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Canada’s best and worst cities to buy home on a single income (INFOGRAPHIC)

Canada’s best and worst cities to buy home on a single income (INFOGRAPHIC)

Source: Zoocasa Canada is a hugely diverse country – and so are its real estate markets. The Lower Mainland and Greater Toronto are notoriously expensive, while some areas are still extremely affordable – even if you’re on a single-person income.
Why I love Lower Lonsdale: On shipyards, young businesses, making pizza and having fun

Why I love Lower Lonsdale: On shipyards, young businesses, making pizza and having fun

This article is from our series about neighbourhoods in Vancouver that people love, written by those who live in them. Want to pitch your story? We’d love to hear from you. Email contact@vancouverisawesome.
Why I love Little Mountain: Green space, outdoor and indoor activities, baseball, Main Street and more

Why I love Little Mountain: Green space, outdoor and indoor activities, baseball, Main Street and more

This article is from our series about neighbourhoods in Vancouver that people love, written by the folks who live in them. Want to pitch yours? We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected]. We live up Main Street.
City’s affordable one-bedroom rent defined: $1,750 per month

City’s affordable one-bedroom rent defined: $1,750 per month

Guidelines for rentals built under a city incentive program now define 'affordable'
Meet the realtor transforming Vancouver one block at a time

Meet the realtor transforming Vancouver one block at a time

Navigating tricky world of land assemblies can be highly profitable and controversial
How the demolition of one Vancouver restaurant can change how we define heritage

How the demolition of one Vancouver restaurant can change how we define heritage

There are finite ways to determine if a building can be deemed "heritage." But what happens when what makes a space important has to do with the people who use it, and those social, emotional, and even economic, bonds that place creates?
Craigslist 'daddy' seeks roomie who'll pay in dates, housekeeping, massages

Craigslist 'daddy' seeks roomie who'll pay in dates, housekeeping, massages

One Craigslist user has come up with a semi-indecent proposal: Share his two-bedroom home in Burnaby Heights for just $50 rent. The catch is, he's got a few things you're going to need to do to help out.
One-third of baby-boomers helping millennials buy real estate

One-third of baby-boomers helping millennials buy real estate

One-third of Canadian baby-boomers – and more in Metro Vancouver – plan to give ‘living inheritances’ to their adult children specifically to help them buy real estate, a new survey has found.
CMHC says number of Vancouver mortgages held by non-permanent residents is on the rise

CMHC says number of Vancouver mortgages held by non-permanent residents is on the rise

The percentage of non-permanent residents (NPR) living in Vancouver who hold mortgages in the city increased from 3.3 per cent in 2014 to 3.9 per cent in 2016, according to new CMHC data, and the percentage is even higher for younger foreigners.
Deadline extended for empty homes tax declarations

Deadline extended for empty homes tax declarations

Photo Dan Toulgoet The city of Vancouver is pushing back the deadline for residential property owners to submit declarations needed to avoid the empty homes tax.
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