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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A View on Housing Affordability: It's About Ownership

Douglas Todd a seasoned writer for the Vancouver Sun calls it directly: if you want to see what is happening in the…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Vancouver We Know Gone?

    Christopher Cheung has written an evocative piece in Metro News  that really resonates with the remarkable changes Vancouver…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More Data Coming on Who is Who in the Metro Vancouver Market

Everyone was pretty excited when Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released a batch of data…
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Dec. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Season's Greetings From Price Tags Vancouver

    This image is courtesy of Price Tags contributor, author and artist Michael Kluckner. The Co-Editors of Price Tags’…
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Dec. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

T'was the Night Before Christmas in Vancouver's West End…

From CBC’s Stephen Quinn in the Globe and Mail~ a Vancouverized twist of an old Classic: T’was the night before Christmas, and…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: What Vancouver Can Teach Seattle about Affordable Housing

It’s always interesting to see ourselves through other people’s perspectives, and this article from Crosscut.com via Tom Durning contextually examines Vancouver from…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Developer Turns Over Assignment Fees for Community Groups

It’s nice to hear about developers that do the right work instead of doing the work right. When condo units…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Statistics Canada Figures on Who is Buying What in Vancouver Real Estate

Statistics Canada  and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released some new figures about housing in the Metro Vancouver market,…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are Seniors Close to Being Homeless in the Vancouver Market?

It appears that there are two population cohorts being severely pinched~younger people trying to find a place to live in…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Real Estate and Transit

How property markets responded to newly-installed public transportation — the Australian experience. Thu Jan 4, 7 PM PDT Venue: SFU…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

High Density Rental in the very West of Point Grey?

In the thinking out of the box department newly minted City of Vancouver Councillor Hector Bremner introduced a motion at Council…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro House Prices Go Up, Vancouver Taxes Too

As reported in Business in Vancouver housing prices in Metro Vancouver are not doing a southern retreat anytime soon,  despite any policy…
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Dec. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Only In Vancouver, You Say

As Vancouver moves towards changing it’s housing priorities via zoning and other methods, it seems we’re not alone in our…
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Dec. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Battle of the Clayton Heights Basement Suites

There is a tempest in Clayton Heights, where home owners (who also have rentable coach houses in their back lanes)…

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