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Victoria Community Coalition Raises Concerns

News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 25, 2016                                                                                                            Mount Edwards Community Awareness Coalition launch to highlight community concerns about proposed lo...
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Fortune 500 company taps hot Vancouver property market

JLL buys Metro firm with focus on apartments By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun Fortune 500 company JLL has acquired a Vancouver real estate firm that specializes in commercial apartment buildings, underlying a growing desire among global investors, including in th...
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Vancouver apartment rental market ‘a mess

BY BARBARA YAFFE, VANCOUVER SUN   A massive infusion of offshore cash into the Lower Mainland’s multi-family residential property market is “disrupting the local development and investor communities,” resulting in bidding wars and a surge in the value of real estat...
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B.C. strata councils in ‘critical’ funding state

Owners ‘just don’t have the money’ for proper contingency funds BY BARBARA YAFFE, VANCOUVER SUN Strata depreciation reports have unearthed an alarming situation for B.C. condo owners: The overwhelming majority of strata units are carrying monthly maintenance fees th...
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LandlordBC Supports New Purpose-Built Rental Project

Rezoning 1755 West 14th Avenue/ Purpose-Built Rental Project With the continued chronic low vacancy rates for rental housing in Vancouver, the addition of 116 purpose-built rental units plus, the retention of an existing 134 unit secured rental building, is a welcom...
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B.C. guide dog legislation to take effect Monday Jan 18

New rules includes larger fines for refusing service to people with guide dogs By CBC News New legislation will start being enforced on Monday, Jan. 18 to crack down on people with fake guide or service dogs, and protect those with real ones.  The Guide Dog ...
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New Online Education from TRAC and the Justice Education Society

For Immediate Release: New Online Education from TRAC and the Justice Education Society January 11, 2016- The Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre (TRAC) and the Justice Education Society are pleased to announce the launch of a new online course for tenants, Rent...
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Property assessment rise set to hit Vancouver renters hard

By Jen St. Denis / Business in Vancouver While owners of single-family homes in Vancouver had the most immediate sticker shock from this year’s property value assessments, apartment building values have also increased sharply, and that will likely put even more upwa...
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B.C. tenants, landlords face huge fee increases

BY JOHN COLEBOURN, THE PROVINCE   Huge fee increases for both landlords and tenants seeking a dispute resolution through B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) have been quietly ushered in this month. No one in Rich Coleman’s Ministry Responsible for ...
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No let-up seen in US rent hikes this year

Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Apartment dwellers had to shell out sharply higher rents in 2015 and are likely to get socked again this year as a labor shortage prevents construction of new complexes from keeping pace with demand, a report out Monday says. Rents for n...