Its time a lot of countries accepted reality that while it's nice to have houses, it's time to give up on everything being a few stories high and start making tall (30+floor) residential building zones with high speed transport inwards to the cities. I have ethical issues with buying existing homes as an investment as it seems to just be just stealing from the next generation but I build them so other than the land, I'm increasing supply a bit.
Vancouver is one of the outrageous crazy housing markets. Drinking water out of a public water fountain in Vancouver will cost you about $10 dollars per mouth full of water...sarcasm because water is free in Canada. wrbtrader
They tried that in Ireland and got a big surprise, the government got beaten down. People finally had a red line nobody in power expected to see. Snag was it helped fuel the rise of a party that used to be the political wing of the IRA, Sinn Fein. The younger generation don't remember how big a bunch of unaccountable a-holes they were deep down and protest voted them out of the fringe.
Hot water that requires heat and heat (electricity is taxed ? Actually, some municipalities in Canada, fund their water and waste water through property taxes. Simply, a lot more people stayed home during the Pandemic. I'm expecting my property taxes to go up even more next year after they went up the past two years on both my properties that are located in different municipalities. My teenagers use a crazy amount of water. wrbtrader
I'm referring to municipalities that have a consumption-based water tax in addition to municipal (and school) taxes.
Ahhh...that's right...Vancouver is one of those municipalities that has that tax... Use less water...pay less. Pay more for food, pay more for gas, pay more property tax...everything is going up. Neighbor traded in two of their cars for electric vehicles... I may do the same. wrbtrader
Drone carrying bag of handguns from United States to Canada intercepted by tree, which is immediately signed by the Maple Leafs to play goal keeper. Drone carrying bag of handguns from United States to Canada intercepted by tree Police say they found 11 illegal guns inside a white shopping bag on the Canadian side of the border https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond...tates-to-canada-intercepted-by-tree-1.6438267
Yeah, watch that. In Ireland the price of charging an electric at a charging point is getting closer to parity with the price of diesel for the same journey. Governments won't lose the fuel tax revenue.