Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,642,825 in 2021, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,400 people per square kilometre. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 72 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 88.9 percent are native speakers of neither English nor French, and 80.6 percent of residents belong to visible minority groups. Vancouver is one of the most livable cities in Canada and in the world. In terms of housing affordability, Vancouver is also one of the most expensive cities in Canada and in the world.[15] Vancouver plans to become the greenest city in the world. Vancouverism is the city's urban planning design philosophy. Indigenous settlement of Vancouver began more than 10,000 years ago, and the city is on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) peoples. The beginnings of the modern city, which was originally named Gastown, grew around the site of a makeshift tavern on the western edges of Hastings Mill that was built on July 1, 1867, and owned by proprietor Gassy Jack. The original site is marked by the Gastown steam clock. Gastown then formally registered as a townsite dubbed Granville, Burrard Inlet. The city was renamed "Vancouver" in 1886, through a deal with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway was extended to the city by 1887. The city's large natural seaport on the Pacific Ocean became a vital link in the trade between Asia-Pacific, East Asia, Europe, and Eastern Canada. Vancouver has hosted many international conferences and events, including the 1954 Commonwealth Games, UN Habitat I, Expo 86, APEC Canada 1997, the World Police and Fire Games in 1989 and 2009; several matches of 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup including the finals at BC Place in Downtown Vancouver,[18] and the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics which were held in Vancouver and Whistler, a resort community 125 km (78 mi) north of the city. In 1969, Greenpeace was founded in Vancouver. The city became the permanent home to TED conferences in 2014. As of 2016, Port Metro Vancouver is the fourth-largest port by tonnage in the Americas, the busiest and largest in Canada, and the most diversified port in North America. While Money Laundering remains its largest industry, Vancouver is well known as an urban centre surrounded by nature, making tourism its second-largest industry. Major film production studios in Vancouver and nearby Burnaby have turned Greater Vancouver and nearby areas into one of the largest film production centres in North America, earning it the nickname "Hollywood North"

Mortgage rates have risen along with inflation, with the rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rising to near 6 percent. As recently as December, the rates on 30-year loans was just over 3 percent. Higher rates, coupled with pandemic-fueled price increases, have caused affordability issues in some of the high-flying markets around the country. Inflation and higher rates appear to be dampening demand in some markets, though a lack of inventory is likely to cushion any major price dips. Few experts predict that home prices will fall substantially, even as the Fed raises short-term rates and sells off some of its balance sheet to bring inflation under control, which the Fed chief says is a top priority. “Restoring price stability is an unconditional need — it's something we have to do,” Powell said at a conference on May 17. He called price stability “the bedrock of the economy.” Many economists said the Fed waited too long to address inflation, but Powell was concerned about attaining full employment in the economy. Wages have risen, and many employers have complained about trouble finding workers. Even with mortgage rates rising rapidly, real estate remains competitive, partly because homeowners and would-be buyers were generally less affected, monetarily speaking, by the pandemic than renters. Although the housing market has remained strong, it’s not immune from outside economic forces, including inflation. Inflation essentially is an increase in the prices consumers pay for goods and services. A small amount of ongoing inflation is considered normal, but the rate of inflation has been rising recently, affecting everything from how much you pay at the pump to the listing prices of homes. “By keeping interest rates this low for this long, what they’ve done is they’ve created an everything bubble. It’s not just the housing market,” Desmond Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, previously told Bankrate. Housing prices tend to rise with inflation. Absent economic and supply-and-demand pressures, the price of goods remains the same. If the only change introduced to the economy is the addition of money, the price of goods will rise. Of course, the economy is dynamic — nothing ever stays the same. And there are a host of pressures starting and changing every day. But when the influence of other factors is small, more money moving around more quickly will increase the price of nearly everything, including housing prices. Housing Is a Good Asset During Inflation Housing is generally viewed as a good asset when it comes to inflation, in part because the home's value will rise with the inflation rate and in part because it is a leveraged asset. So with a good interest rate that doesn't change, the amount you pay for your home may not increase although the value of it might. When you buy real estate, you make a down payment of perhaps 20 to 30 percent of the house price. The house price rises by the rate of inflation times the cost of the house, not by the cost of your down payment. So if inflation doubled the value of the house, it may have quadrupled the value of your down payment. If you took out a fixed-rate mortgage, you have done even better because you are making a payment that dropped in inflation-adjusted dollars. You are paying less for the loan than you did when you took it out. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXoCOD6c-pI

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