The Tyee reporter Jen St. Denis talks about the Federal parties’ stance on housing and housing affordability issues in general. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts — including the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. — thought it would finally be the event that would cause Canadian home prices to drop, as lenders …
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There has been a chronic undersupply for many years due to residential property construction and geographical constraints around our major city centers causing a lack of close buildable land. Opposing political parties never agree but this is a dominating key issue in the election campaign. In the 2021 Federal Election, the Liberals, Conservatives and the …
I read an interesting article by Jennifer Gauthier, where she states that for most of the past three decades, Canada annually built fewer homes than during the peak years of the 1970s when the country’s population was more than a third smaller than today. We constantly hear that there is a housing shortage in Canada …
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It may be a bold statement, but the facts show that there is a tight supply of existing residential and commercial industrial properties and available land for development. If you look at satellite imagery of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) and look at all the structures (both residential and commercial), you will see the …
We have looked at some articles covering the main Canadian political parties. REGF Property Development is non-partisan, but we can’t ignore election promises relevant to real estate. We have picked some key points for comparison between parties but for the most complete, accurate and up-to-date information, we encourage you to go to the Parties’ official …
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Similar to the residential land shortage, the industrial land inventory is getting rapidly developed. The Metro Vancouver 2020 Regional Industrial Lands Inventory states 82% of 2016’s available industrial land has been built on. But in contrast to residential, some industrial land in prime locations in the GVRD is getting rezoned to make way for condos, …
Manufactured homes are one of the most cost-effective starter homes, allowing homeowners to enter the market and have a detached yard for privacy and a safe children’s play area. Comparing manufactured homes to apartments, the occupants in manufactured homes have their own entry and separate yards for kids to play in and they can easily …
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