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Jul. 28, 2009 / Gordon Price

Blame it on Canada

David Godin sends in an L.A. Times report on the real-estate damage in San Diego: From 2001 through 2008, more…
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May. 27, 2009 / Gordon Price

Urban Myths: 15,000 empty condos.

In retrospect, it should have been obvious. A casual glance while driving over the Cambie or Granville Bridges at night…
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Feb. 06, 2009 / Gordon Price

Laneway Housing

Had a chance to meet with Jake Fry, one of the principles of Smallworks in his shop in the Southlands (above), right…
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Feb. 03, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Places We Live

An extraordinary web site on a staggering subject – the world’s slums.  Click here for a tour.  [Thanks to Gladys…
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Jan. 13, 2009 / Gordon Price

Predictions ’09 – Rental market loosens up

A one-bedroom in the Shangri-la for $1,800 a month?  Sounded like a good deal to one West End observer.  Or…
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Jan. 08, 2009 / Gordon Price

Signs of Change

Imagine the corner of Carrall and Hastings in the 1920s.  At the B.C. Electric Railway headquarters (foreground on right), interurban…
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Jan. 01, 2009 / Gordon Price

Predictions ’09: Structural Shift in Housing Demand

From the New York Times: “Right now we are all focusing on how bad it is, said Jeffrey Otteau, whose company…
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Nov. 16, 2008 / Gordon Price

Another housing crisis

A friend in L.A. sends in this inquiry: I recently sent in my order for Olympics tickets & now must…
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Nov. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

Boom, Bubble and Bust

Tom Durning passes along a New York Times article from October 21 that now seems dated by fast-changing events: A…
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Oct. 05, 2008 / Gordon Price

Small is beautiful

Witold Rybczynski makes the case for smaller homes: Smaller houses on smaller lots are the logical solution to the problem…
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Aug. 21, 2008 / Gordon Price

Name That City

“Last year, 59 percent of new home sales were condos.” According to the New York Times, in which city is…
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Jun. 24, 2008 / Gordon Price

No Quick Fixes

My column in the current Business in Vancouver: No quick or easy fix for affordable housing policy When it comes…
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May. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

Peak Oil and the Suburbs

Does the meltdown in U.S. housing prices have anything to tell us yet about the impact of peak oil?  According to…
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Apr. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Driving Off the Edge

I’ve been wondering for awhile whether, in the current housing meltdown in the U.S., location would make any difference on house prices…

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