Around Vancouver
Detached Sales Jump 47% in September as Prices Slip Further
Detached sales bounced 47.5% year-over-year in September. The large increase comes off weak base effects, as September 2018 was the slowest year for detached...
Canada Population Growth Jumps on Increased Immigration
The Canadian population grew 1.4% year-over-year in July, marking the fastest pace of growth since the 1990's. It was also the fastest pace of...
Canadian Home Equity Extraction Topped $89B in 2017
The Bank of Canada recently published a new report titled, 'Home Equity Extraction and Household Spending in Canada'. I think their social media team...
Foreign Investment into Canadian Commercial Real Estate Sinks by 70%
New data from Altus Group shows foreign investment in Canadian commercial Real Estate dropped by 70% through the first half of 2019. Transactions totalled...
BC Speculation Tax Results – Who paid, Who Didn’t?
The first year results of the BC Governments empty homes/speculation tax were just released. Ironically the news came on the same day of which...
House Price Inflation & The Widening Wealth Gap
The cost of housing has become a hot button topic across the world, but of course that is not a surprise to anyone. As...