 | Vancouver mayor's proposed housing program subject to income test |
Vancouver Sun Sept . 16-2020 |
| Canada's mortgage insurer tightens rules as it forecasts home-price drop of up to 18% |
Financial Post June 4, 2020 |
| Funding Insurance Premiums and Calling General Meetings: Welcome Changes for Strata Corporations |
Clark Wilson LLP May 29, 2020 |
| Paul Sullivan: Making existing homeowners poorer is hardly an affordability strategy |
Vancouver Sun January 9, 2020 |
| Firefighters, single moms and kids meet their new, combined digs |
Vancouver Sun December 2, 2019 |
| Developers skeptical proposed rental-boosting policies would get much uptake – Vancouver Sun |
Vancouver Sun November 22, 2019 |
| Winning the transit lottery can be worth tens of thousands to homeowners. But should cities take a cut? |
Haider -Moranis Bulletin- Financial Post December 6, 2019 |
| Four-storey apartment buildings could replace houses on more Vancouver side streets |
Vancouver Sun November 22, 2019 |
| Vancouver collects $40 million in empty homes tax revenue |
Vancouver Sun November 22, 2019 |
| Vancouver rental completions down 30 per cent from last year: report |
Vancouver Sun November 19, 2019 |
| Seattle tackles homelessness with 'tiny house' villages and sanctioned homeless camps |
Vancouver Sun November 4, 2019 |
| Federal foreign real estate speculator tax expected to pass |
Canoe.com October 30, 2019 |
| Court rules against claim that B.C.'s foreign buyers tax is discriminatory |
Vancouver Sun October 25, 2019 |
| Opinion: Housing policies to expect from Liberal minority government |
Vancouver Courier October 22,2019 |
| Housing rental increase in B.C. set at 2.6 per cent in 2020 |
Vancouver Sun Sept. 4, 2019 |
| Ottawa’s homebuyer plan not a big help in Canada’s pricey markets |
Financial Post Sept. 3, 2019 |
| Dan Fumano: Feds lend support for previously announced affordable housing in Vancouver |
Vancouver Sun August 7, 2019 |
| Housing affordability: Federal tax policy changes, incentives and land needed, Vancouver Board of Trade urges |
Vancouver Sun August 8, 2019 |
| Government lays out fine print of new CMHC program that could contribute 10% to price of first home |
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| Norm Streu: NDP's unprecedented wealth-killing housing policies proving destructive |
Vancouver Sun June 14, 2019 |
| B.C. reports high returns on speculation tax forms, 99 per cent will not pay tax |
The Canadian Press May 17, 2019 |
| Use surplus public lands 'more aggressively' to create affordable housing, researcher says |
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| Two policy moves killed residential rental construction in Canada, and we're still feeling the effects |
Financial Post- Haider-Moranis Bulletin April 25, 2019 |
| Dan Fumano: Feds' Vancouver housing funding dwarfed by Toronto's, but more on its way here |
Vancouver Sun April 16, 2019 |
| B-20 mortgage stress test needs to be revisited: CIBC’s Tal |
BNN Bloomberg April 16, 2019 |
| Why investing in community housing can be worth every penny (and more) to the economy |
Financial Post Haider-Moranis Bulletin April 10, 2019
Note: Those of you who get my newsletter know I have been advocating for this. Instead of attacking the demand side of housing and hurting those who own or those who want to own property, focus on the supply side of social housing. This is something our senior levels of governments have neglected for far too long. |
| Vaughn Palmer: Municipal pushback on housing plan could result in provincial pressure |
Vancouver Sun Vaughn Palmer April 4, 2019 |
| B.C. to create government registry of beneficial property ownership |
Vancouver Sun April 2, 2019 |
| In U.K., shared equity mortgages led to people buying bigger houses, not taking on less debt |
Haider- Moranis Bulletin Financial Post March 28, 2019 |
| Shared equity mortgages, like those in federal budget, no cure-all for housing affordability woes |
Haider- Moranis Bulletin, Financial Post March 20, 2019 |
| Federal budget offers first-time home buyers a break with $1.25 billion in mortgage relief |
National Post March 20, 2019 |
| The Federal Government’s Attack on Home Ownership |
Will Dunning Inc Chief Economist Mortgage Professionals Canada March 5, 2019 |
| Dan Fumano: As Vancouver's 600th modular home fills up, city looks for next 600 |
Vancouver Sun March 7, 2019 |
| Dan Fumano: Minister 'monitors' Vancouver rental challenges, landlords want action |
Vancouver Sun Updated March 1, 2019 |
| New registry in B.C. targets under-the-radar condo flippers |
The Canadian Press via Bloomberg BNN February 25, 2019 |
| Real estate 'supply skeptics' have it all wrong: Building more houses really does improve affordability |
Financial Post January 31, 2019 |
| Stress tests on private lenders not being considered, Morneau says |
Financial Post January 28, 2019 |
| Federal Housing Policies Drive Higher Prices: Mortgage Professionals Canada |
Building.ca January 23,2019 |
| A first-time homebuyer’s guide to Canadian government programs and incentives |
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| Allowing rentals in all strata units wouldn't create any new housing: condo group |
Vancouver Sun December 14, 2018 |
| Stopping renovictions tops B.C.'s rental housing recommendations |
Vancouver Sun December 12, 2018 |
| Dan Fumano: A 'grey tsunami' and the precariousness of aging for Vancouver renters |
Vancouver Sun December 7, 2018 |
| Vancouver says $38 million to be collected in first year of empty homes tax |
Vancouver Sun November 29, 2018 |
| Dan Fumano: Vancouver council considers anti-'renoviction' motion |
Vancouver Sun November 27, 2018 |
| Vancouver mayor wants city to become a global model for housing affordability |
Vancouver Sun November 19, 2018 |
| New affordable homes for middle-income earners coming to 42 communities in B.C. |
National Post November 14, 2018 |
| Vancouver Sun: City of Vancouver expects $30 million in first year of empty homes tax |
Vancouver Sun Novemebr 8, 2018 |
| Vancouver Sun: Legislation would restrict size of mansions on B.C. farmland |
Vancouver Sun November 6, 2018 |
| Gov't solutions should focus more on Western Canada – economist |
Mortgage Broker News , November 1, 2018 |
| Stewart's vows for Vancouver may not be enough – observers |
Mortgage BRoker News October 26, 2018 |
| Housing key focus for Kennedy Stewart, Vancouver's new mayor - BNN Bloomberg |
BNN Bloomberg October 22, 2018 |
| B.C. government introduces legislation on speculation tax |
Vancouver Sun October 18, 2018 |
| Bank of Canada makes interest rate announcement- Rate remains unchanged |
Mortgage Broker News September 5, 2018 |
| OSFI to take new measures to address equity-based mortgage loans | Financial Post |
Financial Post October 10, 2018 |
| Has an overzealous B.C. government imperilled 12,000 rental units? |
Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine October 4, 2018 |
| Vancouver's duplex policy is a go |
Mortgage Broker News September 20, 2018 |
| NDP promise of $400 renters rebate turns into 4.5 per cent rent hike |
Vancouver Sun Spetember 10, 2018 |
| Affordable rentals would be 10% to 15% of new condos under Victoria proposal |
CBC.ca September 10, 2018 |
| Weak laws pulling in money launderers like moths to a flame – report |
Mortgage Broker News September 10, 2018 |
| New rules cut Air BnB type short term rental inventory in half |
Mortgage Broker News September 6, 2018 |
| Vaughn Palmer: Secrecy over details of new speculation tax almost rivals HST hubbub – Vancouver Sun |
Vancouver Sun August 22, 2018 |
| BC municipalities want changes to the speculation tax |
Mortgage Broker News August 22, 2018 |
| Mortgage Stress Test Impacts- Measured |
Canadian Mortgage Trends July 26, 2018 |
| No escape from stress test impact says BCREA |
Mortgage Broker News August 21, 2018 |
| Young Canadians are Giving Up on Home Ownership - Because of Government Rules |
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| Vancouver's homes may be costly to buy, but they're cheap to own |
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| Over half of BC residents say government is doing a bad job handling housing affordability crisis |
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| Housing intervention creating permanent generation of renters, association warns |
Bloomberg News July 26, 2018 |
| Homeownership initiative launched in Vancouver |
Mortgage Broker News via Canadian Press May 7, 2018 |
| B.C. government sets date Sept 17, 2018 enact real transparency requirements |
Mortgage Broker News July 26, 2018 |
| Vancouver approves laneway housing improvements |
Mortgage Broker News July 26, 2018 |
| Burnaby council the first to use new rental building legislation aimed at developers |
Mortgage Broker News July 24, 2018 |
| B.C.'s condo-flipping crackdown law targets tax evasion to keep down prices |
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| Stress tests pushing one in three homebuyers to forgo home purchase: survey |
Financial Post April 11,2018 |
| Liberals' $40B national housing plan to treat shelter as a human right |
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| Speculation tax will hurt rural B.C. and should be withdrawn: former senator Pat Carney |
Vancouver Sun March 21, 2018 |
| Outside-of-B.C. owners push back against proposed speculation tax |
Vancouver Sun March 12, 2018 |
| Elizabeth Murphy: B.C. undermines municipal tax base and affordability |
Vancouver Sun OP ED March 10, 2018 |
| B.C. Finance Minister rethinking parts of speculation tax |
Vancouver Sun March 8, 2018 |
| ‘Not the time to rock the boat’: What experts are saying about the Bank of Canada’s rate decision |
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| Thousands face empty homes tax in Vancouver as declaration deadline passes |
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| Province phasing out BC HOME Partnership program |
Municipal Affairs & Housing March 6, 2018 |
| Time to end land exclusions from the ALR, Kwantlen researchers say |
Vancouver Sun March 7, 2018 |
| Vancouver Feb. home sales fall amid mortgage, interest rate changes |
Financial Post March 5, 2018 |
| Governments bent on cooling home prices could get more than they bargain for |
Vancouver Sun March 2, 2018 |
| British Columbia to curb housing speculation, crack down on tax cheats |
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| 'Mission accomplished' on cooling markets, but affordability gap aiding 'unequal society': CMHC CEO |
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| Tim Hudak: The Trudeau government’s newest squeeze on the home-buying middle class |
Financial Post Opinion Jan. 24, 2018 |
| Province announces funding for new affordable rental housing in Downtown Eastside |
Vancouver Sun Jan 17,2018 |
| Opinion: Housing affordability? It’s time for province to offer both long-term promises and short-term solutions |
Vancouver Sun Opinion Jan. 17, 2018 |
| Dan Fumano: All sides of affordability debate await next month’s provincial budget |
Vancouver Sun Jan. 12-2018 |
| Canada’s immigration targets ‘a form of housing policy,’ says study |
Vancouver Sun Dec. 22, 2017 |
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