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The downtown Victoria YMCA-YWCA has set its sights on a new location closer to the heart of the city.

Home sellers once again getting the upper hand as demand exceeds supply, especially among condos and townhomes

Greater Victoria’s residential real estate market saw home sales jump in February, with 563 properties changing hands for the 29-day month, versus 421 sales in the same month last year, when it was 28 days.

Victoria city councillors have granted heritage status to the 1971 exterior of the former sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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’t 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.