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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...
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Victoria eyes regulating vacation rentals

Bill Cleverley | Times Colonist Victoria could soon be taking a closer look at short-term vacation rentals, with an eye to bringing what some see as a growing “invisible” hotel industry into the open, subject to the same taxes and rules as traditional hotels. Ci...
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The story of how Vancouver lost its affordability … and its mind

The Vancouver Sun Vancouver is ridiculously expensive, we know this, but how did it get this way? That’s the question the data crunchers at Visual Capitalist, a financial media company, attempt to answer in their Real Estate Mania infographic: The story of how V...
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B.C. business leaders call for residential real estate data

JOANNE LEE-YOUNG, Vancouver Sun B.C. business leaders are joining the chorus of voices calling for more granular residential real estate data. The provincial government stated in its last budget that it would track the citizenship and residency of owners who are...
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Vancouver may be cracking down on illegal Airbnb listings

By Nadia Stewart, Videojournalist, Global News It seems the city of Vancouver might finally be cracking down on the growing number of illegal Airbnb listings. This week, bylaw enforcement officers posted notices on the door of 1150 Comox Street, a home neighbour...
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Renters suffer in Greater Victoria’s hot real estate market

Carla Wilson | Times Colonist Greater Victoria’s hot real estate market is making it tougher for renters to find accommodation in an already chronically tight rental climate. Newlyweds Jordan and Abigail Burkmar of Langford are hunting for a roomier place. “...
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'Snob zoning' is keeping Vancouver unaffordable: UBC economist

Jon Woodward, CTV News Rules designed to “preserve the character” of Vancouver neighbourhoods are keeping out working people and effectively subsidizing the owners of multi-million dollar homes, according to a UBC economist. And those zoning rules are encouragin...