Via: The Agricultural Land Commission
Agriculture can be defined as the systematic and controlled use of living organisms and the environment to improve the human condition. 'Agricultural land' is the land base upon which agriculture is practiced. Typically occurring on farms, agricultural activities are undertaken upon agricultural land to produce agricultural products. Although agricultura ...
I recently worked with a couple buyers who were interested in buying a home in Port Coquitlam and I was very impressed with both the quality of the homes and the price points in PoCo. Both of these clients were renting and looking for their first home. They both wanted a sustainable home and somewhere they could entertain and grown into and not have to move in a couple years.
The first hom ...
Via: The Vancouver Sun
TOFINO — District of Tofino council wants to keep its unique charm by keeping out franchises like the golden arches, Starbucks and Tim Hortons.
Council made a motion Tuesday directing staff to draft a bylaw that would ban franchises in Tofino utilizing a section of the official community plan which discourages future development and location of large-format retail chai ...
Via: The Vancouver Sun
DETROIT -- In a crowded ballroom next to a bankrupt casino, what remains of the Detroit property market was being picked over by speculators and mostly discarded.
After five hours of calling out a drumbeat of "no bid" for properties listed in an auction book as thick as a city phone directory, the energy of the county auctioneer began to flag.
"OK," he said. "We only h ...
The town of Gibsons BC (pop 4,200) has earned a Gold award from the International Awards for Liveable Cities.
Gibsons won in the under 20,000 category for full city.
Previous winners in this category include:
Clonakility, Ireland-2007
Dungannon, Ireland-2006
Annapolis Royal, Canada-2004
Ucluelet, Canada won Silver in 2006 While Whistler, Canada won Silver in 2005
VANCOUVER ISLAND — Pamela Anderson is fast-tracking her $50-million waterfront development in Ladysmith, saying it's time to strike with the economy in recovery and the province attracting a global audience for the 2010 Olympic Games.
The Canadian actress shunned the press as she huddled with key project players this week at a coffee house in Shoal Point, but made it clear to her project team ...
VICTORIA— The provincial government said Friday it has put the brakes on leaky-condo repair loans because the revenue stream from new construction used to finance the loans has dried up.
Housing Minister Rich Coleman’s office confirmed that the home-building slowdown and the resulting drop in revenue have “limited” the government’s ability to make repair loans, but gave no details.
The confir ...
B.C.'s recreational property markets are in the midst of a correction, says a new report from a major realty firm, but a generational shift is occurring in the sales that are taking place.
Sales in 2009 are running off the pace of a year ago, with prices down 10 to 20 per cent depending on product type and location, Re/Max said in its annual recreational property report released Tuesday.
How ...
