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More than 90 per cent of all detached homes in Vancouver are now worth more than $1 million, up from just 19 per cent a decade ago, a new study by a local urban planner has found, showing how rapidly housing prices have escalated in the Canadian city...

Real estate prices in key global cities are rising at a slow, moderate pace, particularly in Europe. According to new research published by international real estate consultant Knight Frank, 35 of the world’s most important cities saw an average pr...

The insanity, it seems, is not over. Despite ongoing warnings from the CMHC that the Vancouver housing prices are overvalued and have outpaced the economic fundamentals in the city, they keep climbing. In the past year, the benchmark price for a deta...

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The federal government is attempting to take some momentum out of the country’s most expensive — and frothiest — housing markets in Vancouver and Toronto, announcing Friday changes to mortgage lending rules that lift minimum down payment requir...

Yesterday the Government committed our nation to an agreement with the Chinese Government and some of their Industries, along with a Company largely owned by the French Government to generate electricity at a price that will heap debt onto the s...

A further interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada could further fuel flames in the country’s two biggest real estate markets which are once again showing signs of overheating, housing watchers say. “It’s another log on the fire for the Toronto...

Housing affordability in Metro Vancouver continued to slide in the first quarter, making it even more difficult for Vancouverites to own a home the country’s least affordable region, according to the latest Desjardins Affordability Index releas...

From Albertan black gold to globetrotting wealth to lucky heirs, big money is flocking to Vancouver real estate and fuelling huge price increases that show no sign of stopping, according to the CEO of Sotheby’s Canada. “You’re not only going to...

Strong demand in Metro Vancouver – Canada’s hottest real estate region – has pushed typical detached home prices past the $1-million mark, with February sales well above average. Who is purchasing the homes, and how can they afford...

That view, expressed recently by Business Council of B.C. executive vice-president Jock Ferguson, reflects the sentiments of many. However, similar observations have been made in the past. Still, the cost of housing in the Vancouver area has kept cli...

UK and China has an improved trade relations. A rising number of Chinese children are now being admitted in top schools along, which is among the key factors that drive Chinese investment in properties at prime central London. W.A. Ellis, an agency i...

UK and China has an improved trade relations. A rising number of Chinese children are now being admitted in top schools along, which is among the key factors that drive Chinese investment in properties at prime central London. W.A. Ellis, an agency i...

You don’t have to believe in superstition for it to hex your house, if the results of a forthcoming Canadian study are any indication. Reporting in the journal Economic Inquiry, researchers uncover enormous costs associated with “magical thinking...

I recently came across this interesting article written by Ian Young who blogs for the South China Morning Post about immigration, property prices and Vancouver. No one in Vancouver better understands the impact that rich immigrants have had on the c...

Real estate agents in Vancouver say property prices could take a hit, after Canada scrapped a program which allowed wealthy immigrants to fast-track the visa process. The Immigrant Investor Program, launched in 1986, offered visas to business people...

  The stream of foreign buyers that seemed to be filling the empty reservoirs of the US property market has dried up, according to Real Estate Economy Watch.  Just a few short weeks ago, in August of this year, the foreign buyer was hailed as t...

  The stream of foreign buyers that seemed to be filling the empty reservoirs of the US property market has dried up, according to Real Estate Economy Watch.  Just a few short weeks ago, in August of this year, the foreign buyer was hailed as t...

If you thought Chinese investors were starting to lose interest in Canadian real estate, think again. According to a new report, both Vancouver and Toronto are forecast to be this year’s most popular destinations for Chinese overseas property i...

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