News: Vancouver Real Estate Market

The BC housing market entered 2025 with a sense of optimism. After a slow couple of years, sales were finally rebounding, thanks to falling interest rates and pent-up demand. But just as momentum began to build, a new challenge emerged: uncertainty.

Specifically, the uncertainty surrounding the United States’ unpredictable tariff policy under President Donald Trump has weighed heavily on households and businesses alike, and the housing market is no exception.

How Uncertainty Is Impacting Home Sales...

Summary of Findings:

• A tariff on all Canadian imports to the United States would have serious consequences for the Canadian and BC economies.

• A 25% tariff would push both the Canadian and BC economies into recession. The impact could be compounded by a broader trade war and retaliatory tariffs by Canada.

• Under the most likely scenario, the BC housing market would see a temporary decline in activity before posting a robust recovery as mortgage rates decline substantially, thereby unleashing pent-up demand....

Vancouver's booming real estate industry is being targeted in a federal money-laundering audit that could potentially lead to massive fines and jail time for realtors.

Ottawa's increased examination of Vancouver real estate deals has been under way for several months and has been revealed in a Province investigation that obtained rare internal data and risk-analysis reports from Canada's financial intelligence unit, Fintrac.

Documents obtained under access to information...