On stats manipulation and transparency
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.There’s been a lot of talk on this blog and in the media about the practice of relisting. That is when...
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Sold Podcast: How do we create sustainable housing?
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.I just wanted to highlight the two new episodes of the excellent CBC Podcast Sold! which examines the housing situation in...
Shadow Money
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.I talk about affordability a lot on this site, and I’ll say again I believe it is one of the most...
Disclosure Disclosure Disclosure
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.If you’re not in the real estate industry, you may have missed what’s been happening in response to some substantial rule...
Spec tax: Revised
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Today the BC Ministry of Finance made some tweaks to the speculation tax that they are introducing this fall in response...
Budget 2018: The Victoria Effect
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.So the budget is out and there has already been lots of great discussion about it in the previous post. Here...
Budget Impacts on Housing
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.The new budget was released today and as expected, it focused majorly on addressing demand and adding supply in the housing...
CMHC: Dedicated rental buildings barely viable
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.The CMHC posted an interesting report on the results of a study they commissioned on the cost of rental building construction...
Rents launching upwards in Victoria
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.The CMHC has released their 2017 Rental Market Report for BC and Victoria. As expected, rents have been rising quickly in Victoria. After...
Affordable housing
This post is 6 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Today the feds announced their new affordable housing strategy which bundles together previous announcements to build another 100,000 affordable housing units,...