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International speculators play Vancouver’s real estate market through subprime mortgage lenders avoiding foreign buyer tax
By Amy Chen International speculators are gambling on Vancouver’s real estate market without having to pay the 15% foreign buyer tax by investing in subprime mortgage lenders, who in turn offer high-interest mortgages to Canadians to buy homes. Wealthy investors
CIBC playing dangerous game by financing the flippers
By Amy Chen Shuyang Ling and Xuhong Ying of West Vancouver bought the property at 1195 Sutton Place for $2.7 million last September and are now trying to flip it for $5.4 million. They purchased the property with a little
Foreign buyers snap up Vancouver homes to run illegal Airbnb hotels despite tax
By Amy Chen Foreign buyers are still snapping up homes in Vancouver to turn them into illegal short term rental hotels on Airbnb and other platforms despite the 15% foreign buyer tax imposed last year, an analysis of short term
Homes sell for well below asking as Metro Vancouver market slumps
By Amy Chen Homes are selling in Metro Vancouver for up to 20% below asking as the housing market continues to tumble, according real estate sales data. ThinkPol analysed a random sample of 54 detached house sales in Vancouver, West
Judy Graves vows to slap 50% Flipping Levy on Vancouver real estate speculators
By Amy Chen A former homeless advocate running for a council seat in Vancouver has pledged to slap a 50% Flipping Levy on real estate speculators on the city. The Flipping Levy is just one of the measures announced by
Investors dumping Metro Vancouver homes at a loss as bubble bursts
By Amy Chen Investors who bought homes in Metro Vancouver last year at the height of the bubble are dumping them at a loss to flee the market in a hurry as prices continues to tumble, recent sales listings show.
West Vancouver house prices stumble as Beijing hails currency crackdown a success
By Amy Chen West Vancouver house prices fell in August as China’s government declared its crackdown on illegal foreign currency outflow a success. Metro Vancouver’s most expensive community’s benchmark price dropped by 4.8% overall to $1,346,400 compared to August 2016[1]REBGV
Vancouver: A soulless city of heartless lords and hapless serfs
By Joyce Yip The name Anoop Majithia drives fear into the hearts of renters who live in his real estate fiefdom in Vancouver. Soon after taking possession of the apartment block at 1168 Pendrell St in 2014, Majithia’s company Plan
