Category: News

The (Slightly Expanded) Land Owner Transparency Act

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Yesterday the BC Legislature passed the Land Owner Transparency Act, which will lead to the disclosure of ownership of nearly all...

5 bajillion dollars

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.If you read the news you will have seen headlines like this yesterday:  $5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate, Money...

March: Sales settling down

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.March numbers are in and this month I thought I’d give it a couple days before writing the monthly summary until...

Budget 2019: Impact on Victoria Housing

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.The federal budget was released today and as expected, it has some housing measures in it.   There are some small tweaks...

The left and right hands of government

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.They say that once a group gets large enough, communication starts to break down.   The human brain and our communication modes...

Demographia: We’re number 2!

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.You may have heard of the Demographia Housing Affordability Survey.   This comes out once a year and they compare various cities...

Tidbits

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Well the democrats have won back the house down south.  That should restore some measure of stability (stable like a lame...

The gap

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.The Bank of Canada raised rates again yesterday, bringing the overnight rate from 1.5% to 1.75% and making this the 5th...

Sold! Sales data going public on realtor.ca

This post is 5 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Well that didn’t take long.   Only 6 weeks after the Toronto Real Estate Board lost their final appeal against the Competition...