BC real estate sector makes money-laundering recommendations
Vancouver Is Awesome–Apr. 15, 2019
B.C.’s real estate sector Monday made five recommendations to Victoria and … proceeds could be washed in the Toronto and Vancouver markets annually.
Canadian Real Estate Sales Print Longest Losing Streak Since 2008
Better Dwelling–Apr. 15, 2019
Western Canadian real estate markets were hardest hit, especially Lower Mainland, BC. Vancouver had the biggest drop with 1,745 sales in March, down 31.6% …
BC home sales see chilly March, sliding 23%
Vancouver Courier–Apr. 16, 2019
In Greater Vancouver, home sales dropped 31.6 per cent in March compared with … All the B.C. real estate boards that contributed statistics to the report cited a …
In Vancouver, college kids live like kings in empty mansions: Stories …
Financial Post–Apr. 16, 2019
In the new world of Vancouver’s housing market, where Chinese investors are decamping and … But the sense of unease in the real estate market is palpable.
Patience, perspective key to surviving real estate slump
Vancouver Courier–Apr. 15, 2019
Since August, residential real estate sales in Metro Vancouver have fallen between 30 per cent and 50 per cent below their 2018 levels. But it’s not a real estate …
Business Report: ‘Stress test’ cools real estate market
CityNews Vancouver–Apr. 16, 2019
New data shows the federal government’s real estate ‘stress test’ has had a dramatic effect on mortgage activity in Canada. Meanwhile, there was a big bounce …
A closer look at the taxes that sent Vancouver’s luxury housing market …
Financial Post–Apr. 16, 2019
Vancouver’s housing market is buckling under a slew of taxes and regulations introduced since 2016 to tame years of relentless growth that made the city the …
Douglas Todd: The first journalist to really capture Vancouver’s …
Vancouver Sun–Apr. 15, 2019
“If ‘buyers from China’ answers the ‘who’ question about Vancouver’s unique realestate market, the followup question — ‘Where is this leading?” — is harder to …
‘$1000 bucks for all this?’: Students live like kings in Vancouver’s …
BNNBloomberg.ca–Apr. 16, 2019
“You have houses that are worth $4 million renting for $4,500,” said Steve Saretsky, a Vancouver realtor whose popular real estate blog was pointing out cracks …
Greater Vancouver home sales continue to slide: BCREA
Business in Vancouver–Apr. 15, 2019
Total Greater Vancouver home sales dropped 31.6% year-over-year in March, according to new data from the British Columbia Real Estate Association.