Building in Victoria, and other census bits
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Housing stats are out from the census, and with it a bunch of news articles about what can be gleaned from...
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The Stress Test
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Real estate markets are driven by credit, so when the government starts seriously constricting credit, it can have a large impact. As...
Stressed out
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Used to play pretend, give each other different names We would leverage to the hilt, drop it all on real estate...
AirBnBGone
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.As has been widely reported, Victoria city council approved their internal staff report to enact sweeping new regulations on short term...
Regulation
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Just got an email about the new regulations coming down the pipe in BC for the real estate industry. If...
Rate Reversal
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.To no one’s surprise, the Bank of Canada bumped the overnight lending rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, the first increase in...
Tidbits
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Few little bits that caught my eye lately. Firstly, seems like the number of price changes are increasing lately. Unfortunately...
A changing of the guard
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Wow, an amazing result in this election if it holds. I was sure that the Liberals would pull off another majority...
CMHC: Victoria Overvalued
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Last year the CMHC started releasing their quarterly housing assessments and I had some fun ridiculing their conclusions. Once again...
10 years of HHV: Time for a meetup?
This post is 7 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.It’s been just over 10 years since the first post appeared on the original House Hunt Victoria blog. Back then...