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Douglas Todd: Harry and Meghan's move lines up with larger trends

January 16, 2020 admin buying & selling, Celebrity, columnists, housing market, immigration, local news, meghan markle, national, Prince Harry, queen elizabeth ii, Real Estate, royals, staff blog: the search, staff blogs, westcoast homes and design, World

Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:09:17 +0000

Opinion: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are by no means the first foreign-born rich people to want to come to B.C. as non-permanent residents.

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B.C. home sales recover in second half of 2019, still down from 2018

January 15, 2020 admin British Columbia, housing, housing market, local news, Real Estate

Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:44:09 +0000

A total of 77,331 homes were sold in B.C. last year while the annual average price was $700,460.

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Metro Vancouver posted record housing construction in midst of falling prices

January 9, 2020 admin housing, housing market, news, Real Estate

Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:52:04 +0000

“I don’t think anybody would look at Vancouver’s market and say, ‘Oh, OK, it’s affordable now,’ ” said Randy Ryalls, general manager of Royal LePage Sterling Realty.

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B.C. notaries say first-time homebuyers relying more than ever on bank of mom and dad

December 30, 2019 admin housing, housing bubble, housing market, local news, Real Estate

Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 01:35:46 +0000

However, only eight per cent of first-time buyer clients got more than half of their down payments from parents in 2019.

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Dan Fumano: West side story — Moderate-income apartment coming to Kitsilano

December 18, 2019 admin City Hall, housing, housing market, local news, politics, Real Estate, rental market, vancouver

Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 03:14:59 +0000

Opinion: It’s not a home-run. But if the final hours of council’s 2019 schedule had seen a different outcome, those who want to see more rental homes built in Vancouver would have less cause for optimism in 2020.

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Dan Fumano: Vancouver council approves first rental buildings under pilot project

December 13, 2019 admin City Hall, housing, housing market, local news, Real Estate, rental market, vancouver

Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:40:36 +0000

Opinion: When the public hearing for the Kitsilano rental project resumes Tuesday, many people will be watching to see which way one of these pilot rental projects goes when faced with sleepless angry homeowners.

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Vaughn Palmer: James defends controversial cash cow, a tax geared to beef up rentals

December 11, 2019 admin b.c. legislature, british columbia politics, columnists, housing market, politics, rental market, vaughn palmer, victoria

Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:39:33 +0000

OPINION: There was James on Tuesday defending the tax in terms that only a parent could love. One of the main rationales for the tax was as a spur to free up property for the rental housing market. So where are the numbers saying that has actually happened?

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Dan Fumano: Fate of hundreds of Vancouver rental homes hangs in balance this week

December 11, 2019 admin City Hall, housing market, local news, politics, property values, Real Estate, rental market, vancouver

Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:45:30 +0000

Opinion: For those who track Vancouver housing numbers like sports statistics, this week will have a big impact on how the rental totals end up for Kennedy Stewart’s first year in office.

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