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April 2024 Market Update

 

B.C. government introduces new home-flipping tax legislation

The British Columbia government has introduced legislation enacting its new home-flipping tax on Wednesday.

The province says the tax will target speculators and improve housing supply.

"Wealthy investors are using housing as a short-term investment to make a fast profit while people looking for homes can't get into the market," Finance Minister Katrine Conroy told media after introducing the bill in the B.C. legislature.

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Click the link below to view the monthly market statistics for your area in an easy to understand infographic. Listings, sales and prices are summarized for condos, townhomes and single-family homes in cities across BC. For more up-to-date market information please visit macrealty.com/blog.

 

Abbotsford

Bowen Island

Burnaby East

Burnaby North

Burnaby South

Cloverdale

Coquitlam

Greater Victoria

Kelowna

Ladner

Langley

Maple Ridge

Mission

Nanaimo

New Westminster

North Delta

North Okanagan

North Surrey

North Vancouver

Parksville / Qualicum

Pitt Meadows

Port Coquitlam

Port Moody

Richmond

Saanich Peninsula

South Okanagan

South Surrey/
White Rock

Squamish

Sunshine Coast

Surrey - Central

Tsawwassen

Vancouver - East

Vancouver - West

Vancouver Island

Victoria Core

Westshore

West Vancouver

Whistler

More than 40 fun and fantastic things to do in Vancouver in April

April has arrived and the new month is filled with events that you'll want to check out around Metro Vancouver!

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B.C. Real Estate News

LOWER MAINLAND

Housing starts stable in 2023, but demand still outpaces growing supply of apartments (Vancouver Sun)

Number of Metro Vancouver homes listed for sale up by 23% (DailyHive)

Metro Vancouver real estate deals slow to start in 2024 (BIV)

March home sales growth off last month's pace, but supply still building in the Fraser Valley (Financial Post)

VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND

More options for home buyers, but real estate sales have yet to pick up (Times Colonist)

Tallest development in Qualicum Beach set to open next year, providing 50 rental units (Vancouver Sun)

OKANAGAN

Relief on the way for South Okanagan's tight industrial market (BIV)

BRITISH COLUMBIA

B.C. rejects Prince George's request to be exempt from upcoming short-term rental rules (CTV News)

B.C. to ban some 'personal use' evictions, stop rent increases over new children (Castanet)

CANADA

Housing market will see 'staggered' return of buyers and inventory: RBC (Vancouver Sun)

Younger Canadians buying homes sooner than planned (CityNews Everywhere)

Look what's happened to the cities with average $1-million home prices (The Globe and Mail)

 
 

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