by Jonathan Cooper | Sep 5, 2024 | Guest Columns
It was a rainy fall day in October 2015. I was inching through downtown traffic when an agent from one of our offices called me. One of my jobs was to help our agents when they had clients who had real estate needs outside of our service area. “What’s the situation?”...
by Jonathan Cooper | Apr 25, 2024 | Guest Columns
As political parties jockey for position in advance of the next federal election (taking place in October 2025, at the latest), the housing supply in Canada continues to be a major topic in the public discourse. Since the last election, the Liberal Government launched...
by Jonathan Cooper | Feb 21, 2024 | Guest Columns
In the fall of 2023, with a stroke of the legislative pen, British Columbia’s government rezoned most single-family neighbourhoods in the province to permit 3 to 6 units per lot. Policy move to address ‘missing middle’ It’s an ambitious and...
by Jonathan Cooper | Nov 27, 2023 | Guest Columns
Over the last few months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke repeatedly about a Canadian housing crisis and the need to “build more homes, faster”. The removal of GST on purpose-built rental buildings was a good step, and a tangible manifestation of the political...
by Jonathan Cooper | Sep 22, 2023 | Guest Columns
Topics related to housing affordability prevail in political campaigns, media headlines, and social conversations. This is a manifestation of a long-term challenge facing Canadians: for over two decades, housing costs have been consuming a progressively larger...
