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Community Solar Beats Scary Headlines About Electricity Any Day Of The Week

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:25:22 +0000

So much electricity! Solar industry stakeholders are prepping for the next wave of community solar development spurred by an assist from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act along with lower costs, agrivoltaic opportunities, and financial benefits for property owners.

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Residential mortgages from the Bank of China (Canada) rise more in Ontario than in B.C.

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Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:00:33 +0000

It’s a very small glimpse, but the numbers are “a pretty good indicator of where (some) foreign-earned capital in Canada is going in the real estate market,” said Andy Yan, director of The City Program at SFU.

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Granville Island newsstand doesn't have to vacate within next weeks

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Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:04:41 +0000

Owner of Granville Island’s beloved newsstand, The Smoke Shop, said CMHC management informed her this week she no longer has to vacate her space under the tight deadline previously outlined.

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Taming the housing market: Real estate industry at odds with B.C. government

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Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:53:15 +0000

B.C. Real Estate Association is pushing back against province’s plan to allow homebuyers to back out of a sale within a “cooling period” of seven days.

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'Astonishing' drop in number of empty homes not occupied by 'usual' residents in Metro Vancouver: Census

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Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 02:57:58 +0000

“To have such a sea change is astonishing,” said urban planner Andy Yan of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.

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Software aims to tweak building design to encourage social interaction among residents

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Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:19:43 +0000

Architects, engineers and psychologists are working on ways to change building designs to better facilitate “sociability.”

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Investors buy SRO buildings as City of Vancouver calls on Province to discourage speculation

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Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:04:45 +0000

Single room occupancy hotel buildings have long been “cash-cow” investments, providing a steady return of income for owners, but with land elsewhere in Vancouver more scarce and expensive, some are eyeing to develop these buildings, but also ask for more lucrative rents.

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