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A group of Galiano Island landowners is taking the community’s local trust committee to court to overturn a bylaw that they claim wrongfully restricts residential buildings on privately managed forest land.

A local developer says he hopes to retain some of the home sites in a Langford seniors manufactured-home park while seeking council support for a variety of uses — everything from townhouses to retail or offices — on the rest of the site.

North Cowichan council has rejected a controversial bid by one of its councillors to discourage residential development in a large portion of the municipality until a new official community plan has been completed.

A North Cowichan councillor is bringing a contentious motion to council on Monday that is designed to limit residential development in certain parts of the municipality.

Apartments for rent became scarcer and more expensive in Greater Victoria this past year, according to a report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

After a flat sales year in 2019, the Greater Victoria Real Estate Board is expecting another without shocks, surprises, slumps or super-charged growth.

Most of Greater Victoria’s 13 municipalities saw the typical assessed value of single-family homes either drop or stay the same as last year, according to information released Thursday by B.C. Assessment.

All first-time 91Ô­´´ Island home-buyers who used notaries in 2019 relied on their families for help with down payments, says the B.C. Notaries Association.

Our round-up of various industry groups’ predictions for B.C.’s housing market next year — and is there a consensus?

Our round-up of various industry groups’ predictions for B.C.’s housing market next year — and is there a consensus?