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B.C. financial services watchdog short-staffed due to low pay: Auditor-General
The arm of B.C’s financial services watchdog in charge of credit unions has left a third of its staffing positions vacant for the past...
Realtors should face fines up to $250K for misconduct, B.C. report recommends
An independent advisory group tasked with reviewing a series of damning revelations about unscrupulous activity in B.C.'s overheated housing market says real estate agents...
Ontario tried a speculation tax on property, and the market ‘collapsed overnight’
For decades, Barry Lebow has kept a scrapbook of one of the most traumatic business days in life.
There are some dates you always remember,...
Real-estate agents’ misconduct means industry has lost right to self-regulate, B.C. premier says
The B.C. premier has announced the real-estate industry’s days of self-regulation will soon come to an end. “Self-regulation is very much a privilege,” Christy...
Vancouver Mayor’s tax ‘ultimatum’ was ready-made for Liberals approval
When the B.C. Liberals recalled the legislature Monday to enable Vancouver to impose a special tax on residential vacancies, they made a point of...
