Foreigners who buy residential property in the Vancouver area will have to pay an extra 15-per-cent tax as part of a B.C. government plan to slow the foreign speculation that many blame for making the region’s homes the most unaffordable in Canada. The change to the province’s property transfer tax announced on Monday means an

The Real Estate Council of B.C. is investigating a marketing video which advertises “future redevelopment opportunities” that aren’t possible under current city zoning and policies. However, the real estate agents behind the ad maintain they’ve done their due diligence, noting that the concern at City Hall over the video is just a distraction from the issues surrounding the city’s rental

Like a lot of people, Justin Fung is fed up with Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis. So he harnessed that anger into the formation of a non-partisan group called Housing Action for Local Taxpayers. On Friday afternoon outside the Vancouver Art Gallery he and other HALT members spread the word to the public, that they need