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Will B.C.'s commercial real estate prices follow residential decline?

Will B.C.'s commercial real estate prices follow residential decline?

Price index trend lines have tended to mirror each other, but have recently diverged, writes analyst
Is a fresh wave of overseas real estate investors coming from Hong Kong (again)?

Is a fresh wave of overseas real estate investors coming from Hong Kong (again)?

Metro Vancouver’s reduced residential property prices must look pretty tempting to those looking to get their money out of troubled Hong Kong
How to (and how not to) lease commercial real estate space

How to (and how not to) lease commercial real estate space

There are a number of right ways and a myriad of bad ways to lease out your commercial real estate vacancy
Fear not, Millennials, the world is good and getting better

Fear not, Millennials, the world is good and getting better

Millennials are having fewer children, even less sex, due to anxiety about the future, despite the fact their offspring would inhabit the greenest, richest and safest world humans have ever known
Lower residential property assessments set to raise Metro Vancouver tax rates

Lower residential property assessments set to raise Metro Vancouver tax rates

With valuation day behind us and home values clearly down, will property tax rate rise to cover revenue shortfall?
The big winners and losers in B.C. Assessment’s appeals process

The big winners and losers in B.C. Assessment’s appeals process

Current system allows big property owners to shift property tax burden to smaller commercial and residential taxpayers, says former assessor
Victoria council’s 20% affordable housing edict will discourage new housing

Victoria council’s 20% affordable housing edict will discourage new housing

It’s a case of ideology winning over practicality, of wishful thinking winning over reality.
Does Burnaby highrise development next to SkyTrain need so much parking?

Does Burnaby highrise development next to SkyTrain need so much parking?

People like to complain that there’s never enough parking when they need it, but what if I told you there was too much parking? Would you storm the NOW office with torches and pitchforks? Likely not, when you can just flay me on social media.
Will the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive really help buyers into the market?

Will the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive really help buyers into the market?

The First-Time Home Buyer Incentive promises to help first-timers onto the homeownership ladder, but will it actually work?
Weekly Buzz: Development permits, housing stats

Weekly Buzz: Development permits, housing stats

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, featuring coverage on development permit and home ownership statistics