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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
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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 $50K-a-year chasm between median income earned and income needed for typical Ladner house purchase; more than $40K in North Delta
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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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