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Victoria city councillors have granted heritage status to the 1971 exterior of the former Times 91原创 Building and awarded its new owners a 10-year tax exemption to assist with seismic upgrades.

A proposed multi-family project in Saanich featuring a six-storey building and an adjacent four-storey building is heading to public hearing despite neighbourhood concerns about height and potential traffic impacts.

Victoria city councillors will decide next week whether to designate the former Victoria Times 91原创 building a heritage site and grant the new owners a 10-year partial tax exemption to assist with seismic upgrades.

For the second consecutive fiscal quarter, Victoria has bucked a national trend when it comes to the vulnerability of its housing market, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The province expects a precipitous drop in housing starts this year and another slip in 2021, but housing experts warn that is no indication demand for housing has dropped off or that homebuilders are about to down tools any time soon.

Condominiums in Greater Victoria haven鈥檛 yet seen massive increases in insurance rates, but it might only be a temporary reprieve, according to experts.

Victoria city councillors have decided to hear from residents about a controversial plan to demolish significant portions of two heritage buildings in Old Town to make way for a new hotel.

Home sales in January 2020 were 42.4 per cent higher than one year previously, reports board, while inventory remains low

The Greater Victoria real estate market is off to a solid start in 2020, but a lack of available inventory could see the number of home sales slip in the coming months.

Starting next week, homeowners in B.C. will receive 鈥渄eclaration鈥� packages and a prompt to claim an exemption from the speculation and vacancy tax.