British Columbia

The B.C. NDP government is responding to the backlash from B.C. home owners against the speculation tax, and will have an update on its details within days, Premier John Horgan announced March 21.

Real estate sales over $5 million hit a new dollar volume high in 2017, led by institutional buyer demand

Mayor criticizes new tax that will add $50 million to provincial coffers

Lease rates in Vancouver top $30 per square foot, while Calgary faces compressed rates from falling demand

Metro Vancouver’s detached market seeing slowdown while Québec’s metropolis sees $1 million-plus real estate boom, finds report

The City has voted to establish a new citizens' working group to help guide council into policy changes that will limit massive home sizes

Looking to invest in B.C. real estate? Northern B.C.'s average detached home price sits at $290K - a fraction of Vancouver's $1.5M average

Victoria is considering pre-zoning areas of the city where provision of affordable housing would allow for increased density.

Both West Kelowna and now the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) have asked the B.C. government not to impose the new speculation tax in their regions, with the latter saying that “in its current form, [the tax] should be eliminated.

Since changes in strata legislation that means winding up a condo building no longer requires a 100 per cent vote from owners, the City of Vancouver has seen a flurry of redevelopment applications.