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Mar. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Foreign investment "distorting" Canadian housing market~Bank CEO Says

From the Daily Durning~as reported in the Financial Post  “Foreign inflows are distorting Canada’s already constrained housing market and aren’t the…
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Mar. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

New Taxes on Three Million Dollar Metro Vancouver Houses

  The NDP Provincial government introduced two initiatives that will impact housing in the three million dollar and up price…
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Feb. 21, 2018 / Ron Usher

A Modest Proposal: On B.C. real estate and taxation

Ron Usher is a lawyer, Commissioned Notary Public, and SFU Visiting Professor – Property Law.   A modest proposal for…
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Feb. 15, 2018 / michaelkluckner

CIBC backflips on "student mortgages"

Via Jak King, a blow to those students wanting to buy multi-million dollar west-side Vancouver houses, via betterdwelling.com. Foreign buyers…
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Feb. 14, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Promo for the Perfect Toronto Tenant

What to do when you live in a city with a low vacancy rate and need a place to rent?…
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Feb. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Street Level Toronto Film: The Honest Ed's Site and "Why I Became a Planner"

The iconic Toronto “Honest Ed” site is being redeveloped by Westbank at Bloor and Bathurst in the Annex area. The City of…
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Feb. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Urbanist Melody Ma, the Vancouver View Corridors, & Why They Are Important

The Northeast False Creek Plan goes to Council this week and Price Tags Vancouver has been looking for any rationale behind the…
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Feb. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Hello Marpole!

Found sprouting in Marpole in the 8400 block of Oak Street.   …
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Feb. 06, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

No Massey Bridge Decision but Delta Gets A Casino Right Beside Tunnel!

Despite all you have been reading in the Vancouver Sun and other media sources about casinos and money laundering, the City of…
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Feb. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Duke of Data Andy Yan and Who is Renting Where~City of Vancouver

The Duke of Data Andy Yan, Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University has been reviewing the 2016…
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Jan. 31, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Northeast False Creek Plan, Coalition of Neighbourhoods, and Three Too Tall Towers

  The Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods has written the following statement on their website regarding the Northeast False Creek Plan. Several of…
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Jan. 31, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

"Falling off the Ladder"~when Seniors' Pensions can't pay for Rent

As reported in the Richmond News seniors who receive Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan benefits of  $586 and…
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Jan. 29, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Richard Wozny, Real Estate Prices and "Mortgage Slaves"

In planning and real estate Richard Wozny is a local legend for his ability to capture the upside of real…
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Jan. 11, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

MLA Sam Sullivan Weighs in on the "House Price Crisis"

  Sam Sullivan needs no introduction to Vancouver readers. For those outside of Vancouver this multi-faceted, well read, personable individual…

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