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Octobre 16, 2024
11:30AM
Septembre 6, 2016
2:14PM
It’s impossible to achieve housing affordability unless the supply of new homes keeps up with demand.
Juillet 8, 2016
1:30PM
If new housing supply can adequately respond to spillovers in demand, there’s no reason for bidding wars in middle-class neighbourhoods.
Juin 27, 2016
2:15PM
Higher home prices are strongly associated with restrictive land-use regulations.
Novembre 12, 2015
9:58AM
A recent study found that 70 per cent of detached homes listed in Vancouver’s West Side went to Mainland Chinese buyers. But is this a problem?
Septembre 9, 2015
8:12AM
The prime minister's "foreign ownership" plan may make for good politics but the underlying economics is questionable, to say the least.
Juin 21, 2014
6:00AM
Ever since Berkshire Hathaway Energy announced it would buy up Calgary-based AltaLink Ltd (an electricity transmission company with 12,000 kilometres of power lines), the predictable protectionist sentiment ramped up.
