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Sep. 20, 2018 / Colin Stein

Pavement to Plaza: Vancouver’s 14th & Main (Video)

Any macchiatto tour of Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant hood must now begin (or end) at one of the most west coast…
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Sep. 14, 2018 / Gordon Price

Why the Housing Crisis as We Knew it is Over

Photo by Michael Geller, Vancouver Courier Truth or clickbait: Is the housing crisis in Vancouver really over? Nope, not for…
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Sep. 03, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Beyond Metro Vancouver — the Cascadia Corridor Conference

Big things start with people coming together over big ideas. In this case, it’s a set of ideas to foster…
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Aug. 29, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Spook Index: Measuring change in the housing market

How you see the housing/rental market depends ever so much on whether you’re a houser or a housee.  For example,…
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Aug. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

There Goes the Shops at 33rd and Mackenzie!

Things are getting a little messy up on Vancouver’s west side where a very functional commercial area is under threat…
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Jul. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The View from the New York Times on the $2.7 Million House in Lions Bay

Last week, Lisa Prevost of The New York Times took a look at purchasing a four-bedroom house on the “bluffs” of Vancouver; in…
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Jul. 12, 2018 / VWPT Vancouver

Opinion: Time to Look at “Dirty Money” in Real Estate

Peter German’s 250-page report “Dirty Money“, delivered to Attorney General David Eby on March 31 and to the people of…
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Jul. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Farmland Owner$ A$$ociation Rai$es Dollar$ for Pro Man$ion City Councillor$

There’s a farmland travesty occurring in Richmond where city council has been influenced to approve mansions of 10,700 square feet…
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Jun. 25, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

City of Richmond Doubling Down on Transit

Richmond’s vintage Lansdowne Centre Mall, age 41, is getting a facelift, but maybe not the type you’d assume for its…
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Jun. 21, 2018 / Colin Stein

Kettle-Boffo Question: Candidate Responses 1

The question for all mayor and council candidates — “what would you do different” —was in itself not without some…
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Jun. 20, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Rising Housing Costs, Less Migration in British Columbia

Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock have reported in Business in Vancouver on another startling casualty of rising housing prices. Late last…
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Jun. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Political Football of the FIFA World Cup — Opinions Differ

Not much of a surprise when people see things differently. Even in Vancouver. But this is about a global event…
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Jun. 14, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver’s Tenancy Market Jumps the Shark

Contributor Ian Robertson writes to suggest that Vancouver’s rental market has, just maybe, jumped the shark. A “den” just wide enough…
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Jun. 13, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Open for Snacks. Closed for Gas. 5110 Oak Street

At the southeast corner of Oak Street and King Edward Avenue in Vancouver, a Shell gas station looks like any…

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