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UDI to participate in OV buyer lawsuits 26 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
The Urban Development Institute is the public voice of Real Estate developers in BC and they have recently been given the right to participate as an intervenor in the case against the Olympic Village ...
FFFA! What’s happening? 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
It’s that time of the week again! This is the day, the time, the place, it’s Friday Free For All time! This is when we do our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread f...
Olympic Village Sold! 21 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
The city just took one big step towards getting out of their Olympic Village obligations with smaller losses. Dozens of market rental units have been sold in one bulk sale to an investors group at an...
The Ghost Town Tax 20 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Are empty homes bad for a city? Some people think so, and in parts of London they’ve decided to heavily tax owners of empty property: Camden council, a Labour-run authority in north London, which co...
FFFA! Mortgage Rates, Sales, Averages 16 Aug 2013 | 12:07 pm
It’s that time of the week! Friday Free-for-all Time! This is when we do our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread for the weekend, here are a few recent links to ki...
The problem with wealth locked up in housing 14 Aug 2013 | 12:22 pm
Barbara Yaffe has a column in the Vancouver Sun where she points out some of the problems with ‘paper riches‘. A recent study reveals Vancouverites have the highest net worth in Canada as a result of...
Field Guide to the Tarps of Vancouver 12 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
It used to be that Vancouverites were concerned about leaky condos. There was a time when local newscasters and politicians would wring their hands and referred to condo repairs blossoming across tow...
FFFA! Zoocasa, Flat, Up, Down, Dutch! 9 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
It’s that time of the week again… FRIDAY! And this is when we do our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread for the weekend, let’s get to it! Here are a few recent l...
Land sales indicate end of boom 8 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
In a sign that builders seem to see an end to the current housing boom land sales have dropped off in the first half of this year. Land investment is down 51% in Toronto, 30% in Vancouver and 52% in ...
CMHC tightens mortgage rules (again) 7 Aug 2013 | 09:49 am
Ottawa must really want to see more of a downturn in the Canadian housing market. This week saw a new limit to CMHC largesse. The latest change limits guarantees on Mortgage Backed Securities which w...
