Tag: Housing

Rents across B.C. continued to decline in June, falling 5.3 per cent from a year earlier as asking prices eased in most major markets, according to a new Rentals.ca and Urbanation report.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby are defending a plan to convert more than 2,200 vacant condos into affordable homes after critics called it a taxpayer-funded bailout for developers.

Average asking rents in British Columbia dropped 5.1 per cent in March from a year earlier, even as the province remained the most expensive rental market in Canada.

British Columbia again led the country in rent declines in December, according to the latest report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation. The post B.C. leads country in rent declines as affordability pressures continue appeared first on AM 1150.

British Columbia has lowered the 2026 threshold for the provincial homeowner grant for residential properties to $2.075 million. That’s down from $2.175 million in 2025. The post B.C. lowers threshold for homeowner grants as housing market cools appeared first on AM 1150.

BC Housing is rolling out a new online tool aimed at speeding up the construction of affordable housing.  The post B.C. introduces new digital tools for pre-fab housing contruction appeared first on AM 1150.

The latest provincial “point-in-time” count found that homelessness rose in more than half of the 20 British Columbia communities surveyed.

Housing starts in British Columbia fell four per cent between January and July compared to the same period last year.