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Easing mortgage stress test better for first-time buyers: critics

Easing mortgage stress test better for first-time buyers: critics

The new federal budget includes a plan for Canada’s housing agency to offer interest-free loans to first-time homebuyers, but mortgage brokers, real estate agents and economists say it will do little to get millennials into the housing market.
North Vancouver School District to pay for increased costs of high school rebuilds

North Vancouver School District to pay for increased costs of high school rebuilds

An extra $4 million in construction costs is being tacked onto the bill for rebuilds of Argyle and Handsworth schools
Port Coquitlam takes action on 'predatory' renovictions

Port Coquitlam takes action on 'predatory' renovictions

Proposed change to policy is aimed to protect tenants in rental homes

Commercial sales and dollar volume down year-over-year: REBGV

"We’ve seen reduced demand in line with slower economic growth and rising interest rates,” says Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver representative
$1M-plus Vancouver condo sales plunge by two-thirds: Sotheby’s

$1M-plus Vancouver condo sales plunge by two-thirds: Sotheby’s

As the decline in sales of detached houses starts to flatten, higher-end condos are next to be “caught in the same downdraft”
Federal Budget 2019 aims to help first-time buyers and boost rental supply

Federal Budget 2019 aims to help first-time buyers and boost rental supply

Liberals court Millennial vote with new interest-free first-time home buyer’s loan, increased Home Buyer’s Plan limit and more rental housing supply
B.C. cannabis retailers vying for early market dominance

B.C. cannabis retailers vying for early market dominance

Canada’s largest private sellers jockeying for position to secure a toehold in the province
Slowing Vancouver commercial sales due to lack of supply, not demand: Altus Group

Slowing Vancouver commercial sales due to lack of supply, not demand: Altus Group

Sales value was down 15 per cent year-over-year, but investor sentiment remains favourable into 2019
Majority of B.C. residents support speculation tax, survey finds

Majority of B.C. residents support speculation tax, survey finds

Similar proportion of British Columbians also back school tax, while even more agree with increase in foreign-buyer tax
Burquitlam development will deliver 1,200 new housing units

Burquitlam development will deliver 1,200 new housing units

Four towers, one low-rise proposed to be built at Clarke Road and Como Lake Avenue in Coquitlam