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If their candidates are elected during the civic election on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, the OneCity Vancouver party would push for the redevelopment of Kingsgate Mall, which is owned by the Vancouver School Board. The part...
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We’ve heard a lot about how rent prices have been coming down in B.C. over the past couple of years, but BC Greens leader Emily Lowan is painting a less rosy picture of the situation than the BC NDP has been. It has beco...
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It’s not all grim news when it comes to Canadian real estate. Rents across Canada have been on a downward trend for two years straight, with the average asking rent now sitting at $2,034, according to a new report from R...
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The rising cost of living continues to impact many British Columbians, and you may soon need to dig deeper into your pockets to pay your monthly Vancouver rent. A new report from Rentals.ca reveals that asking rents for...
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Condo rents remain under the most pressure, while easing supply growth points to a steadier market in Toronto and Vancouver.
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In back-to-back announcements, Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk promised to both create a “Senakw-style partnership” for rental housing as well as create a ‘no new casino’ moratorium. This is in the run-up to the O...
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Colleen Hardwick, a former Vancouver city councillor and the mayoral candidate for the TEAM For A Livable Vancouver party, is calling for governments to take a more direct role in creating new homes that middle-income re...
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Rent prices have eased across Vancouver and Toronto by 6% and 5%, respectively
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Vancouver is the country’s priciest rental market, and although rent affordability has (very slightly) improved over the last couple of years, renters in the city are still spending a staggering amount of their household...
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Canadian renters with aspirations to move are facing much more than a logistical hassle, according to a new report on housing affordability from Statistics Canada (StatCan). The research, which draws from the fourth cycl...
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Vancouver or Toronto may come to mind when thinking of cost-of-living struggles, but a new study has found that a city in Alberta is seeing one of the worst rent affordability crunches in the country. The study from Sing...
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Vancouver rent prices have been steadily falling over the past few years. But according to new analysis from Rentals.ca, the U.S.-Canada trade war might mean that this relief is short-lived. Vancouver’s rental market wil...
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Vancouver rent might be getting more expensive. According to Liv.rent, the city is the only one in Metro Vancouver where rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom was pricier in September 2026 than it was a year prior. Liv.ren...
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There is some potentially good news for people looking for a new place to rent in Greater Vancouver. Zumper, a digital marketplace for renters and property managers, published its August rent report today, in which it lo...
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A Surrey landlord has been arrested, but is not currently facing any approved charges, after wild interactions between her and tenants were shared on a public Instagram account. The Instagram account tiwanafarmservivor h...
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Finding a rental that fits your budget in Vancouver today often means compromise. Many people find themselves in a grey area: not eligible for supportive housing but unable to afford market-rate rentals. And even when th...
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Vancouver rent continued to rise in August, following the seasonal trend of month-over-month increases. Rentals.ca and Urbanation recently released their August national rent report, revealing the average asking rent in...
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New research reveals just how much Vancouver renters have saved from the City restricting short-term rental (STR) operators like Airbnb. The City of Vancouver first introduced its short-term rental regulations in 2018, w...
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A new report looks at the cost of living in major cities, revealing that the cost of rent in Vancouver is the highest in the world. Bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, released its Working Abroad Index, where it exami...
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While the news that the B.C. rent increase cap is being lowered in 2027 is good news for renters in the short term, it could have some negative long-term consequences. Last week, the B.C. government announced that the re...
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A B.C. landlord who was recently implicated in a wrongful eviction legal fight over thousands of dollars said the applicant who made a claim against him was just a guest, not a tenant. The renter and the applicant in the...
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Renters in Metro Vancouver and British Columbia are getting some good news as the B.C. government has announced a lower rent increase cap for 2027. The rent increase cap for 2026 is 2.3 per cent. Next year, B.C. says it’...
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It may not be shocking to hear that cities with high rents and low vacancy rates are also seeing an increase in homelessness, but correlation is not causation. But now, a recent study is pointing to causation.The researc...
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Although it feels like the FIFA World Cup was a lifetime ago, there’s some new data about how Vancouver Airbnb hosts fared during the tournament. According to Airbnb, a “typical” host brought in $4,500 over the duration...
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