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Friday Free-for-all!

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It’s Friday!  Take off your pants and do the happy dance!

Agh! No, wait!  Metaphorically.  Please sir, put your pants back on, this is a family restaurant.

Anyways, it IS the end of the week and do you know what that means? It’s time for another end-of-the-week news round-up and open topic discussion thread.  A little thing we like to refer to as the Friday Free-for-all!  Here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:

–Canada prices up, Vancouver falls again
–Inventory graph (March 29th 2012)
–The boomer trigger
–New budget slashes $5.2 billion
–Ottawa to toughen CMHC oversight
–This rant brought to you by Gordholio
–TD: don’t worry about the banks
–Banks tighten condo lending on bubble fears
–The 3-inch condo is here
–Vancouver seeks more market housing
–Storm clouds form over Vancouver market
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So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

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Friday Free-for-all!

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Hey, it’s springtime in paradise!  It’s also the end of another work week and that means it’s time for another news roundup and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.  Here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:

–It’s looking like a day for a 16k party
–RE/Max: Housing off to a strong start
–Who’s in charge of regulation?
–Expect no housing moves in budget
–CMHC to dramatically curtail growth
–Risks of CMHC mortgage cover
–What now Mr. Flaherty?
–Affordable housing, why bother?
–10 story wooden condo tower
–UBC housing action plan (VIDEO)
–People don’t like a driving tax
–No springtime for chinese property market
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So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

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Friday Free-for-all Spring Break edition!

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Spring Break! And it’s that time of the week again, time to do our regular news roundup and open topic discussion thread for the weekend.  Here are a few stories to kick off the chat:

–CREA predicts sharp price drop in BC
–Canadian prices to ease this year
–Vancouver to push down national avg.
–Should you sell your condo today?
–Inventory rocket still rising
–Is there a Dr. Kevorkian for condos?
–Economists warn of overheating market
–Van sales jump 61.4% in February 2012
–Toronto has highest condo asking price
–Casey Serin
–Big Discount Mortgage Blow-out sale!
–Buy Britney Spears house for $4 mil off
–Possible Condo Glut coming
–Buy a nice house, forget about retiring
–Vancouvers demographic timebomb
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And of course it’s spring break time!  Is this the week to get out of town and explore the world or are you sticking close to home?  Is it vacation time lounging by a pool or is it just a hassle to find childcare and another week of office drudgery?  At least the sun occasionally shines, spring is in the air!

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