Defeated house hunters in Toronto and Vancouver who feel that the supply of affordable homes must be shrinking aren’t entirely imagining the phenomenon. Beata Caranci, chief economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, says the houses listed for sale are increasingly tilted towards the upper end of the market. Her report, entitled Moving on the Monopoly Board: Buyer… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Vancouver BC
Vancouver Has a Ton of Empty Homes
“Home buyers and prospective renters have fretted for years that investors were snapping up homes and leaving them empty, cutting supply and boosting prices in the process,” as the Financial Post put it. The report analyzed residential electricity consumption via a decade’s worth of anonymized data provided by BC Hydro, the electric utility. A home… Read more »
Vancouver Gayborhood Gets a Permanent Rainbow
Just in time for Vancouver’s pride events in late July and Early August, the city’s skyline now features a permanent display of LGBT pride. The Sandman Suites Hotel on Davie Street in Vancouver’s gayborhood (Davie Village) has painted a 55-foot wide rainbow on to the very top of their roof. Vancity Buzz has a quote… Read more »
Is The Next Housing Bubble Canada?
They’re the six most dangerous words in the English language, but here they are anyway: maybe this time really is different. Every bubble begins as a boom, but not every boom becomes a bubble–only the ones that go bust do. The trick is figuring out which booms have gotten so vertiginous that a bust is… Read more »
Major Changes in Store for Vancouver’s Gayborhood
Over the next 30 years about 10,000 people are expected to move into the West End, the city’s oldest and densest neighbourhood. But in order to do that without making wholesale changes to the character of the neighbourhood, the city is considering the unique plan to allow multi-storey laneway housing on some of the areas… Read more »
Davie Village – Vancouver’s Gayborhood
Pride season is mostly behind us, but not in our neighbor to the north, where Vancouver is just getting its weeklong gay Pride started. The fun starts July 29, when Mayor Gregor Robertson announces his official proclamation and hoists a rainbow flag over City Hall, and culminates with the Vancouver Pride Parade on August 4,… Read more »
Today’s Real Estate Report – Canada
At Gay Realty Watch, we look for news to share with you about the gay real estate market – both lgbt real estate news and news specific to gay and lesbian real estate meccas. If you have a gay real estate story that you’d like to share with us, contact us at info@2016.gayrealtynetwork.com. Today, in… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Michael Wilcox, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. 5 years experience in Vancouver Downtown/East/or West. Knowledge with investors (foreign/local), first-time and seasoned buyers. Vancouver brings culture, beaches, nature, shopping, entertainment, diversity, and a relaxed community feel –… Read more »