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Metro Vancouver home sales down 42.5% in November

Metro Vancouver home sales down 42.5% in November

Following October’s slight uptick, November’s transactions are hit with double-whammy of cooling market and slower season
Opinion: Naive politicians will keep Metro Vancouver tenants in turmoil

Opinion: Naive politicians will keep Metro Vancouver tenants in turmoil

New legislation may end up harming the tenants it's designed to help, says Western Investor editor Frank O'Brien
Squamish's Oceanfront Park plans revealed

Squamish's Oceanfront Park plans revealed

Beaches, windsports areas, non-motorized boat launch are among the highlights
Squamish's Oceanfront Park plans revealed

Squamish's Oceanfront Park plans revealed

Beaches, windsports areas, non-motorized boat launch are among the highlights
Time to soften – or scrap – one-year-old mortgage stress test, says building industry

Time to soften – or scrap – one-year-old mortgage stress test, says building industry

Measure has already done its job of cooling housing market, and rise in interest rates means it’s going too far, argue builders
Opinion: What Vancouver’s impressive Empty Homes Tax revenue tells us

Opinion: What Vancouver’s impressive Empty Homes Tax revenue tells us

Not even the City’s seemingly optimistic projections had predicted this much revenue – but does that make the tax a success?
Revised plan for hotel at Coquitlam's Hard Rock Casino approved

Revised plan for hotel at Coquitlam's Hard Rock Casino approved

Although it's been more than seven years after first proposed, construction start not determined

Coquitlam considers hiking development fees on new homes

Costs of servicing are going up, says city’s finance GM, which means cost to build new homes must rise too
EDITORIAL: Landlorded over

EDITORIAL: Landlorded over

If things suddenly got twice as good, they would still be bad. Vacancy rates on the North Shore are hovering around one per cent, well shy of the targeted range of three to five per cent.
Detached home prices plunging? Not exactly (INFOGRAPHIC)

Detached home prices plunging? Not exactly (INFOGRAPHIC)

You may think Metro Vancouver’s single-family home prices are in freefall – but our infographic suggests otherwise