{"id":1766,"date":"2016-04-28T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2016-04-27T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:22:52","slug":"crucial-factors-driving-price-growth-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2016\/04\/crucial-factors-driving-price-growth-in-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Crucial Factors Driving Price Growth in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seemingly uncontrollable growth in Vancouver\u2019s real estate prices over the past few years has been subject to much debate, and opinion on the ultimate cause varies widely depending on whom one talks to. In a breakdown piece for MoneySense, senior editor and licensed realtor Romana King outlined the key factors driving this phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most notable among these is the effect of foreign capital entering the market at an unprecedented rate. King noted that data from various observers like David Ley points at an inescapable conclusion: When it comes to price growth, the volume of offshore investment is as important as the number of owner-occupiers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThrough his analysis, Ley discovered that in the last 25 years, there\u2019s been an almost 1-to-1 correlation between Vancouver\u2019s rising real estate prices and the surge in international immigration and offshore investors to this West-coast city,\u201d King wrote in her analysis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe biggest contributor to these rising housing prices is that these immigrants not only arrive with great wealth, but continue to earn high incomes outside of Canada,\u201d King said, adding that these foreigners\u2019 greater purchasing power\u2014a portion of which is allegedly involved in money laundering\u2014is pushing domestic buyers out of the picture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another reason for Vancouver\u2019s inflated prices is the proliferation of industry practitioners who engage in corrupt behaviour such as \u201cshadow flipping\u201d, where a sales contract is assigned to multiple potential buyers before the closing of the deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFast money, unscrupulous people, and a general malaise when it comes to defining and enforcing bad conduct has taken its toll on the city,\u201d King said, citing cases where the penalties imposed on erring real estate agents amounted to just small change\u2014an average of just $4,850 per offender\u2014compared to the commissions earned in less-than-ethical transactions ($22,500 on a $1.78-million property).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most importantly, King pointed at the crucial lack of regulation that has set embarrassingly low bars of entry for would-be professionals. Over 12,400 real estate agents operate in the Vancouver area alone as of 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s too easy to become a realtor in British Columbia, so the level of compliance is going to be a problem. The No. 1 way to increase public protection is to have more than a 10-week online course to get your licence,\u201d King quoted Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver committee member Keith Roy as saying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca\/news\/crucial-factors-driving-price-growth-in-vancouver-206382.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Crucial Factors Driving Price Growth in Vancouver<\/a> by Ephraim Vecina | Canadian Real Estate Wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seemingly uncontrollable growth in Vancouver\u2019s real estate prices over the past few years has been subject to much debate, and opinion on the ultimate cause varies widely depending on &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2016\/04\/crucial-factors-driving-price-growth-in-vancouver\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crucial Factors Driving Price Growth in Vancouver &#8226; 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