Saeed Farahani’s Blog
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Is Vancouver’s Condo Market Turning Toward Buyers?
By late 2025, Vancouver’s condo sales are expected to continue slowing amid market challenges. High interest rates will keep borrowing costs elevated, impacting buyer affordability and financing. Foreign buyer restrictions may limit demand, easing some competition for local buyers. Population growth is slowing, potentially reducing overall condo demand in the near future. Buyers in late…
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Vancouver: Are AAA Offices the Future of Work?
AAA Real Estate in Vancouver remains in high demand despite broader office market struggles. Lower-tier office buildings face rising vacancies as tenants favour flexible, high-quality spaces with premium amenities.
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Vancouver’s Suburbs Outshine Downtown Offices in Q2
Downtown vacancy hit 11.9%, suburbs improved to 9.9%. A and AAA offices downtown still attract strong leasing.
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Will the City of Vancouver’s recent changes spur new housing construction?
Vancouver City Council approved measures to ease financial pressures on developers, including flexible DCL payments, reduced upfront CAC payments, use of surety bonds, and freezing inflation adjustments. The city aims to streamline processes, reduce wait times, and allow larger floorplates to cut costs. Experts have mixed views: some welcome relief, while others doubt the changes…
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راهبری بازار مسکن و تولید کانادا: عدم قطعیت تجاری و فرصت‌های منطقه‌ای
در سال ۲۰۲۵، اقتصاد کانادا با بی‌ثباتی تجاری و تفاوت‌های منطقه‌ای روبروست. معافیت‌های تجاری CUSMA از بخش‌هایی مانند کشاورزی حمایت می‌کند، اما تولید خودرو در جنوب انتاریو به دلیل تعرفه‌های آمریکا با کاهش اشتغال مواجه است. بازار مسکن مونترال با تقاضای قوی و رشد قیمت‌ها رونق دارد و کلگری نیز رشد پایداری را تجربه می‌کند.…
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4 Things to Do With the Equity in Your Home
The Canadian real estate market has seen significant price increases, especially in Vancouver and Toronto, enhancing home equity for many. This has led to a rise in home equity loans, with homeowners using their equity for renovations or debt consolidation. Home equity can also act as a retirement fund, encouraging older Canadians to downsize. Options…
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Immigration Slows, and so Does Vancouver’s Skyline
Vancouver’s growth just hit pause—B.C. lost population for the first time since 1951. Developers are stuck—no buyers, no financing, no builds in sight. Multi-family projects rely on 60–70% pre-sales, but without buyers, the supply chain’s stalling fast. Immigration once drove demand—now it's cooling fast. Some want the foreign buyer ban eased, others say slow growth…
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Is Vancouver Defying the Housing Slowdown?
Vancouver’s multi-family Real Estate market recorded strong quarterly sales amid national sector weakness. Developers continued launching new projects as buyer activity outpaced most other Canadian urban markets.
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Vancouver Shifts: Lower Rents, More Rentals
CMHC’s mid-year report shows Vancouver advertised rents falling year-over-year. A surge of new purpose-built rentals is easing Vancouver’s tight market.
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Vancouver Housing Market Update: Rising Inventory Paired With Signs of Future Tightening
Vancouver's residential real estate market is cooling, with home sales declining for five consecutive months and inventory reaching decade highs. Sales of luxury detached homes have dropped sharply, partly due to reduced foreign investment. Prices have fallen for four straight months. New construction, especially single-family homes, is slowing, potentially tightening future supply. Meanwhile, rental prices…
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