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Canada Needs House Prices To Drop. Here's How To Make It Happen.

Daniel Tencer | Business Editor, Huffington Post Canada Canada's federal Liberals are stuck between a rock and a hard place, and they know it. With home affordability rapidly deteriorating in Ontario and British Columbia, the public wants action on soaring house...
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Empty home tax coming to Vancouver

"Vancouver housing is first and foremost for homes, not a commodity to make money with." CBC News Mayor Gregor Robertson has announced Vancouver will move forward on taxing empty homes as the affordability crisis grows larger and rental vacancy rates shrink to u...
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Victoria councillors aim to fast-track rental housing

Bill Cleverley | Times Colonist Victoria will fast-track applications for purpose-built rental housing and look at removing barriers to building secondary and garden suites. The provisions are part of a new housing strategy approved last week. Councillors hope i...
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We need to talk about NIMBYs

Era of single-family houses in Vancouver is over Jessica Barrett | Vancouver Courier I was running errands on Commercial Drive a few weeks back when I was hit with a surprising realization. As I loaded my bicycle with groceries, my eye wandered across the street...
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What Should the 'Sharing Economy' Really Be Called?

Many people aren’t familiar with the term that encompasses businesses like Uber and Airbnb, while others argue that the phrase may be deceptive. Adam Chandler | The Atlantic Among the surprises in last week’s Pew Research Center survey on the new digital economy...
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News Release: CFAA elects new corporate officers

News Release June 14, 2016 CFAA elects new corporate officers At CFAA’s Annual General Meeting the officers elected were: Scott Andison, FRPO, as Co-Chair David Hutniak, LandlordBC, as Co-Chair Erin Cleveland, Killam REIT, as Treasurer J...
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Vancouver Airbnb revenues driven by empty homes, says UBC researcher

Jenni Sheppard | Daily Hive  AirBnB makes most of its money in Vancouver from rentals of homes that no one lives in, according to research by a UBC geography undergraduate. Iain Marjoribanks produced the study on Airbnb as a student research project for the Scho...
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Pay Vancouver rent on time, win a prize

By Eric MacKenzie | 24hrs Vancouver Do you deserve a reward for paying rent on time? If you’re in a Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation suite, you may just get one. Metro Vancouver staff are proposing a tenant incentive program with the hope it will encourage re...