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Opinion: Is Canada’s housing market at extreme risk or out of danger?

Opinion: Is Canada’s housing market at extreme risk or out of danger?

Price correction imminent, soft landing achieved… it depends which economists you ask
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Relief for B.C. renters on its way: Horgan

Relief for B.C. renters on its way: Horgan

Premier promises to act on recommendations of rental task force
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District of West Van will pay $750K for Beachhouse Restaurant reno

District of West Van will pay $750K for Beachhouse Restaurant reno

Land is the only thing they’re not making more of – usually. West Vancouver council voted unanimously to rezone the Beachhouse Restaurant Monday night – in part to deal with extra landmass created by water gradually retreating on the foreshore.
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Burnaby homeowner ordered to fill illegal basement suite with sand

Burnaby homeowner ordered to fill illegal basement suite with sand

“This is just wrong,” says owner, who built suite so his children's grandmother could live in home and help care for kids
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Open the door to short-term rentals, Airbnb tells municipal leaders

Open the door to short-term rentals, Airbnb tells municipal leaders

B.C. cities grapple with cost of enforcement of new regulations as hospitality industry changes
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B.C. real estate downturn “largely behind us” – despite actual sales dropping

B.C. real estate downturn “largely behind us” – despite actual sales dropping

Demand for homes is gradually recovering and expected to pick up this fall, asserts BCREA
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Let us decide on speculation tax, local leaders tell province

Let us decide on speculation tax, local leaders tell province

Local governments, not the province, should determine whether to impose a speculation tax on vacant properties, B.C. municipal leaders have agreed. Delegates to the Union of B.C.
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Exactly how unaffordable are Metro Vancouver’s detached homes? (INFOGRAPHIC)

Exactly how unaffordable are Metro Vancouver’s detached homes? (INFOGRAPHIC)

Study reveals $299,660 chasm between median income earned and income needed for typical West Vancouver house purchase; $160,991 gap in North Van
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EAB hearing on George project adjourned until 2019

EAB hearing on George project adjourned until 2019

An Environmental Appeal Board (EAB) hearing on whether the province should have endorsed a remediation plan for the site of the George Hotel and Residences in Gibsons has been adjourned until next year.
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B.C. municipalities call on province to tackle real estate speculation

B.C. municipalities call on province to tackle real estate speculation

As mayors meet for summit in Whistler, UBCM renews call for B.C. government to do more
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