2025's standard rent increase has been set at 3%, directly tied to the inflation rate as of the end of July. This marks a shift from previous years when rent increase caps were manually set by the government without a direct correlation to inflation, often placing financi...
The complexities of the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) and its application to various housing typologies, including furnished units, serve as a critical point of consideration for both landlords and tenants in British Columbia’s housing market. The RTA's broad and somewhat...
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Every enlightened level of government understands that the rental housing crisis BC is experiencing is fundamentally a result of insufficient supply. While LandlordBC applauds the many measures and innovations advanced by the BC NDP to increa...
As advocates for a strong and healthy rental housing ecosystem in BC, LandlordBC has long argued that rent control isn’t a recipe for broad rental housing affordability. Anyone truly paying attention knows that rent control leads to a decay of existing stock due to lack ...
When faced with the provincial legislation coming into effect May of 2024 that restricts Airbnb and similar short-term vacation/travel accommodations, many property owners are considering their options. Aside from selling, the only other viable option for most owners is t...
On Friday the BC Court of Appeal (the “BCCA”) released its decision Vancouver (City) v Pender Lodge Holdings Ltd., 2024 BCCA 37. This decision considered bylaws adopted by the City of Vancouver (the “COV”) to limit rent increases between tenancies in privately-owned r...
The I Rent It Right™ e-learning course was launched on January 18, 2017, exactly seven years ago. It took much dedication, knowledge, and vision to create a platform that operates with busy landlords in mind and helps rental housing providers become familiar with the esse...
Happy New Year! As we begin 2024, we know that housing remains a front-of-mind issue for British Columbians with every community across the province needing more homes.
Ambitious homebuilding agenda - In the latter half of 2023 we witnessed a flurry of announcements fr...
By Vaishali, Senior Analyst, Research Services & Strategy and Wendy Waters, Vice President,
Research Services & Strategy, GWL Realty Advisors[1]
A substantial portion of Vancouver’s population is choosing to rent rather than aspiring to own a home. This trend has been...
The Tyee published an opinion piece on October 12, 2023 entitled “The Lucrative Business of Owning Rental Buildings”. We ask the question, if rental apartment ownership and development is such a lucrative business, why are we so short of apartments? Let’s delve into the...