Lise MacDonald

4 days ago | businessexaminer.ca | Lise MacDonald

NANAIMO – The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 781 unit sales (all property types) in May 2025, down three per cent from one year ago. Year-over-year active listings (all property types) rose by five per cent, climbing to 4,439 from 4,242 the previous May. In the single-family category (excluding acreage and waterfront), 409 homes sold in May, up one per cent from one year ago and an increase of two per cent from April.

5 days ago | businessexaminer.ca | Lise MacDonald

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Canadian real GDP rose by 0.1 per cent in March, after declining by 0.2 per cent in February. Goods-producing sectors rose 0.2 per cent, while service-producing industries increased by 0.1 per cent. Sectoral growth was led by mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (2.2 per cent), construction (0.5 per cent), and retail trade (0.8 per cent). Output for the offices of real-estate agents and brokers fell by 4.5 per cent month-over-month.

5 days ago | businessexaminer.ca | Lise MacDonald

SURREY – On the heels of a quiet April, Fraser Valley home sales saw a modest but encouraging uptick in May — a sign that buyer confidence may slowly be returning to the market. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 1,183 sales on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in May, up 13 per cent from April. Despite the increase, sales were 22 per cent below May 2024 levels and 36 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average.

5 days ago | businessexaminer.ca | Lise MacDonald

VICTORIADavide M. Cuzner, M.Sc., a specialist in Climate Action and Carbon Solutions, is joining Gwaii Engineering team and Justin Eagle is celebrating 8 years with the firm. Melanie Wendeler  will be replacing David Hammonds as General Manager of the Union Club of British Columbia. Hammonds is set to retire after 15 years at the helm of the management team and staff. Al Marston will assume the role of general manager of Capital Region Emergency Service Telecommunications Inc.

5 days ago | businessexaminer.ca | Lise MacDonald

VICTORIA – When it comes to female empowerment and gender visibility, the team at Victoria-based architecture firm Christine Lintott Architects Inc. (CLA) may stand out as something of an outlier in the industry. “We’re actually two-thirds women here, which is unusual for a firm of our size,” notes Laurie Aves, Principal at CLA.