Below is a roundup of this week’s news regarding the new additional 15% Property Transfer Tax for foreign buyers. BC…
Complex permitting rules are holding up 69,500 housing units in a half-dozen Metro Vancouver cities, homes that the development industry says…
Yesterday the Provincial Government announced of a large tax on foreign buyers of residential real estate While we understand why…
Today the provincial government announced that effective August 2nd 2016 an additional 15% Property Transfer Tax (PTT) will apply for…
Alarmed by double digit increases in house prices in Vancouver (+29.6% y/y) and Toronto (+14.9%), which have sidelined a large…
Today BC Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced the Province will allow the City of Vancouver the statutory ability to proceed…
The Housing Choice and Environmental Impacts Calculator is a new tool that communicates the trade-offs of different housing choices in…
Over 600 citizens attended a housing forum on the evening of Wednesday, March 16 hosted by MLA David Eby. It…
Rental vacancy rates in Metro Vancouver dropped 0.8 last year while average rent prices spiked. This is a concern. The…
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