Opinion

After years of capitalization rates declining as asset values increased, there are signals that the trend is flipping

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, featuring coverage on rental housing

As industry leaders meet to discuss housing, we need to work together to build much more rental supply

Commercial tenants should not be afraid to negotiate assertively on their rental rates. So why do entrepreneurs have such difficulty in this area? Frequently, the answer is a simple unawareness of market rental rates (the “going rate” in an area).

Hard for B.C. government and public to admit that we drove real estate values up all by ourselves

Your world is about to get more expensive, but not in the ways you may think. The recent headline reads: “ Nearly $90B in equity wiped off Lower Mainland home values in past year .

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, featuring coverage on new developments in Vancouver, Victoria and Ladner

There is no denying that we are in a housing crisis and that is tough enough, but the fact that people are using this to their advantage to scam others out of their rent money is awful.

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, featuring coverage on residential sales and debate whether Metro Vancouver has moved into buyers' market territory

Policy blunder raises all sorts of questions, including if the city rushed all the bylaw through in order to be the first in B.C