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Vancouver real estate market heating up again as sales and prices recover from buyers tax Realtors in Canada’s most expensive city for housing report that market activity returned to near record levels in May, a mere nine months after the province introduced a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers… Financial Post Condo flipping on the rise as Vancouver market heats up: Realtor With Vancouver’s real estate squeeze driving condo prices to new highs, one Vancouver realtor says speculation is heating up… Globalnews $13M in down payment loans driving Vancouver condo prices up: Economist $13M in down payment loans driving Vancouver condo prices up: Economist. CKNW. By Emily Lazatin and Simon Little CKNW. more. Fri, Jun 2: After a brief cool-down, the latest figures show Metro Vancouver’s real estate market is red hot once again… Globalnews.ca Heat from Metro Vancouver’s real estate radiating into recreational properties From a cabin in the woods near 100 Mi...

First, we heard, Bubble, bubble, Canada’s housing market poses trouble, IMF says MarketWatch Canadians’ Faith In Real Estate Fizzles As Toronto Sales Plunge That confidence is now falling as evidence mounts of a slowdown in the Toronto area, Canada’s largest housing market. The Bloomberg Nanos consumer confidence barometer found the share of Canadians expecting house prices to rise in the next six months … Huffington Post Canada Pessimism Seeps Into Canadian Sentiment as Real Estate Cools   BloombergQuint And then just like what we have witnessed previously, IMF shouted a watered down “Chicken Little’s The Sky Is Falling”  warning again, which obviously did not resonate with the populist sentiment, IMF expresses concern over ‘hot spots’ in Toronto and Vancouver housing markets Says policymakers need to take more action on housing file The International Monetary Fund says concerns over Canada’s housing market are valid, but ...

REAL ESTATE PRICES UP IN APRIL The first full month of Spring and a warmer weather brought more buzz to the real estate market – comparing both to the last month and the last year. Toronto REALTORS® reported a 1.8 per cent year-over-year increase in sales. TorontoMLS system recorded total of 9,706 transactions in April 2014, compared to 9,535 sales in the last year. 2014 APRIL 1 Meanwhile, someone paid $3M for a house just to tear it down in Vancouver …