Clearly the US could use a little Vancouverism.  They don’t seem to understand that the exciting and nebulous ‘wealthy foreigner’ concept should be enough to drive a housing market to …

There are two ways to think about a purchase – you can focus on the price, or you can focus on the ‘value’. Local developer James Shouw points out …

The government of BC has found a terrific new way for you to help out with provincial finances: Buy more stuff.  It doesn’t matter what you buy, as long as …

US incentive programs for home buyers have expired and it looks like the real estate industry hasn’t got enough momentum to lift the US economy. Even with rock-bottom interest …

Surprisingly affordable to lease retail space that is. Colliers has released their global survey of retail space lease rates and the most expensive places in Canada are in Toronto …

No, not the little half-million dollar mortgage debt you may be carrying, I’m talking about the big debt. Government debt. Everybody’s doing it, but there isn’t a lot of …

Woodrow pointed out this excellent article over at News1130.com on how to get a good deal with these new high interest rates. Here are a couple of gems:
The easiest …

Ladies and gentlemen, please bear with us for a moment, we seem to be experiencing technical difficulties with the Crystal-rear-view-mirror ball. For whatever reason it appears that BC house …

That’s right, the Bank of Canada just DOUBLED the overnight rate, which would be oh so much more impressive if we weren’t starting at .25%
The overnight rate is now one …

Household debt levels in Canada are at record levels, higher than Greece. The Canadian reaction to recession has been to take on more debt, which has some worried about …