Reading Time: 3 minutes Interest in owning islands is on the rise. Are people seeking the quiet life or simply trying to escape societal woes?
Tag: Real estate
CMHC nudging more aggressively into housing market
Reading Time: 3 minutes The risk of housing price declines piles onto the risk CMHC already takes on when insuring mortgages
Mortgage restrictions force millennials to abandon home ownership
Reading Time: 4 minutes The result has significantly dampened the Canadian economy. Banks, not legislated stress tests, know best who can pay for houses
We need a big-picture perspective on house prices and mortgages
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taking on more debt is not a good thing. In fact, it could be devastating for the Canadian economy
Cleaning up Vancouver’s “rat’s nest of rot”
Reading Time: 3 minutes Single-family houses in the city are now deposit boxes. How did we get here and how can we restore balance?
Provinces, municipalities key to avoiding housing bubble
Reading Time: 3 minutes Zoning, building codes and construction trade regulations all fall under the jurisdiction of these governments
Home building hampered by regulatory hurdles
Reading Time: 3 minutes Smoothing out kinks in the home-building process can pay dividends to anyone looking for a new home
Housing costs driving youth out of Vancouver
Reading Time: 3 minutes The young and the mobile are exercising their right to just leave