... risky way go about predicting the future. Anyways, I'm wondering then is the real vacancy rate 2x everywhere else? Or is CMHC just wrong about Vancouver? CMHC vacancy rates may not be as bad as they look on paper, says B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman. He said the statistics only reflect ...

I was told about this interesting site where the guy tells about the land carterl run by the Urban Development Institute member developers: Link: http://landtricks.tripod.com/ :twisted: The developers involved in the NCP areas in South Surrey may be involved...I think Qualico is doing busines...

... is likely between 10 and 20%. They are in big doodoo and their prices could fall even further unless occupancy goes up. This does not preclude Vancouver from a meltdown. Fwiw San Diego has seen steady rental rate growth through the recession. Don't know the vacancy rates there though.

Vancouver vacancy rate is likely between 5-8% according to property managers. according to the CMHC it's 2.2% .. IF we're comparing against the official numbers out of Miami, I think I'd go with the official numbers ...

I was told about this interesting site where the guy tells about the land carterl run by the Urban Development Institute member developers:

Link: http://landtricks.tripod.com/

... ranks No. 8, owns a whopping 12.7% rental vacancy rate, up from 11.4% a year ago That is certainly high; more bad news for prices down there. Vancouver vacancy rate is likely between 5-8% according to property managers. Rental rate growth is an absolute necessity to stave off a collapse, IMO. ...

... in about May. In 2011, Muir estimates the provincial average will come back to $489,454, with price declines in the high-priced markets of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley proving to be the biggest influence on that figure. Don't worry prices will only drop by about 4K more on average. ...

New generation and newcomers will tear down old shit and built new shit ... a better one. I like your whine. You mean like Vancouver's Chinatown? Richmond is a Chinatown, and Coquitlam Towncenter is another. And some people said Vancouver is actually (or will be) a Chinatown ... what's ...

Bears, go home to have a sweet dream ... IF you see rental vacancy rates is over 10%, then real estate of Vancouver will be crashed big time like Windsor, or Miami, or las vigas.

... is voting against a crash in Canada RE.. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mic.to Expect a 2-3% increase in RE Prices per year. from the CEO: "Vancouver prices are high because of limited land resources, a strong demand from foreign borrowers, that buy with wealth and not income .. and this ...

Metro Vancouver's apartment vacancy rate edged up to 2.2 per cent in the spring more or less in step with most markets in British Columbia and Canada that saw higher apartment availability, a new report from Canada Mortgage ...

Hmmm! Instead I used the raw Excel sheet available on the same page as these purdy pictures to calculate the average difference between Vancouver and Toronto over the period you cite and came up with an insignificant 0.29% lower vacancy rate for Van, from which we can reasonable conclude ...

Hmmm! Instead I used the raw Excel sheet available on the same page as these purdy pictures to calculate the average difference between Vancouver and Toronto over the period you cite and came up with an insignificant 0.29% lower vacancy rate for Van, from which we can reasonable conclude ...

Hmmm! Instead I used the raw Excel sheet available on the same page as these purdy pictures to calculate the average difference between Vancouver and Toronto over the period you cite and came up with an insignificant 0.29% lower vacancy rate for Van, from which we can reasonable conclude once ...

Hmmm!

Here's something else to think about. I mentioned the discipline of Vancouver developers with regards to short term supply. Vacancy in Vancouver has been mostly between 1% to 2%, Calgary between 4% to 1%, and Toronto has been all over the shop.