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A luxury waterfront home in West Vancouver’s Altamont neighbourhood has the ability to be net-zero energy and surpasses all building requirements.

Seniors who own rustic cabins that are in no shape to be on the rental market say they face thousands of dollars in speculation taxes because their properties fall within the Vancouver-area boundary where the levy applies.

Home sales across the region looked fairly dismal, down 32.8 per cent year over year at 1,484, and a whopping 42.5% below the 10-year average for February.

Laneway homes – or coach houses, as they’re also known – are seeing a surge in popularity as various municipalities have embraced the housing type.

The eco-house belonging to Daniel Frankel was listed September 2018 for $12,980,000, but the home was recently taken off the market.

West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­council voted Monday night to halt the demolition of a heritage home in Upper Dundarave in hopes they can persuade the owner to keep and restore the existing 1950s post and beam structure.

A six-storey residential building could replace six single-family homes along East Broadway between Lakewood and Garden Drives.

The British Columbia government says it has launched Canada's first registry aimed at cracking down on pre-sale property flipping and tax evasion in B.C.'s real estate market.

The housing market downturn in Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­will persist this year, and stay flat in 2010, but will recover in 2021, according to a Reuters poll.

After reporting a record number of B.C. real estate audit assessments in 2018 – amounting to $140.7 million – the Canada Revenue Agency is expected to receive a treasure trove of data from the B.C. government tying home ownership to income declarations.