts, some of Vancouver Island home builders want to get projects completed early to beat [...]

Pricing of Vancouver Island Real Esatate on the Rise Sales summary for May 2010 released by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) indicates that there has been an increase in Vancouver Island real estate with respect to unit sales as well as a rise in the average prices of residential units across the board [...]

Vancouver Island Real Estate Sold to Highest Bidder An unreserved auction was held in May for two Vancouver Island luxury condominium/vacation home units at Crown Mansion located in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island. The 1030 sq. ft. Qualicum Beach luxury home unit, Suite #108 at 292 East Crescent Road, was sold to the highest bidder [...]