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- B.C. speculation tax will hurt communities, says CEO of Luxury Resorts West
- Location, location, location: Why our national housing market is a myth
- Video: Will Vancouver House Prices Fall as Interest Rates Rise Again? with Dustan Woodhouse
- Pre-sale condo action cools
- Too dense? Too sparse? Two minds.
- Greater Vancouver home sales down 38% in June: BCREA
- B.C. real estate market tips to balance amid new mortgage rules: association
- Vancouver has biggest gap between home prices and incomes in North America
- It’s not just sky-high home prices that make Vancouver so unaffordable — it’s paltry wages, too
- East Van City Greenway — a Proposal
- Vancouver’s Anthem Properties acquires former CBC Calgary building for $12M
- City Council approves ban on ‘tall’ and ‘wide’ buildings in Vancouver’s Chinatown district
- Retaining Vancouver’s Heritage and Character
- Vancouver home donated to city for affordable housing, community services
- A Greater Vancouver condo is now the ‘price of a house four years ago’
- Opinion: How Seattle reversed its rental housing crisis
- High housing costs could make Vancouver a self-service city
- Land sales dominate Lower Mainland property markets
- Taxes Paid When Buying A Home Are Unbelievably Unequal Across Canada, Data Shows
- How the Housing Market Works
- Vancouver housing affordability hits another all-time low, reaches ‘crisis level,’ says RBC
- Prices and homes listed up, sales down in Metro Vancouver real estate market
- June 2018 REBGV Stats – Home seller supply grows as demand declines
- With this master plan, investors and end-users can both win
- Kamloops: More than just a tax haven for real estate investors
- New real estate rules mean new forms to sign
- Conversations That Matter: In Vancouver, a real estate tragedy unfolds
- Dirty money isn’t driving hot housing market, says BC Real Estate Association
- Best, worst Vancouver ’hoods to buy a condo or townhome
- More than 1 in 10 homes are owned by non-residents in one part of Metro Vancouver: data
- Most blame foreigners for high home prices in Vancouver
- Perception of foreign ownership heavily influences housing prices: CMHC
- B.C. and Ottawa sign 10-year, $1B affordable housing agreement
- Canadians think foreign buyers are driving up home prices — but they’re really not
- B.C.’s ski resorts have highest non-resident ownership: StatCan Metro Vancouver and Island’s non-domestic real estate ownership rates pale in comparison with Sun Peaks and Whistler
- Data shows B.C.’s biggest hubs for globally-owned real estate
- Rob Shaw: NDP dig in for long and painful fight on speculation tax
- Report links ‘good density’ with urban investment as Vancouver’s affordability crisis continues
- Don’t expect real estate agents to disappear any time soon
- City of Vancouver initiates mass rezoning of 438 properties in Grandview-Woodland
- Survey says…How has the spring 2018 market performed against previous years?
- Housing costs put brakes on migration to B.C. from other provinces
- Reasonable Doubt: Divorcing couples surprised by property division in hot real-estate market
- Unclear if new BC real estate registry will make housing more affordable
- Economic data may slow future BoC rate increases
- Anne McMullin: Regulations, taxes, fees drive housing prices higher
- Land values beckon bulldozers
- Land value tax should replace community amenity contributions
- City of Vancouver staff propose sweeping changes to curb speculation in large area around Broadway subway
- B.C. government will create public registry to reveal who owns real estate
- B.C. ski resorts get free pass from speculation tax
- Federal mortgage qualification rules slow real estate activity in B.C.: BCREA
- Vancouver development that would have included social housing cancelled
- The Georgia – New Presale – No Strata Fees for a Year!
- Making Room program tackles housing for Vancouver’s ‘missing middle’… finally
- 6 Effective Tricks that Will Help You Sell Your Home
- Your time has come!
- B.C. real estate association reports nearly 30 per cent decrease in residential sales from last year
- Mortgage rules starting to hurt housing affordability: BC Real Estate Associaton
- Dual agency rules will disrupt housing market
- Vancouver proposes $2.6 billion capital plan, with 55 per cent paid by development contributions
- Everyone in B.C. will be affected by the speculation tax: opponents
- Broadway Planning Program Comes Into Focus
- Dramatic revisions to city’s housing plan sparks controversy in Vancouver
- Vancouver one-bedroom rent still highest in country, but Toronto remains not far behind: PadMapper
- More signs point to a real estate sales slowdown in the province
- The real estate war on the west coast that’s tearing Vancouver neighbourhoods apart
- Vaughn Palmer: Harcourt calls housing crisis a permanent condition, confused by taxes
- If you like having options, now’s the time to browse some real estate
- Experts offer affordability solutions at Board of Trade housing forum
- May 2018 Housing Market Update – Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
- Foreign buying of Vancouver real estate—beware the siren call of sovereignty
- Cooling off Hot Markets
- OpEd: A speculation tax in name only
- Wait a Second…is the Westside Now Better Value than East Van???
- Doubt cast on forecast of cottage price drop
- B.C. backs down on fixed-term rental rules
- Globe editorial: The housing bubble is leaking air, but it’s just a start
- Lawsuit of the week: Tax authorities target more Vancouver developers in Federal Court for information on pre-sale flippers
- Government regulations adding to real estate market costs
- Foreign-investor impact unknown, admits CMHC
- B.C. housing tax to cause vacation property price dip: Royal LePage forecast
- Why in the world would the Millennium Line extension end at Arbutus ?(Video)
- Toronto, Vancouver home sales slump as buyers and sellers wait on sidelines
- Metro Vancouver price drops unlikely to help housing affordability, real estate experts say
- Let’s Get Passive Aggressive: New Standards for the Single Family House
- REBGV May 2018 Stats – Reduced demand is allowing housing supply to accumulate
- Small town BC is heating up
- Home prices predicted to keep climbing – at slower rate
- New taxes digging Metro deeper into housing affordability crisis
- Report says supply, not taxes, needed to ease Vancouver’s housing crisis
- BC’s housing market will continue its slowdown into 2020: BCREA
- Higher taxes no solution to Vancouver’s real estate crunch, says study
- Most B.C. homeowners are coping with high debt burdens
- Vancouver fast tracks new home building permits
- Our Looming Tower’s Big Sister
- Government fees and taxes account for 26% of Vancouver home price: study
- Cost-conscious parents buying condos for kids studying away from home
- Canada’s taxman becoming more aggressive with real estate tax evasion in hot Vancouver and Toronto markets
- Government is a major contributor to higher Metro house prices
- High housing prices blight lives – and widen the inequality gap
- Major Vancouver housing co-op forced to increase rents significantly in face of $500,000 debt
- These are the trends to look for in Vancouver’s housing market this summer
- B.C. housing markets easing into balance
- Elizabeth Murphy: B.C. taxes need a ‘second look’
- Broadway Corridor Planning Program
- Nothing to See Here Folks, RBC Says on Stricter Canadian Mortgages
- Study highlights environmental cost of tearing down Vancouver’s single-family homes
- The priciest home for sale in Canada: A $38M Vancouver penthouse
- What to Consider When Expanding Your Home For Airbnb
- RBC Royal Bank business booms along with B.C. economy
- CRA finds nearly $600 million in unpaid taxes in B.C. and Ontario real estate sector
- Phase two of Surrey Health and Technology District opens
- A search for the ‘missing middle’ of housing
- Variable rate mortgages are looking mighty good right now
- Victoria in top spot on Christie’s global luxury housing markets list
- BCREA Chief Economist Cameron Muir discusses the April statistics.
- Two-thirds of homes hit by new speculation tax will be B.C.-owned
- Foreign buyers, city see potential in commercial strata
- Legal challenge to B.C.’s foreign-buyers tax heads to court in June
- Development costs and regulations driving up home prices in Vancouver
- Housing restrictions add hundreds of thousands to Vancouver home prices
- Owners of multimillion dollar Vancouver homes speak out against tax bump
- Owning $4 million house in Vancouver no blessing as seniors face $2,000 a year more in taxes
- BC Home Sales Show Little Change in April
- Alibaba seeks real estate for Vancouver office
- Realtors, developers brace for crash
- Breaking down the B.C. economy’s risky reliance on real estate
- Luxury Home Values in the Majority of Regions Across Canada Grow in 2018, Despite Headwinds Created by Several Residential Real Estate Policies
- Bank of Canada raises qualifying mortgage rate after Big Six banks hike rates
- Cambie Corridor to house 50,000 more people from new density (MAPS, RENDERINGS)
- Hudson’s Bay, RioCan agree to sell flagship Vancouver store for around $675 million: source
- Sustainable Home Design: 5 Key Tips for Selling an Eco-Friendly Home
- 5 Tips for People with Garbage Disposals
- Geller Lecture: Housing Metro Vancouver – May 10
- Phase 3 of Cambie Corridor approved
- Terence Corcoran: Why the ‘flipping’ scandal in Vancouver’s condo market is pure flapdoodle
- No, the ‘Amazon effect’ won’t crush Vancouver’s housing market: analyst
- Home sales down, listings up across Metro Vancouver
- British Columbia considers halt to exclusive access for condo presales
- Vancouver’s old Canada Post building could become a new Amazon office
- Whistler tops Vancouver as Canada’s craziest real estate market
- West Vancouver punts vote on tower at Earls site
- Mortgage stress tests have squeezed millennials’ homebuying budgets by $40,000: study
- Vancouver developers turn to rental as home ownership climbs out of reach for many
- 7 Items Landlords Must Check Off Before Tenants Move In
- Condo developers in B.C. asked for more information about hot presale market
- Construction labour shortage a massive barrier to B.C.’s new housing: experts
- B.C. law targets condo flipping, tax evasion, rental home protection
- Vancouver presale condo market faces higher prices and costs, but fewer cancellations than in Toronto
- B.C. Takes Three More Bold Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis
- Vancouver’s empty-homes tax to rake in $30-million in first year; many properties exempted
- As Seattle struggles with bike lanes, Vancouver, B.C., has won the battle
- Real Estate Anxiety hits B.C. Divorce Court
- Stephen Bigsby: The NDP’s ‘speculation tax’ vs. the ‘unfair’ status quo a false choice
- Household Expenses You Can Save Money on This Year
- Court ruling shows risk of pre-sale contracts as unsuspecting buyers lose homes
- B.C.’s commercial real estate sales smash records in 2017
- Where to buy Real Estate NOW
- Vancouver has worst housing affordability ever recorded in Canada: RBC
- Vancouver and Victoria incomes are going up. Just not as fast as home prices: data
- Metro Vancouver’s booming hotel industry won’t slow down any time soon
- Is Vancouver really running out of land?
- The property battle in Vancouver’s Chinatown
- Will pot shops affect property values in your neighbourhood? They did in Colorado
- REBGV March 2018 market update video
- Vancouver Real Estate Podcast Places in the Top Ten Podcasts for Real Estate Agents
- Housing starts roar as sales go quiet
- The Haider-Moranis Bulletin
- Bank of Canada’s latest indicator clinches it — interest rates are going up soon
- Three Things That Will Make Your Moving Process Less Stressful
- REBGV Stats Package March 2018
- ‘You’re starting to witness the slowdown’: declines expected in today’s Vancouver real estate figures
- Careful What You Wish For The Economic Fallout of Housing Price Shocks
- March home sales slow in Metro Vancouver but prices stay high: real estate board
- ‘China’s Amazon’ to start selling Canadian real estate
- Vancouver real-estate prices still climbing, but tax changes could have impact, report says
- B.C. speculation tax: Royal LePage report says new real estate levies could hurt consumer confidence
- Vancouver ranks top in global luxury real estate market
- New condos on former Mount Pleasant coffee shop site now up for pre-sale
- 3 Spring Maintenance tips Every Roof Needs
- Herbert Grubel: In praise of real estate speculators
- B.C. speculation tax changed to exempt Gulf Islands properties
- 5 Health Hazards in Your Home and How to Protect Your Family
- $105-million real estate deal reveals hot Vancouver market’s inner workings
- Mexico, U.S. the top destinations for Canadians seeking real estate abroad: Study
- Aging West End home with ‘partly finished’ basement listed for $6.98M
- Four B.C. NDP housing taxes create some jitters in the Vancouver real estate industry
- In Vancouver real estate, a shack costs $7 million. Here’s what you could buy elsewhere.
- Move over, Toronto and Vancouver: Montreal is poised to become new capital of luxury real estate
- Vancouver real estate is so crazy construction workers have to live under Skytrain tracks
- Interactive map: Where B.C.’s biggest real estate deals were done
- The Vancouver Real Estate Podcast featured on Breakthrough Real Estate Investing Podcast!
- Want an affordable home? Move to Northern B.C., invites real estate board
- B.C. government, Metro Vancouver mayors agree on $7B transit expansion
- B.C. launches anonymous tipline for reporting suspicious real estate practices
- Judge rules Vancouver West End condo assembly can be sold off despite holdout owners’ protests
- REAL ESTATE B.C.’s real estate ‘speculation tax’ will reserve homes for the ultra rich
- Province announces tipline to report real estate misconduct
- Home sales fall nearly 17% in February from a year ago: CREA
- This time, False Creek Flats is truly transforming
- Vancouver company offers Empty Homes Tax workaround
- Why are Presale Condos so Attractive to Vancouver Real Estate Investors?
- New rules stem Chinese real estate investment in Canada
- B.C. housing tax tainted by Trumpism: Sam Sullivan
- February 2018 Housing Market Update – Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
- Outside-of-B.C. owners push back against proposed speculation tax
- Prospective plans for Broadway transit line take shape
- Calgary’s Latest Goldmine for Investors
- Ups, downs in Tri-City real estate
- Bank of Canada holds interest rate — and you can thank Donald Trump for that
- Real estate board wades into speculation tax debate
- RBC chief issues warning to foreign investors in Canadian real estate
- RELEASE: The Vancouver Real Estate Podcast Launches the Vancouver Presale Condos Podcast!
- February home sales numbers down
- Benchmark price for Vancouver condos reaches $682,800
- Four in five British Columbians support new real estate taxes
- Lansdowne Centre closing in 2025 for redevelopment into 24 towers
- Opinion: Northeast False Creek Vancouver’s New Golden Apple
- B.C.’s new taxes on $3M homes could lean hard on Vancouver’s west side, maps show
- Why B.C.’s new real estate speculation tax is not a speculation tax
- Why are people who live in their homes getting dinged by the empty homes tax?
- When it comes to Vancouver real estate, millennials don’t appreciate comparisons to the 90s
- Real estate groups question expansion of foreign buyers’ tax to Okanagan, Vancouver Island
- Have Policy Changes Killed Demand for Vancouver Real Estate?
- It’s time to move on from single family homes, says UBC sociologist
- Taking a stand against Vancouver’s real estate disaster
- Vancouver city council passes motion calling for real estate ‘flipping tax’
- Real estate industry casts doubt on B.C.’s housing affordability plan
- Vancouver’s hot housing market just got tougher for wealthy foreigners
- A Modest Proposal: On B.C. real estate and taxation
- BC NDP Budget 2018-2019 and the Impact on the Vancouver Real Estate Market
- Don’t fall for the staging: Real estate expert on how to avoid rookie buyer mistakes
- Vancouver city councillor wants foreign-buyer restrictions on real estate
- Canadian families choosing ‘small living’ over suburban sprawl amid rising housing prices
- Why the city’s chief planner is OK with you losing a view of North Shore mountains
- Globe investigation into money laundering in B.C. real estate will lead to new rules, AG says
- Steady push continues for a foreign buyer ban in Vancouver housing
- There isn’t enough industrial real estate in Metro Vancouver: report
- Reliance starts $80-million bet on tech-sector growth with new Vancouver office building
- Andy Yan, the analyst who exposed Vancouver’s real estate disaster
- Home sales dip in January, but up year-over-year: B.C. Real Estate Association
- International migration drives Metro population growth, while losses fuelled by draw of neighbouring areas
- One-third of baby-boomers helping millennials buy real estate
- Council approves ambitious Northeast False Creek plan
- City approves ambitious plan for Northeast False Creek
- Regulation ‘n’ Rates A One-Two Punch… Not A Knock-Down Blow For Canadian Housing Market
- More apartment buildings come down on Davie, making way for wave of towers
- Is the Party Still On, Garth? Vancouver Real Estate Prices Should have Collapsed Year’s Ago, According to Garth Turner…
- China’s Bid To Bring Cash Back Home Will Impact These 3 Places
- This House in Sturgis is Less Than a Bachelor Unit in Vancouver…
- Five things about the CMHC report: Lots of bidding wars for condos, big price hikes
- Supply shortages in Toronto, Vancouver left house prices ‘nowhere to go but up’
- Vancouver housing: The view from Singapore
- Airbnb to collect taxes as part of agreement with B.C.
- Temporary residents impacting Canada’s major real estate markets
- What faltering stocks and bonds could mean for house prices: Don Pittis
- Give up Avocado on Toast, Gain a Deposit for Housing? A 26 year old’s View of Buying in London
- Speakers mostly agreeable to massive plan for False Creek
- Condos, townhomes in high demand in Metro Vancouver, real estate board says
- REBGV Stats Package January 2018
- Housing momentum slowing, but more supply still needed
- B.C. mayors start targeting speculators to cool housing prices
- In Vancouver, a ‘single family’ house often isn’t
- Backing out of a real estate deal? A cautionary tale against strong-arm tactics
- Chinese millionaires ‘lined up’ to buy Montreal real estate: expert
- Canadian Real Estate Prices Are Fastest-Falling In World, According To U.S. Fed
- Vancouver’s real estate market still ‘vulnerable’ to correction
- Westbank Corp. and QuadReal see cultural hub at Oakridge Centre
- With deadline looming, 11% of Vancouver residents yet to file empty home tax declaration
- Canadian real estate prices see biggest drop worldwide
- Why Does Vancouver Tolerate Kits? Rental Restrictions and the Empty Home Tax
- How Canada’s most expensive municipality grew alert to foreign capital
- If I buy through the Seller’s Agent, will I get a better deal?
- Vancouver condo developer fights U.S. extradition to face real estate ‘fraud-scheme’ allegations
- Vancouver to adopt ‘locals-first’ housing strategy
- Thirty is the New Twenty but is the Townhouse the New Single-Family Home in Vancouver?
- Vancouver vigilantes take housing matters into their own hands
- Final Plan for Northeast False Creek goes before City Council
- Why young people who can afford it are choosing not to buy homes in Calgary
- ‘No kids allowed’ strata bylaws a challenge for parents in need of housing
- Vancouver remains third least affordable global city: Demographia
- B.C. real estate regulator pushes back against provincial superintendent’s challenge
- 5 Things You Need To Know About Canadian Real Estate In 2018
- Real estate ‘headwinds’ could slow retail, construction sales: BCBC
- Bank of Canada raises key interest rate to 1.25% despite NAFTA worries
- Can more housing supply resolve the affordability crisis in Vancouver?
- B.C.’s real estate watchdog clashes with B.C. Real Estate Council
- City of Vancouver Unveils 10-year Housing Strategy
- Vancouver Real Estate Podcast in the News!
- REBGV Stats Package February 2017
- Vancouver City Hall Plans Densification
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