It’s the end of another work week and that means it’s time for another Friday Free-for-all!

This is our regularly scheduled 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:

–Royal Bank ‘closely monitoring’ housing
–CIBC can weather housing crash up to 30%
–Pumping Tax Free Zones
–Metro house sales plummet
–Home sales down 63% in first weeks of August
–Foreign buyer tax in four charts
–How can Vancouverites afford to buy?
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!