thinkpol retweeted
A simple plan to make housing affordable in Canada
#cdnpoli #Elxn44 #vanre #ToRE
openhousing.ca/2021/09/11/a-…
thinkpol retweeted
I have a chat with Vancouver South NDP candidate @luckysean about unaffordable housing, low wages, lack of childcare, and other issues faced voters at #Elxn44.
youtu.be/buq8RGYsUpE
#cdnpoli
thinkpol retweeted
"People were showing up at the River Rock casino with hockey duffel bags filled with $20 dollars bills, and no one saw anything, no one said anything" - @JackTrovatoRMD
Catch the full interview ➡️youtube.com/watch?v=-2OOZhs8…
#elxn44 #cdnpoli
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.@bankofcanada says there's no speculation in the real estate market.
Our analysis shows a sharp spike in #vanre speculator activity during the pandemic.
#cdnpoli
Vancouver’s house flipping numbers contradict Bank of Canada governor’s claims of no speculation in real estate market
#vanre #cdnpoli
openhousing.ca/2021/03/11/va…
thinkpol retweeted
Our analysis also shows a strong correlation between speculation and home prices.
[r=0.77 with 3-month lag]
#vanre #vanpoli #cdnpoli
Vancouver’s house flipping numbers contradict Bank of Canada governor’s claims of no speculation in real estate market
#vanre #cdnpoli
openhousing.ca/2021/03/11/va…
thinkpol retweeted
Vancouver’s house flipping numbers contradict Bank of Canada governor’s claims of no speculation in real estate market
#vanre #cdnpoli
openhousing.ca/2021/03/11/va…
thinkpol retweeted
Metro Vancouver townhouse prices record double-digit growth in 2020
#vanre
openhousing.ca/2021/01/14/me…
thinkpol retweeted
Metro Vancouver condo prices end 2020 virtually flat
#vanre
openhousing.ca/2021/01/14/me…
thinkpol retweeted
Metro Vancouver detached prices end 2020 on a high note
#vanre
openhousing.ca/2021/01/14/me…
thinkpol retweeted
14 empty houses for every homeless person living in CoV.
For every 5 new housing units built since 2000, 1 is empty. That % relates closely to the 1 in 6 Cdn households/ individuals who own residential property besides their primary home.
#vanre #vanpoli
openhousing.ca/2020/12/30/va…
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We crunched @StatCan_eng and @CMHC_ca numbers and we estimate that the number of empty homes crossed the 30,000 mark this year.
#vanre #vanpoli
openhousing.ca/2020/12/30/va…
thinkpol retweeted
Vancouver City Council pushed rammed through a blanket duplex rezoning proposal in 2018 claiming that it would lead to less expensive homes.
I spoke against the motion and predicted that the opposite would happen. And I was right.
#vanre #vanpoli
openhousing.ca/2020/12/21/ne…
thinkpol retweeted
I don't know why #suicide is trending in Canada right now, but please know that there's help available 24/7 at 1.833.456.4566.
@CrisisCanada crisisservicescanada.ca/en/
thinkpol retweeted
Ban corporate and foreign ownership of residential real estate in Canada’s major cities. #ProtectOurHomes #vanre #tore #onpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #covid19 rezel.ca/2020/05/ban-corpora…
thinkpol retweeted
Metro Vancouver detached price decline accelerated in December 2019, as the surge in sales seen in the Fall begins to die down.
#vanre #vanpoli
openhousing.ca/2019/12/24/me…
thinkpol retweeted
Metro Vancouver condo price decline accelerated in November 2019 as real estate industry hype about increased sales failed to convince sellers to open up their wallets.
#vanre #vanpoli
openhousing.ca/2019/12/04/me…
thinkpol retweeted
Metro Vancouver townhouse price decline accelerated in November 2019 dashing real estate industry hopes for a market recovery.
#vanre #vanpoli
openhousing.ca/2019/12/07/me…
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Metro Vancouver detached house prices continued their downward trend in November, as the hype about increased sales generated by the real estate industry stubbornly refuses to translate to higher prices.
#vanre #vanpoli
openhousing.ca/2019/12/03/me…