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Five-tower mega-project eyed for Burnaby border next to Koreatown

Five-tower mega-project eyed for Burnaby border next to Koreatown

A five-tower development proposed for Burnaby’s border on the site of the former Best Western hotel on North Road has cleared its first bureaucratic hurdle. Following a public hearing on Dec.
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Five-tower mega-project eyed for Burnaby border next to Koreatown

Five-tower mega-project eyed for Burnaby border next to Koreatown

A five-tower development proposed for Burnaby’s border on the site of the former Best Western hotel on North Road has cleared its first bureaucratic hurdle. Following a public hearing on Dec.
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B.C.’s Rental Housing Task Force wants to stop renovictions but rejects vacancy control

B.C.’s Rental Housing Task Force wants to stop renovictions but rejects vacancy control

The B.C. government’s Rental Housing Task Force is recommending changes to the Rental Tenancy Act to stop renovictions, but it’s rejected the idea of vacancy control — an idea renters favoured and landlords opposed.
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Canadian confidence in housing market running low: poll

Even though owning a home is still widely seen as an important life milestone, most people – even homeowners – don’t feel confident in today's real estate market
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Huawei executive arrest could impact Vancouver real estate prices: Barron's

Huawei executive arrest could impact Vancouver real estate prices: Barron's

Influential business journal suggests that arrest could chill Chinese migration
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No major home price drops for Metro Vancouver and B.C. next year: forecasts

No major home price drops for Metro Vancouver and B.C. next year: forecasts

Two separate brokerage surveys predict home values will stay virtually flat or decrease only slightly
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Construction companies get creative to find skilled workers

Construction companies get creative to find skilled workers

Shortage of skilled tradespeople has companies offering bounties and recruiting foreign workers to keep up with demand for new housing and home renovations
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More than half of all short-term rentals in Vancouver now licensed

More than half of all short-term rentals in Vancouver now licensed

As of Nov. 30 there were more than 4,500 active short-term rental listings in the city
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No easy way for Metro to build its way out of its housing crisis

No easy way for Metro to build its way out of its housing crisis

In the weeks leading up to last October’s municipal elections in British Columbia, housing was the most ubiquitous issue for voters.
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Canada’s high home prices likely to just stay high: economist

Canada’s high home prices likely to just stay high: economist

Rather than see a crash, “most terrifying threat of all” is that home prices will remain permanently unaffordable to many, says CPA chief economist
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