BC Housing This Week: Falling Rents, Brokerage Suspensions, and Rising Title Concerns

📍 BC Homes & Real Estate This Week — November 24, 2025

This week brought some of the most significant housing developments British Columbia has seen in months. In this episode, we break down the key stories shaping the province’s real estate, rental market, development pipeline, transit planning, mortgage pressure, and land-title conversations — all in one comprehensive weekly roundup.

🏠 Here’s what I cover in today’s episode:
00:13 ✅ Two real estate brokerage licences suspended as BCFSA freezes trust accounts
01:12 ✅ Rents falling across BC — the biggest decline in over a decade
02:04 ✅ Record levels of purpose-built rental construction shifting the market
03:44 ✅ Province unveils new “Build Faster” housing approval toolkit
05:11 ✅ Metro Vancouver pivots toward long-term non-market housing strategy
05:46 ✅ Vancouver reaches major housing-target milestone
06:56 ✅ Beedie's Chinatown Project Overcomes Hurdle
07:50 ✅ City of Surrey Shuts Down Semiahmoo Town Centre Housing Project... for now
08:55 ✅ SkyTrain construction now just metres from Clayton homes
09:49 ✅ Surrey adopts new Houseplex framework for multi-unit infill
11:35 ✅ Mortgage stress rises in BC ahead of Bank of Canada decision
13:43 ✅ Renewed attention on Aboriginal title fuels land-certainty questions
16:51 ✅ Final day of the FVREB REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive
17:44 Closing
18:44 Bloopers

Whether you’re a homeowner, renter, buyer, investor, developer, or industry professional, this weekly briefing is designed to cut through headlines, misinformation, political spin, and social-media noise — and give you clear, factual, calm reporting on what’s actually happening.

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