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Weekly Buzz: Office demand and mortgage change woes

Weekly Buzz: Office demand and mortgage change woes

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, featuring coverage on major office projects and commentary on proposed mortgage rule changes
Don’t delay succession planning for REITs and portfolio managers

Don’t delay succession planning for REITs and portfolio managers

Fresh set of challenges in commercial real estate means successors will need to bring new skills to the table
Weekly Buzz: B.C. housing market and key commercial sales

Weekly Buzz: B.C. housing market and key commercial sales

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, featuring coverage on home price analysis and affordability measures, plus commercial portfolio sales
Weekly Buzz: Short-term rentals and maximizing commercial profits

Weekly Buzz: Short-term rentals and maximizing commercial profits

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, featuring coverage on short-term rental regulations and profits and the resort market
The trouble with projecting franchise earnings

The trouble with projecting franchise earnings

There’s a reason for disclaimers about earnings in franchise agreements, explains franchise expert Norm Friend in the second of this three-part series
Weekly Buzz: Fraser Valley multi-family sales and foreign buyer tax anniversary

Weekly Buzz: Fraser Valley multi-family sales and foreign buyer tax anniversary

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, covering the Fraser Valley apartment market and the ramifications of the foreign buyer tax a year on
B.C. investment market’s remarkable stretch has likely run its course

B.C. investment market’s remarkable stretch has likely run its course

The past five years’ unprecedented commercial real estate activity – and the milestones reached – could go down in history
Weekly Buzz: Tech industry impact on office space and investor interest in farmland

Weekly Buzz: Tech industry impact on office space and investor interest in farmland

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, covering the effect of Vancouver's booming tech industry on available office space and farmland investment
Is Vancouver running out of office space?

Is Vancouver running out of office space?

What a difference a couple of years makes in commercial real estate, muses Neil Hamilton
Weekly Buzz: Greater Vancouver condo and rental markets

Weekly Buzz: Greater Vancouver condo and rental markets

Western Canada's top commercial real estate stories, covering the effect of rental home shortages across the Lower Mainland