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Apr. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Changes in rates and perceptions: housing, income and inflation

David’s comment to this post deserves highlighting: . Vancouver house prices were increasing at a ridiculous rate before there was…

Apr. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vacant Homes: Opening Pandora’s Box

Good for the City in attempting to get a handle on the number of vacant homes, and the reasons why…

Apr. 27, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Donald Shoup

“We’ve gotten it all wrong, by providing free housing for cars and very expensive housing for people.”…

Apr. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Tripling Tweets: What three items about real estate might really mean for Vancouver

Everyone talks about it – except our leaders. There has been little sustained comment or debate by elected officials, local…

Apr. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Mutual support for the Missing Middle?

Two items thast came in that same time, both dealing with the dominant planning and social issue of our city:…

Apr. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

Attention Due: The Commercial Real Estate Market in Downtown Vancouver

Residential real-estate gets the comments and coverage (average detached-house price: $1.27 million in Vancouver and the North Shore!). But at last week’s…

Apr. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

A Dilemma for Our Times: The Brenhill/Jubilee House Rezoning

From Frank Ducote: “This letter to Council may be of interest to Price Tags’ readers.” . April 13, 2015 To: …

Apr. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Unreal Estate

A Spanish realtor had an assuming experience selling houses in Vancouver. .…

Apr. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

Rethinking the Region Forum – May 2

The Graduate Program in Urban Studies Third Annual Rethinking the Region Forum . HOUSE: Rethinking the Housing Affordability Crisis Join…

Apr. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Simple Math: Elizabeth Murphy Responds

Elizabeth Murphy, quoted in a Daily Durning post on population growth in Metro, responded in the comments to the post.…

Apr. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Contradictory Growth

Tom Durning sends around a housing update each week. Here’s an excerpt from this week: . Interesting take on the…

Mar. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Secrets of Street Names and Home Values

This filter was picked up by Gladys We from the NY Times. Too bad it’s only for the States: .…

Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Better Angels

“Good public policy is best developed with our better angels than our paranoid demons.” – Andy Yan In McMartin’s column:…

Mar. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Transit and Development – The Implications

Scot links to this ‘advertorial’ from Colliers: an interview with Andrew Grant, President of the PCI Group, the developer of…

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