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B.C. real estate market carried higher by wave of sales

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VANCOUVER — A strong wave of property sales through British Columbia’s southern and coastal property markets in December helped lift the province to a strong finish in 2009, the B.C. Real Estate Association reported Tuesday.

And the sales boost should give markets enough momentum to push sales growth into the first part of 2010, or until rising prices again start pushing more buyers out of the market, according to association chief economist Cameron Muir.

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By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun

Athletes’ Village Getting New Life After Winter Games

By JOANNE BLAIN
The New York Times

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — When Vancouver starts to return to normal after the 2010 Winter Olympics, another transformation will begin — the athletes’ village will reinvent itself as a mixed-use residential community on the city’s waterfront.

The apartments and townhouses built to shelter about 2,800 Olympic and Paralympic athletes will get a few quick touch-ups before they are put on the market in May as Millennium Water, a 1,097-unit mix of high-end condominiums, rental suites and public housing just across a bridge over False Creek from downtown Vancouver.

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