Category: Weekly

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The non-permanent residents

Much has been written about the surge in population growth in recent years, and indeed year over year growth in B.C. has spiked to levels that we have not seen in many decades. Many have...

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The rates tailwind

From 1981 to 1991, interest rates dropped by 43%. From 1991 to 2001, interest rates dropped by 42%. From 2001 to 2011, interest rates dropped by 54%. From 2011 to 2021, interest rates dropped by...

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Book Review: Our Crumbling Foundation

A while back Gregor Craigie (local CBC radio host and author) reached out to discuss my take on some of the root causes of the housing crisis.  We’d discussed some aspects before on his show...

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How often do owners move?

There was an interesting article in the Globe & Mail recently trying to back the claim that Canadians move approximately every 7 years.  They do some digging into where that figure came from and test...

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Failure to launch?

More young adults have been living with their parents in recent decades.   In Canada, the number of young adults living with parents doubled in 20 years, and has continued to expand since then.  Its not...

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How are things holding up?

It’s no secret that the market is very slow out there.  Though relatively modest inventory levels are keeping us in balanced market territory as measured by months of inventory, the sales to new list ratio...

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Summary of housing policy actions

2023 has been a momentous year in housing policy at the provincial level.   More has changed this year on the housing front than did in the past 40, and it’s getting quite confusing to keep...

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Leaseholds

As shown in the last article, affordability continues to be extremely poor for any kind of ownership housing.   In the past affordability has waxed and waned, but those are cycles measured in 10+ years, and...