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"2024 ruling said Beedie owed just $1.65-million a year in rent. The VSB took the case to the BC Court of Appeal this month and Beedie won again" Govt again wasting taxpayers' dollars theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/va… #yyj #bcpoli

"pent-up demand has yet to re-emerge as quickly as previously expected in those provinces (Ont & BC), suggesting further price declines may be needed to spur activity" Can't lower prices if govt boosts fees eg CRD vrba.ca/news/bc-local-… cbc.ca/news/business/… #yyj #bcpoli

"the only shot one has of locking in at the “right time” is to be early and bet that they’re reading inflation correctly." financialpost.com/real-estate/mo… #yyj #bcpoli

"federal govt is proposing a $1.7-billion fund to help provinces & territories lower the cost of construction & get more homes built...Ontario...will use its funding to temporarily remove the harmonized sales tax from some newly built homes for one year" cp24.com/news/canada/20…

"The recommendations made by Deloitte should have been managed & reviewed by people who are not sitting around the board, receiving compensation & benefiting from the very structure that's there" cbc.ca/news/canada/br… #yyj #bcpoli

“When you have really large earthquakes like the one in 2012...aftershocks can continue for years...as the rocks readjust...The 2012 earthquake in Haida Gwaii was one of those convergence zone earthquakes where the plates are colliding.” cbc.ca/news/canada/br… #yyj #bcpoli

"Dutch govt will impose a tax on this person’s forecasted future income even though they don’t possess that cash yet—and it could quickly disappear. Policymakers in Ottawa and the provinces must...stay far away from such ill-conceived policy" fraserinstitute.org/commentary/can… #yyj #bcpoli

"current benchmark price for a Canadian home is $661,300. Adjusting for inflation, this puts Canadian homes at a price not seen since the summer of 2016. In August of that year, home prices hit $493,400 ($652,752 in 2026 dollars)" nationalpost.com/opinion/at-lea… #yyj #bcpoli

"Earthquake Canada says a 4.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of northern B.C." Seismic safety should be more than than BC govt's "Drop, Cover, Hold on!" vrba.ca/news/seismic-s… timescolonist.com/bc-news/magnit… #yyj #bcpoli

"Construction costs for the commonly-seen low-rise wood-frame building up to six storeys is expected to range from $380 to $480 per sq ft in Vancouver..." storeys.com/construction-c… #yyj #bcpoli

"The good news is that prices have softened, inventory has increased (especially for condos in cities like Toronto) & interest rates have dropped from their peak...the market remains firmly in buyer’s territory..." storeys.com/canadian-homeo… #yyj #bcpoli

Our column in today's @timescolonist B9: 2026 CARE Awards – Call for Entry vrba.ca/news/2026-care… vrba.ca/wp-content/upl… #yyj

"plans to invest in upsizing his primary residence..wants to increase the value of his property which is exempt from capital gains taxes...'Real estate is taxed in every possible way to the most amount possible–except for our principal residences'" theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/va… #bcpoli

"Toronto has a high level of condo inventory...but the market is not awash in two-bedroom, two-bathroom units in the mid $600,000s... downtown area...is packed with towers full of bachelor & one-bedroom units" theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/to… #yyj #bcpoli

“The secret to selling a house in Halifax for $13-million or $14-million is to spend over $20-million building it” theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/ar… #yyj #bcpoli

"Just how negligent & reckless it was is spelled out in a new report...As of today, only 17 homes out of 45 that existed before the fire have been rebuilt...Taxpayers in BC will likely never know what happened to millions of dollars" theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… #yyj #bcpoli

"current rebate applies only to first-time home buyers... would “approximately” cover Ottawa’s portion of the foregone tax bill...result in 8,000 more homes built annually" theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #yyj #bcpoli