BC property management market intelligence reports
Canada’s first statutory cooling-off period for resale residential purchases has been in force in BC since January 3, 2023. Property Law Act s.42 gives…
The BC Assessment Notice that lands in early January is not a municipal bill and not a guess. It is a statutory valuation as of July 1 of the previous year,…
Two years into the STRAA rollout, BC has registered roughly 20,000 of the original 28,000 listings, pulled non-compliant ones from Airbnb and VRBO, and begun…
Every BC depreciation report presents three funding scenarios — but the choice between them has long-term consequences for owner equity, special-levy…
Most BC landlords collect no GST and no PST on residential rent — but the exceptions are where the tax bill gets large and the penalty for getting it wrong is…
BC sets the 2026 maximum allowable rent increase at 2.3%, down from 3% in 2025. This guide explains how the cap is calculated, the notice and timing rules that…
Special levies are the most contested item on the BC strata council agenda. Getting the legal mechanics right — vote thresholds, notice timing, payment terms,…
Anyone providing rental property management or strata management services for compensation in BC must be licensed under RESA, with rare exemptions. This guide…
Vancouver homeowners face overlapping vacancy and underused-housing taxes from three levels of government — and the federal layer was repealed in late 2025.…
BC's 2024 depreciation report reform closed the deferral loophole, shortened the cycle to five years, and established hard 2026 and 2027 deadlines for stratas…
BC strata insurance deductibles can run from $100,000 to $750,000 or higher. The Strata Property Act allows the corporation to recover the deductible from the…
BC's Residential Tenancy Branch resolves landlord-tenant disputes through a hearing process that runs from application to binding decision in 6 to 30 days for…
