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Only banks and doctors will be left, councillor warns

Landlord group says that increased property taxes will force apartment building owners to raise rents or spend less on building maintenance

Statistics Canada data for November show the province issued the highest value of commercial building permits on record

Application filed for architecturally striking building to replace 15-storey tower in Coal Harbour financial district

This story has been amended since first posting. Even in the world of heated driveways, curated wine cellars and infinity pools, homeowners in the upper ranks of the real estate world aren’t immune from changes in the market.

A new Metro Vancouver industrial lands strategy task force was appointed in December, setting the stage for members to begin work in earnest under chairman George Harvie of Delta this month.

Consumers increasingly less willing to pay for higher-priced units in new developments, says Altus Group

“Just opening the [BC Assessment] envelope was enough to stop me from sleeping for two days,” says manufacturer and business owner

“Top-tier” of city’s real estate hit by “a barrage of government and regulatory interventions compounded by mortgage rate hikes,” says luxury brokerage

The cost of housing is hitting seniors hard as the rate of those using property tax deferral has skyrocketed, while the reliance on rent subsidies for seniors is growing too fast. That’s according to a new report by B.C.