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Times Colonist - Online building-permits application site aims to standardize process in all B.C. jurisdictions

Victoria Times Colonist – B.C. Ferries told to improve relationship with ferry-dependent communities

Victoria Times Colonist – Oak Bay Tea Party returns to Willows Park for 62nd year

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Victoria Times Colonist – Plan for five-storey residential building in Vic West clears first hurdle

Victoria Times Colonist – Victoria OKs supportive housing facility in Vic West; ‘slap in the face,’ some residents say

Globe and Mail – GOLD: Landlord-use now most frequently used tool to evict B.C. renters
Dr Sherry Cooper: Odds of a Rate Cut Next Week Rise with Disappointed Canadian GDP Growth

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Wealth Professional – Are Canada's major cities facing an exodus to more affordable alternatives?

Globe and Mail – Making homeowners into home builders

Toronto Star – What do I need to know about the outside of my house? Here’s a checklist of essential tasks

BMO reports increased delinquencies, predicts prolonged high interest rates (Canadian Mortgage Trends)

Immigration provides important buffer for Canadian economy as population greys: RBC (Canadian Mortgage Trends)

Posthaste: Why the Bank of Canada just might hold interest rates again (Financial Post)

Mortgage discounts fail to lure borrowers away from shorter-terms as rate cuts near (Financial Post)

Fix or float is the big mortgage question as Bank of Canada rate cuts approach (Financial Post)

Canada must more than double the average number of homes built annually to meet the federal housing plan (The Hub)

Homeowners turn to savings as financial pressure mounts (CMHC)

Storeys – ‘Calm is good’ in Canada’s housing market: BMO

Global News – Are home inspection conditions back in the cards? What buyers should know

Wealth Professional – Spring should be a boom time for the housing market, it's not

Financial Post – Waiting for warmth: Housing sales slump as spring blooms

Financial Post – Would-be homebuyers are in limbo and only the Bank of Canada can free them

Globe and Mail – CESTNICK: How the personal-residence exemption can help minimize taxes on capital gains

Zoocasa - How the new capital gains tax is impacting cottage country this year

Zoocasa - Do this first before you hire a moving company!

Inflation is down - enough to bring the bank rate down and lower mortgage costs? June 5th is the next critical date (Burlington Gazette)

What to consider before co-owning a home (The Globe and Mail)

Regulations, ‘fragmented’ construction sector holding back housing starts: CMHC (Canadian Mortgage Trends)

CREA: Rising inventory signals prime buying opportunities