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Budget pressures cited as reason more seniors deferring property taxes: report

Budget pressures cited as reason more seniors deferring property taxes: report

The number of people taking advantage of the provincial property tax deferral program has skyrocketed over the last few years
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Home prices holding firm in most Metro Vancouver areas, and for condos: report

Home prices holding firm in most Metro Vancouver areas, and for condos: report

Price growth has dramatically slowed across region, but still rose 2.1 per cent overall in fourth quarter, says Royal LePage
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Rising multi-family assessments could trigger higher rents across B.C.

Rising multi-family assessments could trigger higher rents across B.C.

Landlord group says that increased property taxes will force apartment building owners to raise rents or spend less on building maintenance
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B.C. commercial building permits break record

B.C. commercial building permits break record

Statistics Canada data for November show the province issued the highest value of commercial building permits on record
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Thirty-one storey office tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

Thirty-one storey office tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

Application filed for architecturally striking building to replace 15-storey tower in Coal Harbour financial district
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Metro Vancouver task force to tackle industrial land squeeze

Metro Vancouver task force to tackle industrial land squeeze

A new Metro Vancouver industrial lands strategy task force was appointed in December, setting the stage for members to begin work in earnest under chairman George Harvie of Delta this month.
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Metro Vancouver new home sales down 19% in 2018 – and will fall more: report

Metro Vancouver new home sales down 19% in 2018 – and will fall more: report

Consumers increasingly less willing to pay for higher-priced units in new developments, says Altus Group
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Property taxes floor Burnaby tilemaker after soaring assessment

Property taxes floor Burnaby tilemaker after soaring assessment

“Just opening the [BC Assessment] envelope was enough to stop me from sleeping for two days,” says manufacturer and business owner
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$4M-plus home sales in Vancouver plummet by half in 2018: Sotheby’s

$4M-plus home sales in Vancouver plummet by half in 2018: Sotheby’s

“Top-tier” of city’s real estate hit by “a barrage of government and regulatory interventions compounded by mortgage rate hikes,” says luxury brokerage
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Rate of B.C. seniors deferring property taxes skyrockets

Rate of B.C. seniors deferring property taxes skyrockets

The cost of housing is hitting seniors hard as the rate of those using property tax deferral has skyrocketed, while the reliance on rent subsidies for seniors is growing too fast. That’s according to a new report by B.C.
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