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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. 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. 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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Dec. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What Vancouver's Affordable Housing Costs

The City of Vancouver under Mayor Gregor Robertson has adopted “Rental 100″as part of the Vision platform to provide rental…
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Dec. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A "Poor Door" and Why is it used in New Vancouver Developments

Urban reporter Jen St. Denis with Metro News has been following the controversy regarding different  doors in developments for separate entrances to…
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Nov. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver's New Housing Plan Approved~Can it Make Vancouver Affordable?

It’s a new era at  Vancouver City Hall now that the new Housing Plan is approved. But as Jen St.…
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Nov. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Looks like Foreign Ownership was a Vancouver Issue After All

After being vilified for doing the right work for the right reason,  urban planner and Duke of Data Andy Yan…
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Nov. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Housing Vancouver Strategy" addresses Accessibility and Affordability

As reported by Frances Bula in the Globe and Mail and as posted on the City of Vancouver website the City is finally developing…
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Nov. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

New York City Releases Flood Resiliency Guidelines for City Parks

With increasingly large rain events and Hurricane Sandy, New York City has responded to climate change and threats to river…
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Nov. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Need for More Vancouver Housing Supply a "Myth"?

There’s a big news story circulating right now from the Globe and Mail by Kerry Gold which clearly suggests that increasing the…
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Nov. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mall Owners Have Malls For Sale!

All is not well in merchandising mall land. As the Globe and Mail reports  the Quebec “caisse de depot et placement…
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Nov. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City Approves Short-Term Rentals~but no Basements or Laneway housing

As reported in Metro News by Jen St. Denis, Vancouver’s city council  has been considering how to regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb.…
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Nov. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Hudson's Bay Store on Granville For Sale

Is it an example of shifting tastes and market demand? One of the most iconic downtown buildings, the Granville Street…
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Nov. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

New Restrictions for Foreign Buyers being introduced in New Zealand

In a move to provide housing as a right to residents of New Zealand, the new Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…

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