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Blinded by billions: a look at spending on social housing in B.C.

Blinded by billions: a look at spending on social housing in B.C.

This is an update on the first of a two-part Western Investor report on ballooning government housing support for the most vulnerable in British Columbia.
Opinion: B.C. Rental Protection Fund is really a rental destruction plan

Opinion: B.C. Rental Protection Fund is really a rental destruction plan

Amid a severe housing shortage, the B.C. government is spending $500 million of taxpayer money not to build rental housing, but to stop people who want to build it
Calgary’s low equity, high cash flow attracts landlord investors

Calgary’s low equity, high cash flow attracts landlord investors

Multi-family market conditions ‘not seen since Alberta’s last economic boom,’ says CMHC analyst.
Delivering new Metro Vancouver rentals now ‘next to impossible’

Delivering new Metro Vancouver rentals now ‘next to impossible’

Changes will be needed in 2023 to accommodate high costs, interest rates and competitive government programs to meet immigration and housing targets, builders say
Coronation Park land assembly owners finally reach closure

Coronation Park land assembly owners finally reach closure

Years after 59 house owners sold their Port Moody lots for development, the 14.8-acre land assembly has closed at $157.2 million – but the project is still not approved
Outlook: multi-family rental buildings will attract big-ticket sales

Outlook: multi-family rental buildings will attract big-ticket sales

Third-quarter sales dip in B.C.’s multi-family market expected to in be in rear view mirror shortly as interest rates stable and immigration hits stride
B.C. strata changes open door to condo speculators, experts say

B.C. strata changes open door to condo speculators, experts say

B.C. NDP government is removing rental restrictions in residential stratas, which will increase investor interest and the insurance needed by strata groups, critics argue
New rental units are smaller than three parking stalls

New rental units are smaller than three parking stalls

Concord high-rise project in Burnaby’s Metrotown will include 58 non-market studio suites from 323 square feet
B.C. housing plan will immediately extend speculation taxes

B.C. housing plan will immediately extend speculation taxes

New scheme would turn all condos into rentals and subject the owners to provincial and Vancouver ‘empty home’ taxes if not rented
Residential land still seeing eye-popping prices

Residential land still seeing eye-popping prices

Even as B.C. home prices decline, Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island developers appear willing to pay millions of dollars per acre for residential assemblies