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FFFA! We (heart) weekends edition!

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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!

 

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Friday Free-for-all!

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It’s that time of the week again so lets 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:

–Inventory starts to climb sharply
–‘Vancouver condo crisis’ to hit Calgary?
–Pillar of sand and fog
–Statscan warned on RE bubble
–Selling like a couch on craigslist
–Only see a bubble in retrospect?
–Digital Domain sinking fast
–Rates stay low, good or bad?
–Genworth: Don’t wait to buy Toronto
–Immigration crackdown causes fraud?
–Canadian exports collapse

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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Yeah, it’s the weekend!  That means it’s time for our regular end of the week news round-up and open topic discussion thread, here are a few recent links to kick off the chat:

–18k Inventory party!
–Updated inventory graph
–Taxpayers victims of ‘hot money’
–Welcome to Effluent Richmond
–1 month later Telus still not sold out
–special offer, $510,000 off
–CMHC dismisses bubble talk
–The CMHC board of directors
–Silver linings of slow growth economy
–Condo craze gets crazier
–Wolverine moves down under
–Huge drop in Chinese immigrants
–Building permits rise, just not here
–Pastrick thinks prices might fall
–Buying with 5% down?
–Time to cash out?
–Condo owner, why so glum?
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So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!