Did you hear that cheer­ing sound? That was the American expat com­mu­nity in Canada greet­ing the news that U.S. retailer Target is enter­ing the Canadian market.

Target is pur­chas­ing most of HBC’s Zellers chain, and …

What’s on your list of New Year’s res­o­lu­tions this year?

Is “Move to Canada” at the top of your list?

If you’ve been think­ing about relo­cat­ing to Canada, you’ve come to the right …

This week, we’ve been report­ing on the Vancouver real estate mar­ket with our posts “Vancouver real estate: Bubble or not?” and “Want to live in Vancouver? Here’s how.”

We don’t mean …

We recently posted about Vancouver’s esca­lat­ing hous­ing prices and the num­ber of peo­ple mov­ing to Vancouver for the “lifestyle” rather than for work.

But if it’s a job — rather than a search for investment …

Anyone who’s been think­ing about relo­cat­ing to Vancouver — or any­one try­ing to find a place to live in B.C.‘s largest city — can’t help but won­der about local real estate prices.

The cur­rent aver­age …