Whose Call Is It? Bill 44, Housing Targets, and the Fight Over Local Control
Comox Valley 2026 Municipal Election series, Post 2 of 10 Not long ago I was walking a client through an ordinary Courtenay...
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Comox Valley Market Snapshot: August 2026
As a managing broker, I see every deal that moves through our brokerage, not just my own, and two things stood out...
Read Article →The Issues Behind Every Ballot: Housing and the 2026 Comox Valley Election
2026 Comox Valley Municipal Election Series Almost every week, I talk to clients who say a version of the same thing. A...
Read Article →What a $32-Million Pool Says About Your Property Tax Bill
. For seventy-six summers, the Courtenay and District Memorial Outdoor Pool is one of the places the Comox Valley learned to swim....
Read Article →Before You Buy Acreage: What Rural Properties in the Comox Valley Actually Involve
I have clients who’ve been looking for the right piece of land near the Tsolum River for the better part of seven...
Read Article →A Local’s Guide to Courtenay’s Neighbourhoods
Stand in the front window of a Valley View home and you can read most of Courtenay from one spot. The main...
Read Article →Active Travel in the Comox Valley: The 6th Street Bridge and the Infrastructure Behind It
The new bridge on 6th Street opened a couple of weeks ago. I walked across it and stopped partway to look. East,...
Read Article →Comox Valley Market Snapshot: July 2026
In June, more townhouses sold in the Comox Valley than came on the market. Twenty-two were listed. Twenty-eight sold, meaning buyers absorbed...
Read Article →The Railway Company on Your Title
Pull up a title search on almost any property in the Comox Valley and you’ll find it, buried in the Charges, Liens...
Read Article →Before the Wood Chipper: Tree Bylaws in the Comox Valley
There’s a sound I’ve never been able to ignore in my neighbourhood: the wood chipper. It starts up somewhere down the street...
Read Article →What the K’ómoks Treaty and BC Land Claims Mean for Comox Valley Property Owners
A client I sold a waterfront lot to last year sent me a message recently. They’re deep into the design phase of...
Read Article →Four Units on One Lot: What the Comox Valley’s New Zoning Means in Practice
In 2024, BC’s Bill 44 legislation required municipalities across the province to open single-family land to more density. The Comox Valley moved...
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