Real Estate News

District of West Vancouver council is formally asking the province to scrap the additional school tax on homes assessed above $3 million and to curtail the speculation and vacancy tax. The school tax, which adds an additional 0.

Despite market slowdown and even in detached sector, ownership cost vs income is getting worse, finds nationwide study

Massive 19-acre property in Richmond back on market for only $20K below previous price, despite not selling in 2018

Neil Belenkie says he's hearing from a wave of village residents who may be forced to rent out or sell because of the new provincial tax.

Measures such as mortgage stress test are “at cross purposes” with federal promises to support the middle class, asserts Mortgage Professionals of Canada

Nearly $3 billion of Metro Vancouver purpose-built rental properties exchanged hands last year, finds report

Homeowners across Metro Vancouver will soon be getting notices saying they have to register with the province as resident homeowners or qualify for an exemption or face paying B.C.’s new (and newly named) speculation and vacancy tax.

Councillor Jean Swanson says rents will keep rising unless vacancy control and rent freezes are implemented

“Speculators” were always going to hate the speculation tax, that’s pretty much a given. What the provincial government has managed to do this week is annoy a good part of the vast majority of homeowners who would never be considered speculators.

Burnaby South byelection candidate says housing is the top issue