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

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

Study reveals $173K chasm between median income earned and income needed for typical Richmond house purchase
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
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”
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