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Dec. 30, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Time for the Annual 2016 Gordies

The Price Tags Editorial Board has met at the secret undisclosed location near Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park to ponder…
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Dec. 28, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

New DTES Rental Housing

After years of being vacant, a DTES property (95 W Hastings at Abbot) is to become a 10-storey 132-unit market rental…
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Dec. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

"Phantom Affordability"

Andy Yan adds another term to the housing lexicon.  From the Vancouver Sun: Yan, who is director at Simon Fraser…
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Dec. 19, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Condo For Sale — Hope You Liked It

Condo owners in Vancouver may find themselves in a minority if 80% of co-owners agree to flog their building’s land…
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Dec. 19, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: A Prescient Analysis of the Vancouver Housing Market

Durning: Be interesting to see your reader’s take on this short piece by David Ley, UBC Professor of Geography (whose early…
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Dec. 16, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart: Wealth Transfer

By Gord Price The economists are not impressed: “I hate it. To be very clear, I think it’s really bad…
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Dec. 15, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Old Vancouver — the Holly Lodge

On the way home from errands today — passed this building at 1210 Jervis (just off Davie). An old beauty, with…
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Dec. 14, 2016 / Gordon Price

YIMBYism in California

From the New York Times: Increasingly, even well-off professionals are finding they can no longer afford to live in the…
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Dec. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Housing Prices up 40%, Despite Foreign Buyer's Tax

This article by Bloomberg News via Frances Bula says it all.While housing price increases went up by 40 per cent in the…
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Dec. 07, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Challenging Opposition to Housing in California

Ian: Good paper from California with big parallels here. In the intense public debate over how to make housing affordable, the…
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Dec. 06, 2016 / Gordon Price

Rezoning Single-Family in Portland

They’re tackling the tough one: Council to consider rezoning for higher density housing  The City Council will debate how much of…
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Dec. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: Millennial Monopoly

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Dec. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Muji, Mall Space and Retailing in Vancouver

It’s no surprise that retailing in Vancouver is a treasure trove for business owners, and attracts a wide cross market…
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Dec. 02, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Upping the Targets Down Under

Ian sends this in from The Conversation: .  . The release this week by the Greater Sydney Commission of city-wide…

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