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condos in Vancouver

Rate of foreign ownership of Toronto, Vancouver condos has risen: CMHC

Foreign buyers owned 3.5 per cent of condos in Vancouver in 2015, up from 2.3 per cent last year, according to CMHC survey.

Why we need affordable housing, not bachelor pads and empty homes

At a pace that defies reason and defies the local economy, the dream of affordable home ownership and affordable rental housing is slipping away from too many of us. The problems we face are...