Kelowna: Fire Mitigation for Safe and Sound Communities

One of the challenges of living in some of the beautiful, heavily treed areas of B.C. is the annual risk of fires. Responsible developers of …

Bicycles are Rolling in Popularity

With the need for second vehicles and transit waning in recent months, families dusted off bicycles and discovered bike paths and trails across the province. …

Winter Issue: Hot Off the Press

We’re told by our readers and clients that these days, Right Sizing is more relevant than ever, and that we’re ahead of our time when we launched …

Fort St. John: Welcoming a Festival Plaza

We’re more aware than ever how much community matters, and important it is to have public spaces like town squares, parks, and libraries. As soon …

Real Estate Guru Asks “Will Your Home Be Taxed?”

Thanks to the principal-residence exception, generations of Canadians have enjoyed tax-free capital gains when selling their homes. However, housing and investment gurus have noted that …

Revelstoke: Mountain CoLab Offers a Haven for Self-Employed

Sometimes, even telecommuters have to get away from their screens and meet face-to-face. In smaller towns, meeting-space options rarely extend beyond coffee shops. But in …

Harrison: Greener Pastures (and Homes) in the Fraser Valley

We’ve all heard of Energy Star branded appliances, but The Odessa Group (developer of the Harrison Highlands master-planned Fraser Valley community) is selling Energy Star …

Looking at Lantzville

On the Old Island Highway between Nanaimo and Parksville, relatively undiscovered Lantzville (population 4,000) is joining the ranks of most-desirable Vancouver Island small communities, thanks …

Packaged Homes: Building Trends

Families hoping to escape the city for a new work-at-home-friendly locale can get settled quickly with packaged homes, which utilize prefabricated construction. Builders like Discovery …

A Covid-fuelled Real Estate Boom?

This past spring, realtors from the Fraser Valley to the Okanagan to Vancouver Island were deluged with inquiries from prospective buyers looking for more space …

Fall Issue: Hot Off the Press

It seems that for many, some enforced time off earlier this year has given us the time to reflect on our lives, to embrace our …

Kelowna, Victoria are 2020 Hotspots

Greater Victoria and the Central Okanagan continue to be B.C.’s primary destinations for retirees, second-home purchasers and downsizers. However, 2019 brought some relief to homeowners’ …