Rising real estate prices have prompted the B-C government to raise the threshold for the 2018 homeowner grant. Anyone who owns a home under 1.65 million dollars is now eligible for the 570-dollar basic homeowner grant. The province says the increase means 91 per cent of B-C homes will be eligible for the grant — the same percentage as 2017. The threshold is up from 1.6 million dollars last year and 1.2-million in 2016 as the value of real estate has steadily climbed in the province.