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It’s Friday o’clock!

That means it’s time for our regular end of the week news roundup and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.  Friday Free-for-all time!

Here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:

-22 Months since the peak
-34% of Canadians ready for bid war
-A good investment?
-Good luck with that
-Fake CMHC on twitter
-Maybe a bit too much debt
-Ping Pong Pricing Protocol
-The sunshine coast in 2014
-Richer yet poorer?!?
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So what are you seeing out there? Post you news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

Whoa! Is it Friday already?

We almost forgot.

But if it’s Friday, that means it’s time for our Friday Free-for-all!

This is our regular end of the week news roundup and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.  Here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:

-CMHC to increase insurance premiums
-A little math
-Housing and debt, don’t worry!
-Boom expected to cool, crash
-Statscan rearview: RE makes us richer
-Inflation rises in January
-Party over for high end housing?
-Canadian dream a ‘myth’
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

Who wants to play ‘guess the future’?

Apparently the CMHC is holding a conference call at 10 am EST on Feb 27th.

Some rumours are saying privatization, though it looks like most everyone agrees that would extreeeeemely unlikely at this point for a few reasons:

-Privatization would require the finance department
-No one in their right mind would take on the debt

But that doesn’t mean you can’t guess at what is going to be revealed tomorrow!

So what do you think the CMHC will announce? Privatization? Tougher underwriting standards? Branching out into commemorative figurines? A new special expert task force comprised of Brad Lamb, Bob Rennie and Angelo Mozilo?

What’s your best guess at what the CMHC will announce tomorrow?

Hey! It’s that time of the week again!

You made it to the end of another work week and that means it’s time for our Friday Free-for-all!

This is our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.

Here are a few links to kick off the chat:

-Even real estate consultants hate condo towers
-Crappy buildings spur inspectors retirement
-home is retirement plan for 24% of Canadians
-Budget uses ‘make believe’ family income
-homes: Buy one get one free
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

The vacant remand center in the downtown eastside is going to see new life as affordable and low income housing.

In a $13 million dollar project, the former jail cells are being converted into homes.

In addition to the residential units, the development will include the conversion of the existing jail gymnasium to a multi-purpose room, a community garden in the courtyard, a communal lounge and a bicycle storage facility.

“By combining affordable housing with support services and job training opportunities, we’re providing quality housing and strengthening the Downtown Eastside economy at the same time,” said Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson.

The remand centre functioned as a jail for those not yet convicted of crimes, including the Air India bombing suspects, for 30 years before closing in 2002. The property has sat vacant ever since, prompting Vision Vancouver to recommend repurposing the space in 2006.

Read the full article over at Global News.

Hey, you made it to the end of another work week, congratulations!

And here at VCI, that means it’s time for another Friday Free-for-all!

This is our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.  Here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:

-Wish I never downsized to a condo
-Mortgage changes in 2014 budget
-Wealthy moving to Vancouver
-Ooops, maybe not
-Every city is just like Vancouver
-Consumer debt keeps swelling
-25 cent Crack pipe vending machine
-Next crisis not from emerging markets
-Craigslist aids crackdown on illegal suites
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have a great weekend!

It’s that time of the week again!  Free-for-all time!

This is our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.

-Vancouver bubble does its own thing
-VancouverPriceDrop is back
-Buy or Rent?
-A Vancouver Calculator
-Locals bid up prices, blame outsiders
-Latest stats, 21 months since peak?
-Singapore headed for Iceland style meltdown?
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have a great weekend!

*The blog doesn’t think. The blog is made up of comments from thousands of different people, some of whom agree with one another, some who don’t.   

It’s that time of the week again!

And yes, we’re a little slow on the draw this time..

This is our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.

-Links to be added later…

So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

VMD pointed out this interesting zoomable map of assessed property value changes over the last year in Vancouver.

Anthony Smith at HealthyCityMaps created this map using BC assessment data.

At his site you can click and zoom in to see whats happened to values in different neighbourhoods.

Interesting to see how tax assessments vary from micro area to micro area.

Dark purple represents a large increase, yellow is neutral and dark orange is a large decrease from 2013 to 2014.

View the full map here.

It’s that time of the week again!

Its Friday Free-for-all time!

This is when we do our regular end of the week news round up and open topic discussion thread for the weekend, here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:

-City employees low on morale
-Canada Bubble about to burst?
-Too late for warnings?
-Harpers investment advice
-Interprovincial migration by age
-You need $2.3 million to retire
-One persons move away experience
-Advertorial brings back helicopter meme
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes in the comments below and have an excellent weekend!