It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "An American developer is looking to attract the international buyers who would have previously looked to Vancouver. The Spire was originally going to be a rental tower, which has been the trend…
A report from the Globe and Mail. "Navin Seepaul is a 29-year-old single dad who makes $30,000 a year as a barber. He owns a $1-million house in Brampton, a sprawling suburb northwest of Toronto. Each month, the payments on…
A holiday topic starting with KJZZ in Arizona. "Phoenix is now the top city in the country for increases in annual home prices, replacing Las Vegas. That’s according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Inde. Co-creator Robert J. Shiller talked about…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Year-over-year median sale prices for existing homes fell 5.9% in Santa Clara County, 3.2% in Alameda County and 1.5% in San Francisco in May, according to CoreLogic. 'After several years — six,…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "Here’s how Royal Bank of Canada senior economist Robert Hogue sees things: 'If it wasn’t already apparent, March data provided clear evidence that some of Canada’s largest western markets are in…
A report from CBC News in Canada. "Chris Drinkwalter's newly-renovated condo in southeast Edmonton has been on the market for more than seven months without a single offer. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom property in the Silver Berry neighbourhood, constructed in 2007,…
A report from the Gananoque Reporter in Canada. "Sales on Calgary’s MLS system in February were down 10 percent from February 2018, while the city-wide benchmark price declined five percent, year over year, to $414,400. If people don’t need to…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "A prominent Vancouver immigration lawyer and other experts are praising the surprising amount of information that the province has demanded on the declaration form for its new Speculation and Vacancy Tax…
A report from The Province in Canada. "Vancouver’s once red-hot housing market continued to cool last month as the number of home sales fell to the lowest level seen in January in 10 years. The Real Estate Board of Greater…
A report from Macleans in Canada. "Kirk Marsh first noticed the mood start to turn in Vancouver’s housing market a year ago. As a real estate investor who buys homes and condos then fixes them up for resale, Marsh has…