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Femtosecond posted:We can't create affordable housing because that would make housing less expensive. I know this is kind of a joke, but it's also kind of true and hoo boy is that a depressing thought.
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Dreylad posted:I know this is kind of a joke, but it's also kind of true and hoo boy is that a depressing thought. It's not kind-of-true. It is true.
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# ? Jan 12, 2016 21:34 |
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Lexicon posted:It's not kind-of-true. It is true. But developers say if we just relax zoning and approvals and basic building codes enough they'll build so much housing it will become affordable! It's city hall that's standing in the way of affordable housing developers desperately want to build.
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# ? Jan 12, 2016 21:40 |
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real-estate golden goose factory farms
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Kafka Esq. posted:The capital expenditure on oil in Alberta was much more limited before the announcement of just how ridiculously big the tar sands were going to be. This was announced by Oil and Gas Magazine in 2002 or so ("second largest proven reserves next to Saudi Arabia!"). Look what happens to the GDP of Canada right around the same time. I'm not saying it caused it but whoa nelly! Oh ok, cool, thanks
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Dreylad posted:I know this is kind of a joke, but it's also kind of true and hoo boy is that a depressing thought. You know you have to be cautious about decisions like that that are based on a single factor because at the same time that would potentially devalue the equity that a lot of people have in their homes right now. We have to be very, very cautious about restricting foreign investment in our country at a time where we know we need foreign investment in businesses and in resource development
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# ? Jan 12, 2016 21:46 |
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Condo sales with no cash down payment proposed by B.C. developerCBC posted:A B.C. developer wants to sell condos in Metro Vancouver's red-hot real estate market to first-time buyers without the cash for a down payment, but not everyone is sure it's a good idea.
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# ? Jan 12, 2016 22:17 |
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e: ^^^^ Oh Come on haha I am a Canadian expat working a tech job AMA. No wait, please don't. In other news, nothing bad can ever come of this I'm sure: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/condo-sales-with-no-cash-down-payment-proposed-by-b-c-developer-1.3400084 quote:A B.C. developer wants to sell condos in Metro Vancouver's red-hot real estate market to first-time buyers without the cash for a down payment, but not everyone is sure it's a good idea.
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# ? Jan 12, 2016 22:19 |
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Kill all real estate developers and mortgage brokers, IMHO.
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# ? Jan 12, 2016 22:42 |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/condo-sales-with-no-cash-down-payment-proposed-by-b-c-developer-1.3400084CBC posted:"Under this program, CMHC will accept a broader range of down payment sources — that means alternatives to cash from borrowers. This could include sweat equity, grants, borrowed down payments or rent-to-own payments. This is not the same thing as requiring no down payment," says LeBlanc in a statement. Finance as a discipline at CMHC:
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 01:02 |
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https://www.facebook.com/InfowarsReporters/posts/10153928100592577 Infowars is predicting the end of times, my FB feed is lighting up with people saying they will sell. Granted they are albertans so they have no savings but people are gullible.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 01:23 |
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jm20 posted:https://www.facebook.com/InfowarsReporters/posts/10153928100592577 quote:Alex (9/11 was an Inside Job) Jones will never cover Israels involvement in 9/11. He is a disinfo agent who tells his audience the New World Order is a Nazi conspiracy, when he is broadcasted on Jew owned radio stations like Sirius XM (Who are Illuminati!) and sponsored by a bunch of Jews. Hey even our so called leader of the truth movement, who runs the biggest alternative media site is a Jew. Now how the hell can one claim Alternative media, if all of the media is run by Jews? How come we can't get a perspective that isn't tainted by international Jewry?
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 01:28 |
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How has the Canadian housing bubble not imploded yet? Those Chinese investors are going to want to start selling soon if they haven't already, and oil is practically free at this point and getting cheaper. Sorry if I missed something earlier in the thread answering this.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 01:42 |
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Morgan Stanley predicts a slide toward $20 a barrel oil. Not as bad as $16 a barrel as that other bank predicted, but still: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6ef2b614-b85c-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb.html#axzz3wvrtr5Ek And meanwhile The Atlantic has an article about how Canadian millenials are doing better than Americans: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/canadian-millennials-winning/423510/ quote:True, some of Canadian Millennials’ prosperity is a matter of good luck. Home values in their country have nearly doubled in the last decade, leaving their parents more money to pass along to their children than America’s Baby Boomers had after a decade of volatile housing prices. But even that is to some extent the product of good public policy: The Economist chalks Canada’s avoidance of a housing crash to “prudent banking regulation.” Oh good. Canada will be great, as long as this thing that is probably a bubble turns out not to be a bubble.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 01:43 |
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How come everyone glosses over the fact that a house bought in Vancouver with RMB 5 years ago needs to have net appreciated 50% in order to just break even? Meanwhile if that money was in a diversified fund it would have increased 50% in actual value over the same time.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 01:48 |
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Mantle posted:How come everyone glosses over the fact that a house bought in Vancouver with RMB 5 years ago needs to have net appreciated 50% in order to just break even? 'Chinese Investor' is code for 'corrupt chinese official/businessman who needs to put his money out of the reach of the party'. That's why all these houses are being bought by kids and elderly aunts and why none of them care if there's a crash. They don't have mortgages and something is better than nothing
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the talent deficit posted:'Chinese Investor' is code for 'corrupt chinese official/businessman who needs to put his money out of the reach of the party'. That's why all these houses are being bought by kids and elderly aunts and why none of them care if there's a crash. They don't have mortgages and something is better than nothing If you take account for the fact that a) practically nobody in China can get wealthy without being politically connected and/or mobbed up, and b) it's literally illegal to move that much money out of China; ...and you end up with a significant proportion of these people being either corrupt, criminal, or just general dickheads. Now I've long said that it's easier said than done for these lovely fellows to hide in Vancouver and bail on China. For one thing, the Party has a long reach, as plenty of dissidents and bookstore owners have learned. And they can hold a gun to your nainai's head back in your home village, etc. etc. So we'll see how the chips fall when the poo poo actually starts. It could go either way.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 02:53 |
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Bloomberg is predicting the Canadian dollar to drop to 59 cents US. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-12/canada-dollar-falls-below-70-u-s-cents-recalling-pre-oil-boom
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 06:01 |
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https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/16470435/2118-WAVERLEY-AVENUE-Vancouver-British-Columbia-V5P1R5 lol
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 06:12 |
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haha holy poo poo
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 06:13 |
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Apparently Mike do jong, bc's finance minister owns 8 properties. lol
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Cultural Imperial posted:https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/16470435/2118-WAVERLEY-AVENUE-Vancouver-British-Columbia-V5P1R5 Wow, for nearly 1.2 million dollars (gotta have those 8s in there, am I right?), I can get the refrigerator and stove included?! If I have to live in a tiny lovely house that was built 85 years ago for that price, that stove better be able to self-cook Michelin-star-quality meals, and the refrigerator better be able to suck my cock.
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Cultural Imperial posted:https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/16470435/2118-WAVERLEY-AVENUE-Vancouver-British-Columbia-V5P1R5 "Tenants are not aware of the sale" "Open house Sunday, 10-4" Nothing makes me feel more Canadian than bald-faced criminality on display, ayup.
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PT6A posted:Wow, for nearly 1.2 million dollars (gotta have those 8s in there, am I right?), I can get the refrigerator and stove included?! I'm sure the blissfully unaware current tenants like the stove and refrigerator well enough.
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James Baud posted:But does it really count when he had maybe a million in equity between them all since they're mostly ghetto condos in Abby/Chilliwack? When was the last time you checked what property in chiliwack is worth?]
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Rime posted:"Tenants are not aware of the sale" Someone please go tell them.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 06:46 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Someone please go tell them. I'll go drop a note in the mailbox along with a printed copy of the MLS listing tomorrow, highlighting that their house may have been illegally entered multiple times. It's pretty close to where I live. :iamafag: Cultural Imperial posted:When was the last time you checked what property in chiliwack is worth?]
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 06:53 |
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I'm the tipped-over pink lawn chair they didn't even bother to photoshop out let alone move
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Rime posted:I'll go drop a note in the mailbox along with a printed copy of the MLS listing tomorrow, highlighting that their house may have been illegally entered multiple times. It's pretty close to where I live. :iamafag: Brilliant. Landlords like these need to be accountable for their behaviour.
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James Baud fucked around with this message at 11:12 on Aug 25, 2018 |
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lol gently caress
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 08:13 |
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I had someone high up in the mortgage game from BMO at work today, and when he was done asking me about what I was doing, I asked him if they'd be lending like they are if the government wasn't backing loans through the CMHC.... And he laughed and I wondered why I'd wasted our time by asking if the sky is blue.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 09:34 |
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Yeah some of my coworkers keep discussing buying houses so I ended up spending some time on MLS.ca looking at stuff in my area. A 1 bedroom condo next to mine is $578,000 plus $220 month strata, and then whatever property taxes. Vancity mortgage calculator says that would be $2,445.41/mo with 10% down, plus $220 strata, plus whatever property taxes. I'm paying $1360 to rent. I may not be building Condo Equity but it's literally half the price to rent in Vancouver versus buying.
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less than three posted:Yeah some of my coworkers keep discussing buying houses so I ended up spending some time on MLS.ca looking at stuff in my area. Most people in the bubble don't do this basic rent vs buy calculation. Home ownership has the lots of extra costs such as condo fees or property maintenance. the talent deficit posted:'Chinese Investor' is code for 'corrupt chinese official/businessman who needs to put his money out of the reach of the party'. That's why all these houses are being bought by kids and elderly aunts and why none of them care if there's a crash. They don't have mortgages and something is better than nothing A good reminder that those pricks often literally use a dufflebag with money to pay for the homes in cash since the whole thing is basically a way for corrupt chinese to stash their money overseas. etalian fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Jan 13, 2016 |
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less than three posted:Yeah some of my coworkers keep discussing buying houses so I ended up spending some time on MLS.ca looking at stuff in my area. Wow way to throw money away, dummy. I basically can't make ~*condo math*~ work at all for any reasonably livable condo fees are considered without putting an absolutely hilarious down payment.
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quote:Christy Clark hints housing relief a main priority of B.C. budget Looking forward to seeing those property price spikes after these new housing subsidies pass.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 17:32 |
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It's okay, the bubble will pop soon regardless.
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# ? Jan 13, 2016 17:35 |
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Lol, completely and shamelessly in the pockets of developers and realtors(tm)
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etalian posted:
Yan's recent study kinda debunked this. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Bank+mortgages+bags+cash+behind+mainland+Chinese+home+buys+study/11485324/story.html?__lsa=22a8-3d9d quote:Yan describes the neighbourhoods he looked at for this case study as the centre of mainland Chinese buying. But he said he was surprised to find 82 per cent of the homes sales he looked at held a mortgage and that three Canadian banks account for almost 70 per cent of the financing was surprising.
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