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Under the BC Real Estate Services Act, anyone paid to manage a strata must be BCFSA-licensed — but owners volunteering on their own council are exempt. The…
Rental demand in BC is not flat across the calendar. Lease-up speed, achievable rent, and tenant quality all move with the seasons. This guide gives owners a…
Strata bylaws are enforceable rules, but they are not unlimited. The SPA sets a specific procedure for enforcement, caps the fine amount, requires a hearing…
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…
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