Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20182 min readB.C.'S PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CHANGES MORE MODERATE IN 2019After years of dramatic increases in B.C.’s property assessments, this year they will likely be more moderate, with some Vancouver homes...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20183 min readCANADIANS APPEAR TO HAVE DODGED THAT HOUSING CRASH EVERYBODY'S BEEN SO AFRAID OF FOR 10 YEARSCanada’s once-lofty housing market is achieving a best-case soft landing for policy makers trying to cool things down without triggering...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20181 min readVANCOUVER EXPECTS $30M FROM FIRST YEAR OF EMPTY HOMES TAXVANCOUVER -- The City of Vancouver says it has collected $18 million from the first year of its empty homes tax and another $12 million...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20183 min readB.C. GOVERNMENT MOVES AHEAD WITH SPECULATION TAX ON VACANT HOMESTax ranges from 0.5% on secondary homes left vacant by B.C. residents, to 2% on foreign-owned properties Original Article Here B.C.'s...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20184 min readJOSH GORDON: SPECULATION TAX IS ESSENTIAL FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITYPublished on: April 5, 2018 | Last Updated: April 5, 2018 12:49 PM PDT Original Article Here The announcement of a “speculation tax” in...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20183 min readYOUNG COUPLE CAMPS OUT FOR 3 DAYS FOR CONDO PRE-SALE IN PORT COQUITLAMOriginal Article Here If you’ve been wondering about the tents lining Mary Hill Road and Wilson Avenue in Port Coquitlam, you may be glad...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20183 min readREGULATE CONDO PRESALES, VANCOUVER MAYOR TELLS PROVINCEOriginal Article HERE Vancouver’s mayor wants the province to explore new regulations to reign in the speculative presale condo market....
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20182 min readVANCOUVER HOME SALES DIP BUT PRICES INCREASE IN JULY: BCREAOriginal Article HERE The number of homes sold across Metro Vancouver were down in July compared with a year ago, but prices still inched...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20186 min readFILM INDUSTRY FEELING REAL ESTATE WOESA loss of older buildings and character homes has made location scouting increasingly difficult Original Article HERE The owners of...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20182 min readFEWER, SMALLER MORTGAGES SEEN IN VANCOUVER AFTER COOLING MEASURES ENACTEDOriginal Article HERE Vancouver home buyers took out smaller and fewer mortgages after the government imposed measures to cool the...
Wix MLS®Dec 12, 20182 min readAMID RUSH TO DENSIFY, HOUSE ON VANCOUVER'S CAMBIE STREET LISTED FOR $11MOriginal Article Here Sky-high real estate prices are nothing new in Vancouver, but a new listing on the Cambie corridor is raising some...
