Are Canadians to blame for the housing crisis?
Posted on Sep 29, 2016
Expect lower interest rates for some time to come - Bank of Canada signals
Posted on Sep 21, 2016
The Bank of Canada governor is not alone in warning that weak economic growth and low interest rates have been with us for far longer than anticipated, and that trend is unlikely to change any time soon.
It’s not just a domestic concern either, Stephen Poloz said Tuesday, but a global one that requires a lot of economic repairs across borders.
But in...
New Foreign Investor Tax of 15% - Ready, Fire, Aim!
Posted on Aug 07, 2016
Like most people in Vancouver I like to think that my children will one day be able to buy a home in Vancouver (note I use the word 'home' rather than 'house')...which is code for being able to live near me as I get older. In a city that is 'burdened' with beauty and is 'bordered' by mountains, ocean and the 49th parallel, in addition to being cut...
BC Government to Regulate Real Estate Industry
Posted on Jul 10, 2016
B.C. Premier Christy Clark says the government is ending self regulation for the B.C. real estate industry.
"The real estate sector has had 10 years to get it right on self regulation and they haven't," said Clark at a Vancouver new conference.
Clark said the right to regulate the industry will be taken away from the Real Estate Council of B.C.and pu...
On Top of the World - 4570 Woodgreen Court, West Vancouver
Posted on May 22, 2016
Market Boom Helping Investors Get Rich
Posted on May 16, 2016
Investors continue to cash in, with this red hot market continuing to break records.
"Housing demand is exceptionally strong across the southern regions of the province,” Cameron Muir, BCREA Chief Economist, said in a release. “Consumers appear to be particularly active in the Vancouver Island, the Fraser Valley and the Thompson/Okanagan regions.”
“S...