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Federal government can’t solve housing affordability with policy measures: survey

Federal government can’t solve housing affordability with policy measures: survey

Ahead of next week’s federal budget, what can be done to help Canadians into homeownership?
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Real estate slowdown is main drag on B.C.’s economy: Central 1

Real estate slowdown is main drag on B.C.’s economy: Central 1

Housing starts and residential investment to decline, but strength in other areas will prevent overall recession, predicts credit union
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Comment: Price drops fail to defuse housing affordability concerns

Comment: Price drops fail to defuse housing affordability concerns

“Changes in prices do not materially affect resale activity [in Metro] Vancouver,” says economist
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Average B.C. home price has slid nearly 10 per cent in past year: BCREA

Average B.C. home price has slid nearly 10 per cent in past year: BCREA

Real estate association blames mortgage stress test for “sidelining” buyers, calls for feds to scrap it entirely
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Are more tall wood buildings on the way in B.C.?

Are more tall wood buildings on the way in B.C.?

Provincial government changes B.C. Building Code to allow for mass timber buildings of up to 12 storeys
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More density eyed for Coquitlam's SkyTrain corridor

More density eyed for Coquitlam's SkyTrain corridor

Some neighbourhoods hoping for towers likely won't get them
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Non-residents own 4.9% of Metro Vancouver homes, much higher in new condos: CMHC

Non-residents own 4.9% of Metro Vancouver homes, much higher in new condos: CMHC

Relatively small percentage of homes are jointly owned by a mix of resident and non-resident owners, according to federal housing agency
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Metro Vancouver residential land prices may have already peaked

Metro Vancouver residential land prices may have already peaked

Nosebleed dirt prices expected to ease as residential downturn, construction costs, politics and financing fears cool land speculation across the region
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Opinion: Good luck trying to rent a mansion with your buddies

Opinion: Good luck trying to rent a mansion with your buddies

There may be an influx of large homes to rent, because of new taxes and slow sales, but that doesn’t mean you can share them with your friends
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Opinion: We need to remove parking requirements from housing decisions

Opinion: We need to remove parking requirements from housing decisions

"I’ve lost count of how many dinosaur politicians clutched their pearls in fear over how adding more people would impact street parking"
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