Why BC’s Plan To Tax Foreign Speculators Won’t Fix A Damn Thing
How BC’s foreign speculator tax doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, and why things are going to get a lot worse for locals in Vancouver.
The Unnatural Disaster Map of Vancouver’s Real Estate [Interactive]
Think the media is blowing the Vancouver housing crisis out of proportion? We visualized it on a map so you can decide for yourself.
Vancouver Has 3x As Many Illegal AirBnB Rentals As They Do Apartment Vacancies
Working at the speed of government just sucks. The City of Vancouver is still sorting out the details of an impact study on AirBnB, which likely won’t report any results until there’s been a significant amount of damage to an already strained city. So we decided to unleash our hungry data analysts to crunch the […]
Chinese Media Is Now Warning Canada’s Housing Crash Will Be Worse Than The US
Shots fired! While our media has been pointing out how Chinese buyers are driving up real estate prices, the Chinese media has been dissecting our economy, government, and warning Chinese buyers of the dangers of owning Canadian real estate. We’re always curious to know how other countries interpret our statistics, political climate and what outside media […]
Former Vancouver Mayor Explains Rising Home Prices And How City Council Is Fueling The Problem
Sam Sullivan, Vancouver-False River MLA and former Vancouver city mayor explains rising home prices, and what city council needs to do.
Are Visible Minorities In Vancouver More Prosperous Than In Toronto?
An interactive map of racial diversity in Vancouver’s neighborhoods, and how it relates to Vancouver real estate prices.
Greater Vancouver Real Estate Prices July 2016 – Interactive Map
Talk of a Vancouver real estate bubble had no visible impact on the benchmark composite price of homes in the Greater Vancouver region, with the average home fetching almost 37% in one region. While it’s terrible news for first time buyers, if you’re already into property (or 8 *cough* de Jong *cough*), you’ve basically just won the […]
Meet The Man That Sells Billions of Dollars of Canadian Homes In China, And He’s Just Getting Started
Juwai President Matthew Moore explains China’s thirst for Canadian real estate, and what he thinks is behind soaring real estate prices.
Are Smurfs and Canadian Banks Ruining The Canadian Real Estate Market?
One of the banking industry’s biggest secrets is one that typically only drug dealers, terrorists, and people evading capital controls ever use – smurfing. Smurfing, sometimes known as structuring, is the process of breaking down money into small amounts to avoid regulatory scrutiny, before transferring said money to a safe haven. Unfortunately, there’s a good […]
It’s Not Just You: Vancouver Housing Up 172%, Income Just 10%
The statistics are in and Vancouver’s millennials are getting screwed. Income is up just 10% but housing is up 172% over the past 15 years.
