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Steve Saretsky

@SteveSaretsky
Real Estate aficionado. Vancouver Realtor & investor. Host of The Loonie Hour podcast.
Vancouver, BC
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    May 26
    New condo sales in Metro Vancouver are tracking even lower than last year, like 50% lower. The pre-sale condo market is completely dead.
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    From January 2020 through December 2025, as measured by Stats Canada, property taxes in BC have inflated by 50%, home and mortgage insurance by 46%, maintenance and repairs by 19%, all of this compares to just a 13% allowable increase in rents.
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    Steve Saretsky
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    Aug 30
    Unmanageable workloads at the Federal Court. Immigration disputes involving visa applications, refugee claims, admissibility cases and removals have surged from 9,700 cases in 2021 to upwards of 33,000 immigration filings this year alone. The Trudeau immigration policies will
    ‘Unprecedented’ increase in immigration cases creates unmanageable workloads for Federal Court,...
    From theglobeandmail.com
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    Steve Saretsky
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    Aug 30
    If you’re young and want to start a family move to the suburbs.
    @MikePMoffatt
    Dr. Mike P. Moffatt 🇨🇦🏅🏅
    @MikePMoffatt
    Aug 30
    Another spoiler from an upcoming report. Young workers used to move *towards* economic opportunities. But with the housing crisis, they're moving *away* from them, towards less dynamic job markets in search of a home they can afford.
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    Steve Saretsky
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    Aug 29
    RBC has been aggressively undercutting competition on mortgage rates all year.
    @danielfoch
    Daniel Foch
    @danielfoch
    Aug 29
    RBC mortgage growth hits fastest pace since HSBC acquisition RBC’s mortgage portfolio grew 5% year over year as quarterly growth accelerated, though loan-to-value ratios and delinquencies moved higher. canadianmortgagetrends.com/2026/08/rbc-mo…
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