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Increase the highest in five years
Allowable rent increase for month-to-month tenants set at 4 per cent for 2018, the highest in 5 years.
B.C. tenants rights advocates are calling on the new BC NDP government to freeze rents and deliver on its affordable housing campaign promises....

B.C. announces legislation to close fixed-term rental loophole. If passed, new rules will apply to both new and existing tenancy agreements
Critics say the loophole allows landlords to bypass rent controls by having residents sign a fixed-term lease with move-out clauses. At the end of each term, tenants must either move out or sign a new lease at a reassessed market rental rate....

Civil Resolution Tribunal – Strata Managers Responsibilities
The strata council can pay a strata property manager to help run the strata corporation. Strata property management companies offer a range of services.
Strata property managers are licensed and regulated by the Real Estate Council of BC (RECBC). RECBC also addresses public complaints about strata property managers....

New mortgage rules could disqualify 10% of buyers says Bank of Canada
New mortgage stress tests coming in 2018 could disqualify about 10% of prospective home buyers with larger down payments ineligible for a loan according to the Bank of Canada.
The numbers are based on the proportion of low-ratio mortgages issued between mid-2016 and mid-2017 that would have been disqualified if the new mortgage rules had already been in force....