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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...
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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...