Squamish Real Estate News

Landlords group says 4.5% rent hike is just fine with them

Landlords are speaking up about Premier John Horgan’s hints that the 4.5-per-cent maximum rent increase for 2019 might be scrapped.

Sep 18, 2018 3:03 PM Read more >

Homeowners feeling the sting of rising interest rates

Many now paying "equivalent of one extra mortgage payment" per year

Sep 18, 2018 1:48 PM Read more >

Penthouse at Vancouver House – with rooftop hot tub – re-listed for $10.88M (IMAGES)

Wealthy buyers who missed out first time can snap up purchase contract on arguably one of city’s most prestigious condos

Sep 18, 2018 7:40 AM Read more >

Opinion: Is Canada’s housing market at extreme risk or out of danger?

Price correction imminent, soft landing achieved… it depends which economists you ask

Sep 17, 2018 12:15 PM Read more >

Relief for B.C. renters on its way: Horgan

Premier promises to act on recommendations of rental task force

Sep 14, 2018 1:19 PM Read more >

Open the door to short-term rentals, Airbnb tells municipal leaders

B.C. cities grapple with cost of enforcement of new regulations as hospitality industry changes

Sep 13, 2018 5:38 PM Read more >

B.C. real estate downturn “largely behind us” – despite actual sales dropping

Demand for homes is gradually recovering and expected to pick up this fall, asserts BCREA

Sep 13, 2018 12:19 PM Read more >

Let us decide on speculation tax, local leaders tell province

Local governments, not the province, should determine whether to impose a speculation tax on vacant properties, B.C. municipal leaders have agreed. Delegates to the Union of B.C.

Sep 13, 2018 5:59 AM Read more >

Exactly how unaffordable are Metro Vancouver’s detached homes? (INFOGRAPHIC)

Study reveals massive chasms between median income earned and income needed for typical house purchase

Sep 12, 2018 10:01 AM Read more >

EAB hearing on George project adjourned until 2019

An Environmental Appeal Board (EAB) hearing on whether the province should have endorsed a remediation plan for the site of the George Hotel and Residences in Gibsons has been adjourned until next year.

Sep 11, 2018 7:10 PM Read more >