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Vacancy tax is a numbers game
The City of Vancouver wants government data on home ownership so that they can apply a vacant house tax.
B.C. launches new 15% on foreigners who buy residential properties
More info on the new transfer tax from the Vancouver Courier
Premier unveils plan to tax foreign real-estate buyers an extra 15 per cent
Foreign buyers will be taxed an extra 15% by way of the property transfer tax on non-Canadians. Beginning August 2 it will apply to all residential property in Metro Vancouver.
Christy Clark’s plan to make homes affordable: Will it work?
Christy Clark, after a year of doing nothing about the real estate skyrocketing prices, calls a summer sitting of the legislator to push her new tax on foreign buyers.
Metro Vancouver home sales fall again, but it's still a seller's market: report
The conference Board of Canada the annual rate of sales in Metro Vancouver dropped 5.3% last month compared to the previous month.
Guildhouse at 14975 101A Avenue Surrey 221 homes by Mosaic
Guildhouse is Mosaic's new apartment and townhouse development in Surrey. The interior design by Allisa Karvonen of Insight Design displays a modern and 'quirky' look that is appealing to all visitors
Housing affordability: Why Burnaby and Vancouver are worlds apart
Seven people protesting so-called demovictions in Burnaby, B.C., has been evicted from an empty apartment building they have been occupying for 12 days.
Vancouver’s height limits would hurt social housing project, proponent says
The Grandview-Woodland community plan calls for mixed-use developments between four to nine storeys. Boffo developments wants 12-storeys.
Real estate tax cheats probed by CRA
The CRA is concerned that taxes have not been collected or paid on transactions in Vancouver
Crisis time for Vancouver tenants feeling 'soul-crunch' of sky-high rents
The rental market is becoming out of reach for the average couple. Low supply and high demand has landlords asking exorbitant prices for tiny units.
Oak + Park Townhomes 7600 Oak Street 40 townhomes by Alabaster Homes
Oak + Park a new 40 townhome project at 7600 Oak Street Vancouver. The first townhome community to be built in Marpole.
B.C. firm criticized for role in cash-for-visa program
The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program is a concern for Metro Vancouver because it provides a doorway for rich foreign investors getting into the Vancouver housing market.
Vancouver housing market outstrips the rest of Canada - report
Homwowners who were thinking of selling are holding onto their homes because they are afraid of being priced out of the market in buying a new home.
Royal LePage projects 12.4% price growth by year's end
According to the Q2 2016 National House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast prices in Greater Vancouver rose by 24.6% and Greater Toronto saw 10.2% increase
Good news for investors outside Toronto and Vancouver
The Housing Price Index rose 0.7% in May. This is the largest monthly advance since July 2007. This is driven mainly by higher new housing prices in Toronto, Oshawa and Vancouver.
Realty firm was ‘a sham’
Pare Realty was the center of a 'rent to own' scam. They offered to provide short term loans to renters to help them use the funds for down payments on home purchases. Investors were asked for $81,000 to purchase in advance through numbered accounts.…
Vancouver, Toronto not alone in making house price gains
Existing house prices across the country rose in June. Vancouver and Toronto had the largest gain.
Vancouver real estate market won't cool soon, Royal LePage says
The national average home price climbed 9 per cent in the 2nd quarter compared to a year ago. Predictions has the second half of this year rising by 12 per cent.
BUSINESS BOOMING AT VANCOUVER HOTELS
BC hotel profits are up while most of the other provinces profits have fallen.
Vancouver housing market is crashing already says LePoidevin
Shorting of mortgages and not investing in the sector is slowing home sales.
Luxury home sales in Metro doubled in 2016, report says
You have $1M for a house, forget Vancouver. Average is up to $3.2M
Foreign-buyer real estate data coming soon: de Jong says
There is lots of speculation about the investment by foreign purchasers. The Latest data resulted in the foreign buyer's tax.
Buyers treat condos like stock, not homes
In 2010 the Strata Property Act was amended to all new constructed strata titled home to be available for rentals and prevented the newly formed strata corporations from passing bylaws to restrict the number of rental units.
Drug trafficker used illicit proceeds to buy Metro Vancouver house, suit says
BC's director of civil forfeiture says Frederic Wilson is the actual owner of the house. The law suite, sites many drug charges and the money was used to buy the property.
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- Abbotsford - 447
- Agassiz - 28
- Burnaby - 55
- Burnaby East - 78
- Burnaby North - 367
- Burnaby South - 346
- Campbell River - 1
- Chilliwack - 221
- Cloverdale - 194
- Comox Valley - 10
- Coquitlam - 566
- Delta - 10
- Duncan - 41
- Esquimalt - 59
- Gulf Islands - 6
- Harrison Hot Springs - 13
- Harrison Mills - 1
- Hope - 22
- Ladner - 110
- Langford - 156
- Langley - 541
- Maple Ridge - 312
- Mill Bay - 2
- Mission - 65
- New Westminster - 444
- North Delta - 28
- North Island - 2
- North Saanich - 8
- North Surrey - 411
- North Vancouver - 747
- Oak Bay - 44
- Osoyoos - 1
- Parksville / Qualicum - 7
- Penticton - 8
- Pitt Meadows - 75
- Port Alberni - 2
- Port Coquitlam - 268
- Port Moody - 268
- Richmond - 1162
- Saanich East - 232
- Saanich West - 92
- Sardis - 154
- Sidney - 152
- Sooke - 39
- South Surrey White Rock - 716
- Surrey - 668
- Tsawwassen - 98
- Vancouver East - 1001
- Vancouver West - 2488
- Victoria - 665
- View Royal - 46
- West Vancouver - 231
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