I’ve recently wrapped up a two-week stint covering a staff vacation at REW.ca, the online arm of Real Estate Weekly. Here are the stories:

• A Quarter of Canadian Home Buyers Plan to Buy Alone: Survey
• Action Needed to Increase Housing Affordability: Reports
• Vancouver Home Prices Up Yearly but Down Quarterly: Survey
• BC Home Sales Down 21.8% From Record Set Last March: BCREA
• BC Green Party Plans Major PTT Changes, Expanded Foreign Buyer Tax
• Vancouver One of Canada’s Best Cities to Buy Real Estate: Study
• 36% of BC Residents Expect Home Prices to Rise this Year: RBC Poll
• Spring to Bring 4,500 New Presale Condo Units to Lower Mainland Market: MLA Advisory
• Metro Vancouver Calls for “Urgent Overhaul” of BC’s Property Tax System