Real estate round up from CBC Vancouver's new podcast, SOLD!

A new CBC Vancouver original podcast called SOLD! delves into the generously-sized debacle that is Metro Vancouver's real estate scene. Here are the stories that came out of it.

From racism to regrets, a series of stories to understand Vancouvers real estate market

CBC News Posted: May 13, 2018 9:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 14, 2018

A new CBC Vancouver original podcast called SOLD! delves into the debacle that is Metro Vancouver's real estate scene.

Hosted by CBC Radio One's Stephen Quinn, SOLD! addresses how we got to now, why foreign investment is only part of the story and where B.C. is heading next.

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SOLD! is available at CBC Podcasts or Apple Podcasts.

Here are some stories about real estate and housing affordability that came out of the podcast this week.

The race card
Read about it in both English and Chinese.

Race and real estate: Chinese Canadians sound off about stereotypes and prejudice

"A lot of times you're being misjudged," says Weymi Cho, right, a former cast member of Ultra Rich Asian Girls. (Bal Brach/CBC News)

A tumultuous history
How we got to where we are.

Dirty deals and speculation: 3 major turning points in the history of Vancouver real estate

How former Vancouver city planners would have done things differently

Q&A: Former finance minister Kevin Falcon explains B.C. Liberal role in housing crisis

What does it all mean?
The nuts and bolts of what you need to know.

10 terms to make sense of Vancouver's wild real estate market

The housing market is tearing us apart, new poll suggests

Rows and rows of single-family homes are seen in this aerial shot of Vancouver. — BC Assessment has released their latest property values based on what they were worth in July, 2018. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)

Breaking down the economy
A decade of soaring real estate prices that have turned ordinary homeowners into paper millionaires

Breaking down the B.C. economy's risky reliance on real estate

Greater Vancouver's luxury real estate market is softening, report shows

Vancouver single-family home sales see weakest April in decades

Real people, real stories
The human cost of a housing crisis.

'It's disheartening': home rental bidding wars reach the suburbs

Dozens of seniors forced out of their Surrey, B.C., manufactured home park

Analysis
Amazon's creation of 3,000 well-paid jobs could simply displace 3,000 other people

Bob Potter, 87, has lived at Green Tree Estates in Surrey for nearly a decade. The manufactured home park will soon be replaced with townhouses and residents have to be out of their homes by the end of 2019. (Jesse Johnston/CBC)

Selling B.C., the politics
A look at B.C.'s new school tax and how it fits into the housing crisis.

Housing affordability will be the 'only issue' in Vancouver municipal election

Q&A: Carole James on school tax and asking owners of $3M homes 'to pay a little bit more'

Point Grey residents rally after David Eby postpones school-tax town hall

If you are interested in more stories about Vancouver's real estate market, check out CBC's new podcast, SOLD! Host Stephen Quinn explores how foreign investment in real estate divides community, class and culture. Find it atCBC PodcastsorApple Podcasts.

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