Residents can weigh in on the city's rental housing market through an online survey. The information given will be included as part of a report going to Council this fall.
With federal election campaigns underway, housing affordability is expected to be top of mind for many voters and recent data shows that six of B.C.'s ridings have some of the worst rental housing affordability in the country.
Real estate associations representing nearly three-quarters of the realtors in Canada have called for federal parties to commit to ease mortgage rules as the election campaign gets underway.
The B.C. government has released new data on the impact of its speculation and vacancy tax, showing that 0.2 per cent of British Columbians are paying the tax.
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The number of homes sold in the Greater Vancouver area was up in August compared with a year ago, but benchmark prices for the major categories of housing was down, the region's real estate board says.
The provincial government is trying to improve care for people staying in assisted living residences with a series of amendments to strengthen the Community Care and Assisted Living Act and protect the vulnerable.
The report focuses on ways in which the board says the federal government can help improve the availability and affordability of housing in Metro Vancouver.
The federal government has announced it's funnelling $184 million into the construction of affordable housing in Vancouver – a city that was recently ranked the most expensive place to live in Canada.
Federal and civic politicians were on hand Friday for an announcement about a planned affordable housing development in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.
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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. has lowered the vulnerability rating of Vancouver's housing market to "moderate," marking the first change in three years as prices have eased.
Some residents from the Downtown Eastside are upset that the City of Vancouver is not including them in the expropriation process of the Balmoral and Regent hotels.
An external review has found that Vancouver's incentive programs have so far been successful in delivering purpose-built rental housing, but more needs to be done to meet the city's need.
The Village, as it's called, is a private care facility on 198th Street that's scheduled to open its doors in August. It can house up to 76 people, and features "cottage-like" homes all set at ground-level, to allow for easy access to the outdoors.
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Ahead of the opening of Canada's first "dementia village," the CEO of the Alzheimer Society of BC spoke to CTV News about some of the unique housing challenges some patients face.
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CTV News scoured the major rental housing websites in the region to see if there were any units on the market that those making minimum wage could actually afford.
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The federal government is facing new questions about how much its plans for a rent-supplement program for low-income households will help them afford high rents, detailed in a new study and newly obtained government documents detailing the affordability crunch.
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A report analyzing gasoline prices in British Columbia says rising land costs and credit card processing fees may account for nearly the entire differential in retail margins observed between Vancouver and comparable areas up to the end of last year.
The provincial government says its speculation and vacancy tax is bringing in $115 million in revenue this year from 12,029 homeowners – including 2,410 B.C. residents.
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Luxury real estate sales flourished in Montreal with property sales over $4 million jumping by triple digits in the first half of 2019, but continued to dwindle in Vancouver.
The benchmark price of a home in Metro Vancouver fell below $1 million last month, marking the first time the number dropped below seven figures since May 2017.
From sea to shining sea, there's a lot of variety when it comes to Canadian real estate. Listings websites often feature multimillion-dollar condos in cities like Vancouver and Toronto, but what's on the luxury market elsewhere?
