More than a few people have been saying that if there was a crash, we would see an increase on late payments on mortgages. This logic seems solid on the surface, but makes BC’s situation all the more confusing. People are purchasing homes at 21x the medium income, it doesn’t quite make sense that no […]
We look at three teardown properties in Vancouver that highlight how expensive the city is, and just how little $3 million can buy you.
Absorption rates show demand for BC real estate reversed in March 2016, so why was a foreign buyer tax thrown in last minute?
You know how foreign buyers are supposedly piling into Vancouver real estate because it’s such a great investment? Turns out it isn’t.
Betting on a Vancouver real estate crash? Not this month, as single house detached values soared to ridiculous heights.
How BC’s foreign speculator tax doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, and why things are going to get a lot worse for locals in Vancouver.
Think the media is blowing the Vancouver housing crisis out of proportion? We visualized it on a map so you can decide for yourself.
Working at the speed of government just sucks. The City of Vancouver is still sorting out the details of an impact study on AirBnB, which likely won’t report any results until there’s been a significant amount of damage to an already strained city. So we decided to unleash our hungry data analysts to crunch the […]
Shots fired! While our media has been pointing out how Chinese buyers are driving up real estate prices, the Chinese media has been dissecting our economy, government, and warning Chinese buyers of the dangers of owning Canadian real estate. We’re always curious to know how other countries interpret our statistics, political climate and what outside media […]
Sam Sullivan, Vancouver-False River MLA and former Vancouver city mayor explains rising home prices, and what city council needs to do.