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- 时间: 2011-7-17 22:23找了一篇文章和大家分享下。
温哥华投房已不能靠租养投。当然每人投钱习惯不同。俺的风格是永远喜欢收囊，不喜欢频繁放盘。文中提到的城市俺夏天都开车去过，对Charlottetown的印象很好。近海边，有味道
Best Deals in Real Estate-----find the best cities to buy homes in now.
For many buyers, the Canadian housing market is becoming a scary place. Prices are sky high and surging higher by the month. Homes are selling for tens of thousands more than even the sellers expected. Many buyers fear that if they wait, they’ll be priced right out of the market, while others worry that if they buy now, prices could tumble when mortgage rates start to creep up later this year.
As you can see in “Where to buy now” (below) that left us with two big winners— Moncton and Regina—each of which scored an A-. Both cities have relatively low home prices, strong sales and good economies. Coming in with a solid B+ were seven runners-up: Fredericton, St. John’s, Ottawa, Gatineau, Winnipeg, Guelph and Saint John. All have reasonable home prices, strong momentum in the housing market and decent economic prospects
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- 时间: 2011-7-29 04:45British Columbians looking for investment opportunities or cheap vacation homes are scooping up bargain-priced real estate in the depressed market south of the border.
Statistics show that twice as many Canadians are buying property in the U.S. right now compared to last year. In Birch Bay, Washington, realtor Mike Kent says 90 per cent of his buyers are from B.C.
He believes the rising loonie is a big incentive for Canucks. The Canadian dollar hit a three-and-a-half year high on Tuesday, closing at 106.07 cents U.S.
"Our loss is Canada's gain," he told CTV News.
"We've had more activity in the last 30 to 60 days than we've had in the last six to nine months, because once you broke $1.05, it really got folks' attention."
Birch Bay is just an hour's drive from most of Metro Vancouver, and prices are on average a third to 50-per-cent cheaper than in B.C. Kent says about a quarter of buyers throughout Whatcom County are Canadian.
Larry Cardy bought a second home in Birch Bay for just $275,000 after he and his wife retired and downgraded to a small house in Langley.
"The market has dropped significantly since 2008, so we found it was excellent value for us to buy a vacation home just across the border," he said.
But Tsur Somerville of the University of B.C.'s Sauder School of Business says there are some risks to buying in the U.S.
"You're buying in a place with a different tax regime, a different legal framework, you're a non-resident, and as a non-resident, oftentimes places create certain challenges for you -- both on the tax side and on the ownership rights side, so the risks you face are different," he said.
He says that vacation homes can be harder to sell, and recommends against buying them as investments. He advises instead to pick a home in a place where you would be comfortable spending six months out of every year.（反对买度假屋来作为投资）
U.S. law requires Canadians without residency status to stay a maximum of six months, less one day, per year – which leaves plenty of time for summer and weekend trips.（美国法律规定，没有居留身份的加拿大人每年最多停留六个月，小于一天；我理解为是每年加在一起的总数）
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- 时间: 2011-8-19 06:11竟有此事---租房遇到房东强行搭销毒品，住房条件实在太差
Former tenants at a derelict hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside said they were forced to buy their landlord's methadone – or face eviction.
Twelve of the residents are attending a public hearing at the B.C. Residential Tenancy Branch Thursday about threats and abuses they claim they faced while living at the Wonder Rooms at 50-52 East Cordova St. and Palace Hotel at 35 West Hastings St. Both are Single Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels.
They allege that the landlord, George Wolsey, abused his power as landlord and would evict tenants without just cause. Wolsey is also facing two city investigations into the condition of the buildings.
"We started these [hearings] up as a way to give tenants some compensation," said Doug King of Pivot Legal Society. "The province may step in and get out a political message and get the buildings up to code but there needs to be representation for individual tenants."
Al Fowler, who lived in one of the buildings and also occasionally worked for Wolsey, believes the former pharmacist would tamper with methadone doses depending on his mood.
"When I was doing a good job and he was happy, everything was fine, and then he would get pissed at me and I'd be sick for the next couple of days," said Fowler. "I can't say for sure, but I feel the doses were tampered with."
King said Wolsey, who owns both buildings, would force tenants to purchase their methadone prescriptions from his pharmacy. If tenants did not purchase the drugs from him, they would face repercussions.
"They would be evicted for using another pharmacy and it became a condition for them to live there," said King. "As a result he lost his pharmacy. We had hoped that was over but we are hearing there are still demands on tenants to go to pharmacies related to him and his family."
Fowler said he had his prescription cancelled over a long weekend because of angering Wolsey. Only after his doctor got involved was he able to get his medication.
"He may have risked my health and my life doing that," said Fowler. "These people can't go on treating us like this. Because we are real people, we all struggle with everything we can."
Because Wolsey was the acting director of the Wilson Recovery Society, the Palace Hotel was considered a recovery house for addicts by the Residential Tenancy Branch Association -- exempting it from laws protecting tenants.
After numerous complaints, Pivot approached the province for help, but according to King, tenants who participated began having issues with their methadone or were evicted and had their belongings thrown out.
"It's a pretty unique situation," said King. "We have never had a SRO hotel run by a pharmacist."
Both buildings are at the centre of a city of Vancouver investigation into bylaw infractions, and have been served with more than 20 compliance orders since 2010.
City inspectors found evidence of bedbugs, roaches and rats in many residential suites. In one inspection report, a staff member wrote: "The entire basement and first floor are littered with rat feces and smell very strongly of rat urine."
According to city documents, the building owner did little to fix any of the problems, although new smoke alarms were installed.
Pivot and the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council are asking for provincial support for evicted tenants in the form of shelter. King said he believes this is a good opportunity to get the evicted tenants into social housing.
But in terms of a long-term solution, King said that the province needs to begin using the provisions available in the Residential Tenancy Act. Vancouver City Council passed a policy to use legal injunctions to fix SOR buildings in March 2009, but have yet to use it.
"What we have said is that there needs to be a message shown if they act this way," said King. "They have this tool, and they don't use it, and we don't know why."
The hearings begin Thursday and continue for a week.
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- 时间: 2011-9-28 12:36又来了，租房受骗案，看了Craigslist的广告，交了押金。不知房屋主人会不会有麻烦
There are at least two families scrambling to find homes for Oct. 1 after falling victim to an apparent listing scam on Craigslist.
Mother-of-two Catalina Lara spent all Sunday searching for a new place to live after learning the three-bedroom basement suite she had put down a damage deposit for is already being lived in.
Lara says she visited the home twice before handing over any cash, and got a tour from the owner's adult son, Parminder Singh Rai – but when she went to pick up the keys on Saturday, someone else answered the door.
"He said, ‘Oh, you know, this place has been rented for three weeks ago already,'" Lara said.
The home, located in the 500-block of East 51st Avenue, was listed at $900 per month in a post that boasted the property is "close to shopping transit and school. verry good shape (sic)."
The ad was reposted on Craigslist on Friday; CTV News called the number on the listing Sunday afternoon, but was told the suite was already rented out.
Lara wasn't the only one who believed she was moving into the property. Ruthzie Villareal and her husband visited the home three times before putting down a deposit, only to show up with a moving truck on Saturday and be turned away.
"You can say that I'm desperate," Villareal said. "I have two kids. Where can I go after here?"
Both Lara and Villareal received receipts signed by Rai. CTV News went to visit Rai at the home where he told the pair that he lived with his mother and son.
No one answered the door, but a man stepped onto the patio to assert that he had no part in any wrongdoing.
"I'm not the person who did it," he said. "I didn't do anything. The person who did it is not here, he hasn't been here for so long."
Police visited the home shortly after. Vancouver police won't say how many people have made complaints about lost damage deposits.
Officers say they're trying to deal with the matter without laying criminal charges, in order to get the alleged victims their money back as quickly as possible.
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- 时间: 2012-1-12 09:11温哥华市议会将在下周,就设立网上租屋资料库进行辩论。租客可以透过该个网站,翻查租住房屋过往安全及其他纪录。
伟景温哥华(Vision Vancouver)市议员施民生(Tim Stevenson)表示,公众可以在资料库上搜寻到出租物业,以往有没有违反建筑或安全相关法例,以及业主有没有遭到市府票控。他将于下周二(17日)会议上提出有关动议。去年11月市选竞选期间,施民生提出参考美国纽约市模式,在温市设置网上租屋资料库。
他补充说,目前,温市居民可以向市府索取有关出租房屋的资料,但进一步把相关资料上载至网站,将有助租客更容易查阅资料。同时,部分业主也会因为资料进一步被公开,而更加小心避免违规。
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- 时间: 2012-1-12 09:17
election 写道:温哥华市议会将在下周,就设立网上租屋资料库进行辩论。租客可以透过该个网站,翻查租住房屋过往安全及其他纪录。
伟景温哥华(Vision Vancouver)市议员施民生(Tim Stevenson)表示,公众可以在资料库上搜寻到出租物业,以往有没有违反建筑或安全相关法例,以及业主有没有遭到市府票控。他将于下周二(17日)会议上提出有关动议。去年11月市选竞选期间,施民生提出参考美国纽约市模式,在温市设置网上租屋资料库。
他补充说,目前,温市居民可以向市府索取有关出租房屋的资料,但进一步把相关资料上载至网站,将有助租客更容易查阅资料。同时,部分业主也会因为资料进一步被公开,而更加小心避免违规。
news.singtao.ca/vancou...42145.html
这样不会违反有关法律么
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