с рентом оказывается в Ване в последнее время тоже не все сладко, как тут пытаются убедить некоторые авторы... приезжаешь или ищешь новое жилье готовься к совершенно другим ценам
Greater Vancouver (August 2016):
Renters spending 30 per cent or more on shelter - 45%
Renters spending 50 per cent or more on shelter - 24%
Canadians who rent are forced to scrap over a dwindling supply of housing that has never been more expensive
Vacancy rates in Vancouver and Toronto are at historic lows, under 1 per cent in most of the Lower Mainland markets, including even as far away as Abbotsford, and at 1.6 per cent in Toronto.
Rents are increasing dramatically on units when tenants leave and, under current rent-control laws across the country, landlords are free to raise prices to whatever the new normal will bear if there is a new tenant. In the other, new renters find themselves facing limited choice and often the sticker shock of much higher rents than the statistical average.
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation noted last fall that Vancouver saw the highest number of apartments built in the region in 30 years. That was 834 units. In the meantime, 33,013 people moved to B.C. last year, well over half of them destined for the Lower Mainland.
The rate of home ownership in Canada has increased from 60 per cent in 1971 to 69 per cent in recent years.
That’s not just because the Canadian and provincial governments have any number of policies in place that tip the scales in favour of home ownership, such as the capital-gains exemption for any profits made on a principal residence, homeowner grants, permission to use RRSPs for down payments, and more.
There’s also a stick – the fear of being forced to move at any time – along with the carrots.
