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CMHC Housing Market Insight

  Tenant Turnover Rate: A New Measure of Rental Market Conditions To keep in-line with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC’s) mandate to improve access to housing data, a pilot project was conducted in the fall of 2015 in the Vancouver Census Metrop...
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Dog owner calls for pet-friendly change to B.C. tenancy laws

Landlords say pets can cause expensive damage to property CBC News A dog owner in North Vancouver, B.C., is calling for changes to B.C.'s tenancy laws to allow pet owners access to a broader supply of rental housing.  Jess Nelson has been looking for a home ...
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Pet owners feel rental market squeeze

Low vacancies leave people with pets struggling to find housing  Brent Richter / North Shore News North Vancouver native Jess Nelson would love to move back to the North Shore – but no landlords will have her four-year-old mutt Red. In a rental market with l...
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City of Vancouver releases comprehensive study on empty homes

  City of VancouverIssue BulletinMarch 8, 2016   City releases comprehensive study on empty homes Responding to public concerns that empty homes could be impacting housing affordability and neighbourhood vibrancy, the City of Vancouver presented the finding...
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CMHC revs up hunt for foreign flows into torrid housing market

KATIA DMITRIEVABloomberg News Canada’s housing agency, looking for new methods to track foreign ownership in the country’s soaring real estate markets, may tap money laundering police and classify international university students as foreign buyers, according to int...
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Vancouver City Council selects Sadhu Johnston as new City Manager

  City of VancouverNews ReleaseMarch 3, 2016   Council selects Sadhu Johnston as new City Manager   Following a four month international search, Vancouver City Council has selected Sadhu Johnston as the new City Manager for the City of Vancouver. As ...