Real Estate

CMHC denial of home equity tax plan fails to douse fears

Grant to UBC’s ‘Generation Squeeze’ cited as opening gambit towards Canada’s first-ever capital gains tax on private homes

Jul 23, 2020 9:43 AM Read more >

Hotels could pivot to multi-family rentals

With hotel revenues crashing, now could be a prime time to consider transforming a hotel to rental housing, analyst says, and government money can help

Jul 22, 2020 1:58 PM Read more >

Here’s why and how Vancouver council voted on 28-storey rental tower for West Broadway

The project calls for 200 market rental units and 58 geared to households earning $30,000 to $80,000 per year

Jul 22, 2020 12:51 PM Read more >

Pandemic shifts property sales into digital realm

Virtual home tours have become common, while online auctions are planned

Jul 22, 2020 8:00 AM Read more >

Updated: Vancouver council approves 28-storey rental tower on West Broadway

Jameson Development Corporation project includes 58 homes for households earning between $30,000 and $80,000 per year

Jul 21, 2020 3:51 PM Read more >

Tenants will have until July 2021 to repay missed rent: B.C. government

The province has released a repayment framework for landlords and tenants looking to settle unpaid rent debt before the ban on evictions because of failing to pay rent is lifted at the end of August.

Jul 20, 2020 2:48 PM Read more >

Housing market continued to cool in June

While home prices rose last month, they rose more slowly than in the past, according to the latest national house price index

Jul 20, 2020 7:05 AM Read more >

Crime spikes around hotels for homeless in Victoria

Neighbouring businesses, police battle spike in vandalism, burglaries and gun threats after hotels bought to house Victoria homeless

Jul 15, 2020 4:24 PM Read more >

Vancouver rents down, Burnaby’s up as pandemic shifts tenants’ priorities: PadMapper

As renters are spending more time at home, they are seeing cost and space as more important than proximity to city amenities

Jul 15, 2020 10:00 AM Read more >

COVID-19 stalls construction’s opioid crisis progress

Industry’s workers represent 55% of overdose deaths among employed people in B.C.

Jul 15, 2020 6:00 AM Read more >