Housing Market
Your home is part of your retirement plan. Here’s why
In looking at the financial picture, a common mistake is to focus only on monthly housing costs or to assume aging in place
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Government & Policy
Prime Minister Carney says $33-billion B.C. LNG expansion go-ahead shows Canada acting like an 'energy superpower'
LNG Canada is moving ahead with a major expansion of its Kitimat export terminal, a decision the Government of Canada asserts will unlock $33 billion in private investment and double the facility’s capacity to ship lique...
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Housing Market
Canadian Home Prices Back To 2016 Levels After Inflation, Still Out of Reach
Canadian home prices climbed for the first time in a little over a year, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Q2 data. Adjust for inflation, however, and the brief gain disappears. Real home prices fell...
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Opinion
Surrey taxi drivers deserve lower fees and access to bus lanes
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Ashiyana Hanif, who is a Surrey broadcaster and the founder of Media Waves Live. She is an Imagine Surrey candidate for Surrey City Council in the October 2026 civic election. --------...
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Government & Policy
B.C. Conservatives narrowly lead NDP as most oppose snap election: survey
Premier David Eby’s decision to call a snap provincial general election faces opposition from most British Columbians, including nearly half of those who currently intend to vote for his party, according to new survey by...
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Government & Policy
Municipal Candidates Must Choose, Higher Taxes or More Homeownership
Over the past few years, governments have taken important steps to improve housing affordability. Ontario and the federal government have worked together to significantly reduce development charges and lower the harmoniz...
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Housing Market
Roughly 2.3 Years Of Supply Above $4M Is Sitting (Pretty, Probably) In West Van
In March 2025, despite a prolonged slowdown in regional sales activity, West Vancouver's median residential sale price reached $3,381,500. It was the highest level in the past two decades.According to Sotheby's Internati...
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Government & Policy
B.C. election season is here. What issues will your votes impact?
B.C. election season is upon us, with both the local and provincial elections just weeks away. The municipal election is on Oct. 17, and the provincial snap election is just one week later on Oct. 24. Municipal and provi...
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Housing Market
Should Christopher defer QPP as well as OAS and gift real estate while he’s alive?
He should rethink his GIC-heavy portfolio and use non-registered savings to allow his RRSP to grow
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Government & Policy
Kareem Allams' Vancouver Liberals accuse mayor of wanting to create a downtown 'prison'
Would converting part of the old St. Paul’s Hospital campus on Burrard Street into a facility for voluntary and involuntary mental health and addictions treatment amount to creating a prison in Downtown Vancouver’s West...
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Mortgage Rates
Private lenders warn brokers to look beyond mortgage rates
Private mortgage lenders say fees and auto-renewal clauses can sharply increase costs, while longer timelines to qualify with traditional lenders make exit planning more important.
via Canadian Mortgage Trends
Government & Policy
Pete Fry's Green Vancouver platform proposes Broadway bike lanes and municipal housing bonds
Pete Fry’s Green Party of Vancouver released its 71-page election platform today, outlining commitments across Vancouver City Council, Vancouver Park Board, and Vancouver School Board ahead of the fast-approaching civic...
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Government & Policy
Rental developers put projects on hold as costs rise, CMHC survey finds
A CMHC survey finds rising costs are prompting developers to delay projects and reduce unit sizes, even as new supply helps ease pressure on rents.
via Canadian Mortgage Trends
New Development
First look inside SkyTrain's new state-of-the-art control centre building
For more than 40 years, SkyTrain’s brain and nerve centre has operated out of the Edmonds operations and maintenance centre (OMC1) in Burnaby. Today, it oversees the Expo and Millennium lines. Built in the 1980s for the...
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Renting
Population revisions point to new supply as bigger driver of falling rents
Updated StatCan estimates erase most of the previously reported population decline, strengthening the case that rising supply helped drive asking rents lower.
via Canadian Mortgage Trends
New Development
Canucks practice facility might not end up at Britannia after all
Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, has a population of about 35,000. Vancouver has a population of about 775,000. According to Henrik Sedin, Örnsköldsvik has the same number of ice rinks as Vancouver. “I’m just comparing to when I gr...
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Housing Market
TD Bank cuts outlook for Canada's housing market as borrowing costs climb
Bank now expects home sales to drop 5% this year and prices to remain flat
via Financial Post (Real Estate)
Government & Policy
Emily Lowan's BC Greens promise to bring back vacancy control
The BC Greens announced that it will protect renters by implementing vacancy control and ending pet bans. In a policy brief, the BC Green Party said that “good rental homes” are key to solving the housing crisis, as more...
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Government & Policy
'It's him': David Eby has message for Americans after latest Trump attack
B.C. Premier David Eby, who is less than a month away from a provincial election, recently clapped back at some comments U.S. President Donald Trump made about Canada by issuing a message for Americans. Much has been mad...
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Government & Policy
Ken Sim's ABC promises free kids' swim lessons, free parking, and 50-metre pool at Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Free introductory swimming lessons for children, an end to paid parking at several community and recreation destinations, and new swimming pools are among the ABC Vancouver party’s promises for families in the 2026 civic...
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Home Buyers
MLTT Relief is a Significant Step Forward for Homebuyers in Toronto
Toronto residents continue to express concern about how municipalities raise revenue, and the Municipal Land Transfer Tax (MLTT) remains a top concern. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) is calling on municip...
via TRREB
New Development
Construction underway on new 131-room downtown Calgary hotel
A new hotel is officially on the way to downtown Calgary, with construction now underway on a 131-room hotel along the river. Truman, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC), and Marriott International announced the st...
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Home Buyers
Everything you need to know about these stunning Excel Homes for sale in Chestermere
If you’ve been looking for a brand new home in the Calgary area, Excel Homes has officially arrived in Bridgeport, Chestermere, with a collection of thoughtfully designed duplexes and laned homes. Duplexes start from the...
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New Development
This Bottleneck Is Quietly Freezing Ontario Real Estate Projects
You’ve cleared the planning department, secured your zoning, and finalized your urban design. Under traditional real estate assumptions, you’d be preparing to break ground.But in Ontario’s current development landscape,...
via STOREYS
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