Downtown Vancouver Rental Apartments at the Luxury Metropolitan Towers Condos for rent Now by Gateway Property Management

Metropolitan Towers Vancouver Rental Condos

Luxury Vancouver rental apartments are now available here in the downtown Vancouver rental real estate market. The Metropolitan Towers condos for rent feature some impressive interior finishings that include seven appliance set including full size washer and dryers in laundry closets, microwave and garburator. In addition, the rental Vancouver Metropolitan Tower apartment suites wil have granite countertops, with cherry or maple cabinetry in the kitchens. There is also in suite storage and office space, which is perfect for renters in this rental Vancouver apartment market. These downtown Vancouver luxury rental apartments at Metropolitan Tower condominiums will also have a thirty six hundred square foot heatlh club and will be close to Nesters Market, Starbucks, and on site specialty store, making urban conveniences very close at hand. These luxury Vancouver rental apartments at the downtown Metropolitan Tower condos for rent will have an eighteen seat private movie theatre for screenings and big games as well as furnished rental guest suites too. Pets allowed up to 25 pounds here at the downtown Metropolitan Towers luxury Vancouver rental apartments. The Metropolitan Tower Leasing Office is at the lobby of 930 Seymour Street and is open daily from ten until six. Call Gateway Property Management at 604.685.7368 for your chance to rent at the luxury Metropolitan Towers Vancouver rental apartment condos today. Check out the best but come home to the best. www.metropolitantowers.com.

More about the Downtown Vancouver Metropolitan Tower Rental Suites

With more than thirty spacious, functional and open concept floor plans to choose from here at the luxury downtown Vancouver rental apartments at the Metropolitan Tower condos, there is something for everyone, from singles to couples and families. Modern and high-tech interiors are built with you in mind and the second floor units will have open patios and large common areas for lounging and reading. The luxury Vancouver rental Metropolitan Tower homes also present a central courtyard where you can mingle with your neighbours. Close to all the downtown Vancouver has to offer, the rental Metropolitan Tower condos will be next to Nesters’ Market and Affinity Insurance in addition to Starbucks, Dominos and Khatsahlano Medical Clinic. IN addition, with a keyless entry system, you have access to all of the great amenities featured here at the Metropolitan Tower downtown Vancouver luxury rental apartments that include a private screening room, health fitness club, underground parking and the amazing location in the heart of the city core. In addition, small pets such as cats and dogs are most welcome here at the new Metropolitan Tower rental apartment homes in downtown Vancouver and there is also a state of the art security system in place. Other condo amenities include a geat meeting room that can also be used for conferences as well as an impressive library space for reading, games etc. There is complentary wireness internet connection here too. The luxury Vancouver rental apartmenst at the Metropolitan Tower condos also features two fully furnished guest suites for residents that you can book through the property management team.

The Interior Features of these Downtown Vancouver Condos for Rent

The Metropolitan Tower suites present fabulous interior furnishings and features that wil blow your mind when it comes to high-end and luxury downtown Vancouver rental apartments. Firstly, there are over thirty floor plans to choose from here with one bedroom and studios as well as larger two bedroom open concept floorplans. With in suite laundry and designer kitchens with custom cabinetry, appliance set and granite, the downtown Vancouver luxury rental apatments at the Metropolitan Towers also provide expansive windows with amazing views. Some suites have balconies while others have solariums, but either way, these impressively appointed rental Vancouver luxury suites at Metropolitan Towers residences are a step above the rest. Other features for these large Vancouver rentals include lots of in suite storage space as well as extra store rooms or home offices. Sleek and urban chic, the rentals at Metropolitan Towers provide functional living spaces in the heart of the city and an ideal location where you won’t have to drive to get a cup of coffee or to get some groceries. This is the Metropolitan Tower Downtown Vancouver luxury rental apartment lifestyle, now available. The entire rental property consists of two condo buildings called Tower A & B at Metropolitan Towers and each provides a different est of floorplans over different floors. Check online through their interactive floorplan guide to choose the best layout that fits your lifestyle. Gateway Prpoerty Management is the manager on site for the downtown Vancouver Metropolitan Tower rental apartment homes and they have been in the business for over forty five years. For more information about these luxury rental apartments in downtown Vancouver real estate, please visit the leasing office at 930 Seymour St in Vancouver in Suite 101 or you can fill out their online inquiry form for more information regarding Metropolitan Tower condo availability and pricing.

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Hollyburn Properties Presents the Marlborough Tower North Vancouver Rental Condos

Spectacular North Shore living is now available at the North Shore Marlborough Tower residences located in Central Lonsdale, North Vancouver rental condo market. Featuring studios, one and two bedroom suites with spectacular ocean, city and mountain views, most of these North Vancouver condo rentals and North Shore apartments for rent have great balcony spaces as well. With gated underground parking and just steps from main transportation routes, shopping and dining, the Hollyburn Properties Marlborough Tower rental apartments in North Vancouver are a unique find in today’s ultra tight North Shore rental market. Adjacent to the new library and walking distance to Lions Gate Hospital, this recently refurbished rental apartment building at Marlborough Tower residences in North Vancouver feature a great location along Central Lonsdale complete with recreational amenities in addition to having heat and hot water included with your rental price. No pets are allowed at the North Shore Central Londsale rental suites at Marlborough Tower condos for rent which are located at 144 West 14th Street on the North Shore. Call 604.983.6920 or visit www.rentersguide.com for more information, availability and to arrange a viewing. The rental Marlborough Tower apartments are managed by Hollyburn Properties, a trusted management company based locally.

A Recent Article from Home Renters Guide of Greater Vancouver

Written by Susan B., this is an excellent article that talks about the popular North Shore Marlborough Tower rental apartment suites that are now available in the Central Lonsdale neighbourhood. “There’s something enticing about North Vancouver. Among my friends, those who live there seldom move away. For some, it’s the proximity to Grouse and Seymour, others spend hours describing the delights of sailing and canoeing at Deep Cove or summer picnics at Ambleside. And, of course, there is the Lonsdale Quay, Presentation House Theatre and Art Gallery, plus a whole lot of festivals ranging from traditional to way out there fun’n’funky – Carribaean Days are always a summer highlight on my calendar. And right at the centre of the best this vibran Central Lonsdale neighbourhood has to offer is Marborough Tower rental North Vancouver apartment suites – 24 storeys of premiere rental suites by Hollyburn Properties on the North Shore. The location adjacent to North Vancouver’s new civic library and only a few blocks from Lions Gate Hospital has been described as awesome, fantastic, way cool and unbeatable – depending primarily on the age group. Access to Highway 1, Capilano College, SFU, BCIT and Whistler is a snap. But whether young or old, all agree this is one tough to beat place to call home, here at the Marlborough Towers North Vancouver rental apartment homes in Central Lonsdale.

The Lifestyle and the Marlborough Tower Rental Suites

Most of the suites at the North Shore Marlborough Tower rental apartments have been renovated within the last few years with new dishwashers, cabinetry, vertical blinds as well as new tiling in the entryway, bathrooms and kitchen and with new flooring as well. The lobby of the rental building at North Vancouver’s Marlborough Tower residences by Hollyburn has also been completely renovated to give it a contemporary and sophisticated look that renters are looking for. Some other strong features of the Marlborough Tower rental condos is the Hollyburn Value Added Partners, where tenants can enjoy great deals from places like ING Insurance, CostCo, Shaw, Coop Auto Network and many other places, which gives it a sense of community. Located at 144 W 14th Street in North Vancouver, the rental suites at Marborough Tower condominiums presents one and two bedroom homes as well as smaller studio plans. Providing a maintenance free lifestyle, the North Van Marlborough Tower rental apartments is taken care of by Hollyburn and the existing tenants have nothing but great things to say about their management company. With a prime location in Central Lonsdale and with views of Lion’s Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, downtown Vancouver and Grouse Mountain, tenants at the rental suites at Marlbourough Towers rarely need to use their cars. According to Mary, “I think the only way I’d move now is if I had to move to another city. I love living here.”

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Vancouver Seafield Apartments West End Residents Protesting Rental Rent Hikes

According to the Vancouver 24Hours newspaper: The owner of a West End rental apartment building in downtown Vancouver has no reservations about raising tenants’ rent by up to 73 per cnet. Jason Gordon, of Gordon Nelson Investments, took ownership of the 12 suite Seafield Apartment building in the Vancouver West End rental apartment market at 1436 Pendrell Street last year and says the proposed rent increases is fair. “It’s a competitive business and the West End is extremely desirable,” Gordon told 24Hours Vancouver. “This group [of tenants] pays 50 per cent of what’s on the market. I think they should pay what everyone else is.” But the residents at Seafield Apartment Vancouver West End rental suites of the ight knit building have opposed the rent hikes, and have enlisted the likes of Gregor Robertson, when he was a mayoral candidate, and new Vancouver-Burrard MLA Spencer Herbert to champion their cause. “The Residential Tenancy Act is completely out of balance,” Herbert said outside the West End Seafield Apartments for rent yesterday. “The only reason the landlords are seeking these increases is gree.” Herbert is lobbying to eradicate the geographic area clause in the Residential Tenancy Act, which allows landlords to raise below market rents up to the same levels of neighbouring units. “B.C. is the only province in Canada that allows this to happen,” Herbert claims. In the meantime, the residents of the downtown Vancouver rental building at Seafield Apartments West End will be making their case to the Residential Tenancy Branch in March and they’re ready to take their fight to court. “There is very little else that we can do,” said David Bronstein, whose rent for a one bedroom apartment at Seafield Apartments West End Vancouver rental suites will jump from $1,100 to $1,880. By Matt.

Metro Vancouver Rental Vacancy Rates Tightening

According to the Real Estate Weekly, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp’s Fall 2008 Rental Market Survey shows tha the apartment vacancy rate for the Metro Vancouver rental condo market moved lower in 2008. The average apartment vacany rate in Metro Vancouver apartment rental market moved from 0.7 per cent in 2007 to 0.5 per cent as of October of last year. Low vacancies are keeping rents rising at above the rate of inflation right now in Metro Vancouver rental market. “There are several factors driving demand for rental accommodations in Vancouver,” said Robyn Adamache, senior rental market analyst with CMHC. “Job growth and a steady inflow of new residents ot the region are keeping demand for rental housing robust. The large gap between the cost of a home ownership and renting in the Greater Vancouver region is also causing some people to stay in rental housing.”

Vancouver Rental Market Remains Tight – Rental Vacancies Drop Throughout Canada

The average rental apartment vacancy rate in Canada’s thirty four largest major centres has decreased to 2.2 per cent from 2.6 per cnet a year earlier in 2007, according to the Rental Market Survey by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Metro Vancouver rental market, at 0.5 per cnet has one of the lowest vacancy rates in the country, with Kelowna leading the way at 0.3 per cent. The annual CMHC survey found that the rental vacancy rate for Greater Vancouver condominium rentals is even lower than the conventional apartment market. Greater Vancouver vacancy rates for rental condominium apartments were below one per cent in four of the ten centres surveyed. Rental condominium vacancy rates were among the “lowest in Metro Vancouver.” The highest average monthly rents for two bedroom condominium apartments were in Troonto ($1,625), Vancouver ($1,507) and Calgary ($1,293).

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Rental Assistance Program for BC

Making a difference for fa milies in BC real estate. If your household income is $35,000 or less, you may be eligible to receive cash assistance with your monthly rent payments in the province of BC. Effective April 2008, the Province has increased the maximum household income level for the BC Rental Assistance Program for low-income working families. To qualify for the Rental Assistance Program of BC, families must have at least one dependent child have lived in B.C. for the past 12 months and have spend part of the last year working. For more information about the BC Rental Assistance Program, call 604.433.2218 in the Lower Mainland or 1.800.257.7756 elsewhere in B.C. You can also visit www.bchousing.org as Housing Matters.

Vancouver Rental Market Tightens

Apartment vacancies across Canada’s major cities fell to 2.6 per cent in April form 2.8 per cent in the same month a year ago, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. “The Canadian economy remains very supportive of strong demand for both ownership and rental housing thnaks to solid job creation and healthy income gains,” CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan said. “High levels of immigration and the increasing gap between the cost of home ownership and renting continue to drive rental demand in 2008. These factors have put downward pressure on vacancy rates over the past year.” The vacancy rate in Metro Vancouver is in the 1 per cent range in most municipalities.

B.C. Real Estate Has Lowest Rental Vacancy Rates

Apartment vacancies in Canada’s major cities fell in April as solid employment numbers and increasing incomes pushed demand higher. About half of BC’s cities record either a decline in the vacancy rate or no change compared to one year ago. The average Vancouver rental apartments vacancy rate in 35 major centres fell to 2.6 per cent in April from 2.8 per cent in the same month a year ago, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. “The Canadian economy remains very supportive of strong demand for both Vancovuer ownership and rental housing thanks to both solid job creation and healthy income gains,” CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan said Thursday in a statement. “High levels of immigration and the increasing gap between the cost of home ownserhip and renting continue to drive the rental demand in 2008.” The lowest vacancy rates were to be found in Victoria (0.3 per cent), Kelowna, B.C. (0.3 per cnt), Sudbury, Ont., (0.7 per cnt), Vancouver (0.9 per cent) and Saskatoon (0.9 per cent). Rising migration and the high cost of Vancouver home ownership in British Columbia has pushed apartment vacancies there below one per cent in all major centres save Abbotsford. The province’s overall rate stood at 1.1 per cent in April. The Western provinces typically saw the lowest vacancy rates in the country, with Manitoba at one per cent, Saskatchewan at 1.2 per cent. Alberta real estate logged an increase in vacancies to 2.9 per cent from 0.9 per cent in the April a year earlier “mainly due to reduced migration into the province and increased supply of rented condominiums and basement apartments. Vacancies in Calgary increased to 2 per cent from 0.5 per cent and in Edmonton to 3.4 per cent from 1.1 per cent. The highest apartment vacancy rates were seen in Windsor, Ont (13.2 per cent), Moncton (5.5 per cent) and Hamilton (4.7 per cent).

Oh, and by the way, Rent Rules Vital

An important column published in the 24 Hrs newspaper in Vancouver by Siobhan R. though our society pays homeage to the God of home ownership, it’s interesting to note how many people still rent their homes – 57 per cent of households in Vancouver have landlords. Even if, as predicted, Vancouver house prices do level off, asking prices have reached altitudes that prohibit many people from buying a home in Vancouver – a situation that isn’t likely to change for some time in the Lower Mainland. Given all this, and the fact that one third of householders in B.C. rent, it’s infuriating that we have a provincial government that has actually made Vancouver renters more vulnerable to eviction and rent increases. When, in 2004, the B.C. government weakened the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA), it did this knowingly and deliberately. Changes to the B.C. Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) allowed annual rent increases that tenants no longer had the right to dispute, even if repairs hadn’t been done. Don’t take my word though. Just last week, on the City of Vancouver website, I found a letter from Mayor Sam Sullivan to Premier Gordon Campbell (written May 14) urging the Premier to better protect Vancouver tenants and renters in the Lower Mainland area by amending the landlord tenant law of BC. According to the letter, some landlords in B.C. use provisions in the B.C. RTA to increase rents far in excess of what is allowed. They accomplish this by evicting Vancouver tenants on the pretext that major renovations need to be done. This allows them to create a new tenancy at a significantly higher rent. The major’s letter refers to cases of “mass” eviction reported in the Vancouver media but also admits the city has no idea how many tenants of individual or smaller rental units suffer the same fate.

The mayor urges the premier to tighten up the rules around these so-called “renovations.” He also suggests that Vancouver tenants who do have to move are given 90 days notice instead of 60 days, too short a time under the current scarcity of rental Vancouver accommodations to find somewhere new. Sullivan’s letter explains that some landlords coerce tenants, who often feel like they don’t have much choice, into signing tenancy agreements that end at a specific date rather than ongoing tenancies with no definite end. The former type allows landlords in B.C. to raise rents as uch as they wish once the end date comes – even if the tenant in Vancouver remains the same. As if all this isn’t bad enough, in 2004, the B.C. government closed the Vancouver branch of the Residential Tenancy Branch, a service that assists with landlord tenant disputes in Greater Vancouver. Now there is only one such office to serve the entire Lower Mainland. Though the City of Vancouver itself has much to do in terms of housing – its letter to the Premier spells out quite clearly that the B.C. government must amend the B.C. Residential Tenancy Act in order to protect B.C.’s increasingly vulnerable renters, with one third of British Columbians renting their homes. I couldn’t agree more.