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Sep. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

More evidence that Vancouver is politically irrelevant

From The Sun on Saturday on the Premier’s speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities Premier Christy Clark sought to…
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Sep. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

All Too Familiar: Affordability and Rental Crisis in Portland

From oregonlive: . Working class priced out, kicked out in new Portland housing boom . Despite 22,000 new apartments coming…
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Sep. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Living the Vancouver Dream by Moving Away

From the Asian Pacific Post, by Michael Stewart . I’M LIVING THE VANCOUVER DREAM BY MOVING AWAY . In October…
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Sep. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Minefields on Granville Street

From today’s Sun:   The buyer is Hui Xiang International Realty Developments Ltd., a B.C. incorporated company with directors who…
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Sep. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

Out-of-town topic: A Vote on Heritage, Values and Who We Really Are

I’m off for a week to speak at a conference – and so Price Tags is in your hands. Here’s…
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Sep. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Low-rise apartment housing stock: Some not-good news

Just out from Business in Vancouver: Sales of mostly older apartment buildings dominated high-value commercial real estate sales during the…
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Jul. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Seattle HALA Update: Strategic Retreat

Well, that didn’t take long.  From the Seattle Times: . Mayor Murray withdraws proposal to allow more density in single-family…
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Jul. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Seattle goes to HALA – Housing Affordability and Politics in an American City

Have you heard the rumblings from south of the border?  Actually, it’s more of a political earthquake in the Emerald…
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Jul. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Searching for blame: The Housing Crisis in San Francisco and Post-referendum Vancouver

From Neal Lamontagne: “Many people citing Gabe Metcalf on San Franscisco’s progressive politics + housing costs. I suggest also reading…
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Jul. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: “What’s the Matter with San Francisco”

SPUR president Gabriel Metcalf stirs the pot on CityLab: “The city’s devastating affordability crisis has an unlikely villain—its famed progressive…
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Jun. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Michael Kluckner: An Australian Perspective

Michael Kluckner is in Australia, picking up on the similarities between our two scenes: . Here’s a cartoon from the…
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Jun. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Morning Thought: HITS for Vancouver

This is boggling: From The Globe and Mail: Chinese envoy says lack of oversight behind Vancouver’s house-price crisis . The…
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Jun. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

Morning Thought: The Ecology of Housing Prices

It’s hardly an original thought to think of housing as ecological: nothing stands in isolation, no piece is separate from…
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Jun. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

“Give Us Data” Rally, with a political addition – Jun 24

Scot adds this, via change.org: . “Give Us Data” Rally, June 24th  . When it comes to foreign investment and…

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