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"Offshore bids price Canadians out of housing market"

March 13, 2012, 8:28 p.m.
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Hearing rumors of cmhc lowering insurance to 25 yr amortizations. That may kill the first time buyers. Also, isn't there a record number if places for sale right now?

March 13, 2012, 8:32 p.m.
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.. todays average Canadian is WAY more entitled than 50yrs ago

You're full a beans, old man. :P

B.C. household income lower than in the 1970s

Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.

March 13, 2012, 9:56 p.m.
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Yes, tell me more… Do you have a bobcat I can borrow?

$210 a day or $840 a week:

http://www.abtoolrentals.com/equipment.asp?action=category[HTML_REMOVED]category=3[HTML_REMOVED]key=040-0027

March 13, 2012, 10:01 p.m.
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$210 a day or $840 a week:

http://www.abtoolrentals.com/equipment.asp?action=category[HTML_REMOVED]category=3[HTML_REMOVED]key=040-0027

Shop around you shouldn't pay more than 150 a day in hongcouver

March 13, 2012, 10:01 p.m.
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You're full a beans, old man. :P

B.C. household income lower than in the 1970s

Way to miss the point. In the 1970s average people weren't qualified for credit cards, if they bought an ATV they had one and fixed it when it broke, cell phones weren't invented yet, the internet was confined to three universities, and most of our manufacturing was done within the shores of North America. The world has changed, and some of those changes have added bills that people conveniently forget when they talk about the quality of life that they "need".

March 13, 2012, 10:02 p.m.
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I duno what parallel universe you grew up in but new cars,toys, vacations were not a big part of Vancover life in the 60's … todays average Canadian is WAY more entitled than 50yrs ago

but I would say the problem is that a house IS an investment not just somewhere to stow your shit because investment got in the way of everyman owning his house but that's just how it is

if anyone on this thread doesn't like the prices in Vangroovy I suggest you leave cuz IME it was the best thing I ever did … both times

Last pay cheque, 4200 after tax.

March 13, 2012, 10:04 p.m.
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Last pay cheque, 4200 after tax.

Is that supposed to mean something to us?

March 13, 2012, 10:06 p.m.
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Joined: Nov. 20, 2002

He only gets paid once/year.

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When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity.

When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion.

March 13, 2012, 10:07 p.m.
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Empty houses/condos and the effect of foreign ownership on the housing market.

How about the foreign investment that has financed housing development in Vancouver and the LM? 15,000 units by Concord Pacific alone ….

March 13, 2012, 10:08 p.m.
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Huge demand for a small number of homes. Interest rates really low.

Can't understand why the price of housing is high.

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March 13, 2012, 10:21 p.m.
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How about the foreign investment that has financed housing development in Vancouver and the LM? 15,000 units by Concord Pacific alone ….

Ka-shing Li didn't build those to keep them empty.

March 13, 2012, 10:21 p.m.
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Joined: Aug. 4, 2009

Huge demand for a small number of homes. Interest rates really low.

Can't understand why the price of housing is high.

:lol: Supply and demand = far to difficult for the mind that doesn't think "it's" fair.

March 13, 2012, 10:24 p.m.
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Last pay cheque, 4200 after tax.

are they hiring ???

wth do you do to earn a cheque like that ??

March 13, 2012, 10:33 p.m.
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Joined: Oct. 23, 2003

are they hiring ???

wth do you do to earn a cheque like that ??

work 12 hours a day 7 days a week

Ha Ha! Made you look.

March 13, 2012, 10:35 p.m.
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Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

You're full a beans, old man. :P

B.C. household income lower than in the 1970s

dam. when lawyers and health professionals are saying its impossible you know how bad its become.

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