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Rising multi-family assessments could trigger higher rents across B.C.

Rising multi-family assessments could trigger higher rents across B.C.

Landlord group says increased property taxes will force apartment building owners to raise rents or spend less on building maintenance
Metro Vancouver new home sales down 19% in 2018, will fall more: report

Metro Vancouver new home sales down 19% in 2018, will fall more: report

Consumers increasingly less willing to pay for higher-priced units in new developments, says Altus Group
B.C. commercial building permits break record

B.C. commercial building permits break record

Statistics Canada data for November show the province issued the highest value of commercial building permits on record
Property taxes floor Burnaby tile maker

Property taxes floor Burnaby tile maker

On January 8, less than a week after receiving the assessment notice for his 41-year-old tile manufacturing business in Burnaby, Kim Hauner called his 100 staff members together to break the bad news.
$4m-plus home sales in Vancouver down by half in 2018: Sotheby’s

$4m-plus home sales in Vancouver down by half in 2018: Sotheby’s

Sales of Vancouver homes over $4 million plummeted in 2018 by 49 per cent year over, according to a report by Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, released January 9.
Metro task force to target Lower Mainland industrial crunch

Metro task force to target Lower Mainland industrial crunch

Task force revamped A new Metro Vancouver industrial lands strategy task force was appointed in December, setting the stage for members to begin work in earnest under chairman George Harvie of Delta this month.
Property assessments are inaccurate more often than you might think, says author

Property assessments are inaccurate more often than you might think, says author

As many as 20 per cent of all residential property owners in the province should be appealing their property assessments, says the man who has literally written the book on the assessment appeals process.
Prices fall as Vancouver has worst year for home sales since 2000

Prices fall as Vancouver has worst year for home sales since 2000

The benchmark price for all homes fell 2.7% during the year
Fewer first-time homebuyers in B.C. this year: notaries

Fewer first-time homebuyers in B.C. this year: notaries

Notaries across British Columbia saw “an overall decrease in first-time buyers in most regions of the province” in 2018, according to the Society of Notaries Public of BC.
B.C.’s most expensive home values drop by millions

B.C.’s most expensive home values drop by millions

But the province’s total real estate value is up 7.45% compared with last year, according to BC Assessment