Why The BC Liberals Rushed A Foreign Buyer Tax – Absorption Rates Explained
Absorption rates show demand for BC real estate reversed in March 2016, so why was a foreign buyer tax thrown in last minute?
6 Canadian Cities Where Renting Makes More Sense Than Buying
Jealous of your friends that have mortgages and homes? Don’t be. Renting might be the smartest move you can make in this market.
Toronto and Vancouver Are Terrible Places For Millennials
We compare the median income with the cost of “average” home ownership across the country, to determine the healthiest ratios.
Turns Out Vancouver Real Estate Returns Suck If You’re A Chinese Investor
You know how foreign buyers are supposedly piling into Vancouver real estate because it’s such a great investment? Turns out it isn’t.
Average Detached House In Vancouver Now 21 Times Median Income [Interactive Map]
Betting on a Vancouver real estate crash? Not this month, as single house detached values soared to ridiculous heights.
The REALLY Big Short: The $13.7 Billion Dollar Bet Against Canadian Banks Over Housing and Insider Sales
Housing exposure at Canadian banks is leading to billions of dollars in bets against them, and executives aren’t exactly saying they’re wrong.
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 […]
