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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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Residential real estate to keep cooling in Metro Vancouver: analysts

Residential real estate to keep cooling in Metro Vancouver: analysts

Government measures to dampen housing market are “working well”
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This is the most a B.C. landlord can raise rent in 2019

This is the most a B.C. landlord can raise rent in 2019

Maximum allowable rent increase is biggest since 2004, due to rising inflation
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Check out this spectacular contemporary mansion, listed at $16.88M (PHOTOS)

Check out this spectacular contemporary mansion, listed at $16.88M (PHOTOS)

This West Vancouver home is the Lower Mainland’s priciest new listing of the week
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New Westminster sees Canada’s highest growth in homeownership rates

New Westminster sees Canada’s highest growth in homeownership rates

Royal City is bucking nationwide trend of declining homeownership, finds new Census study, while Vancouver is ranked 11th of 100 for growth
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Over 1,100 new dwellings to tower near Brighouse Station

Over 1,100 new dwellings to tower near Brighouse Station

A major ‘bus mall’ will be built at the corner of No. 3 and Cook roads
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