Real Estate Talks

i don't think that many sellers would be forced to sell.  i don't think they typically give mortgages to people who are unable to service their debt. usually. the reason they don't want to sell is because like many, they will need to buy back in and many people have sold and not able to buy back in...

Valid points, but if the housing market suffers / construction lags, the economic impacts could be far reaching. The building industry impacts have been discussed on this site at some length - many have said that it is the number 1 industry (behind BC's # 1 export business) supporting the overall l...

Desirable markets down south showed rents remaining strong, and subsequently skyrocketing shortly after their RE fiasco. I would expect the same here;  Increase demand for Vancouver once (if?) prices ever reach lower levels. Inability of new residents to buy due to multitude of issues; Credit restri...

Peak hit Middle of March Geyser. Remember that there were deals "in the pipeline" and MLS has a bit of lag time. People who say that the Asian Buyers wont pay any attention to the tax are forgetting that one of the reasons they want to park money here is because they dont trust the Chinese Governme...

remember last year that lady that said she was jealous that she didnt have 1 million or something like that - lol. no sign of her now!

I hope one day you reflect on the things you choose to write.

Thats what happens when you put all the eggs in one, very poorly thought out basket. The issue is very fundamental, high housing prices should be the result of a strong economy, not the reason for a strong economy. Our eggs aren't in one "basket". I've seen this happen in 2008, I've seen what happe...

"It doesn't help the overall market or economy and is going to create a whole bunch of uncertainty. I bet this is going to blow up in the Liberals faces. I'm sure most developers are shelving plans for new projects to wait out the uncertainty. How does that help our local economy and could end up c...

So much for market crashing due to Brexit. Tow days of modest losses...much ado one of the other things is challenged individuals do not know that most countries that matter are moving forward, especially in Asia. Word. A trillion dollar European trading block falling apart is indeed of little impo...

We're going to the moon

And as well, there are so many vacancies, especially in legally zoned areas its not even funny. The vacancy rate means nothing. Zip.

There are so many legally zoned rental units in Vancouver it isn't funny. The vacancy rate means nothing especially with regards to what you can or cant rent

Repeating the same drivel, doesn't make it more relevant to the discussion.

ASHRAE is already a nightmare to work with, and costing thousands more to adopt to existing builds, and even more to new. This further increase in energy requirements will continue to drive construction costs into the stratosphere. Forget land prices, the cost to build is whats running up faster tha...

Velocity has definitely started to die down

This is like saying the space shuttle slows down after stage one burners are dropped. Regardless, were in orbit.

Maybe its slowed down from light speed, to speed of sound, but its still more insane than ever.

Sounds like a plan. More density. Lots and lots of density.

South Van is becoming appealing because its a more refreshing form of density - row homes, etc.

Unfortunately land speculation here has ruined any chance of these types of housing being within reach of mere mortals.

What we are seeing is a one-time cash injection. It is unclear locals have figured this out. What are the chances the money will find its way out of BC as quick as it came in? 1. Chances? Close to zero. This isn't investment money that can be brought back offshore, this is money laundering. These f...

Barring an election year meltdown by end of year, up - a lot. Houses are routinely getting $500,000 to $1,000,000 over asking price, on asking prices that are up a good 25-40% over last year. Whats wild too is that condos are on fire - anything remotely desirable is gone. 1bed, 2bed, townhouse are w...