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Moderating growth in prices, sales, housing starts and rentals outmatched by demand, lack of inventory and construction costs

And one of the most unaffordable cities in the world

Residential, industrial prices have outstripped rents, meaning there's lots of room for rate growth.

Year-over-year price increase in March was 20.7 per cent

In a report looking at scenarios that may blunt sa国际传媒's hot real estate market, RE/MAX, CIBC and the Conference Board of sa国际传媒 say Ottawa should accept more immigrant tradespeople, raise interest rates and launch a capital gains tax.

Darlene Hyde, chief executive of the sa国际传媒 Real Estate Association, said sa国际传媒's planned cooling-off period will create more problems than it solves.

The prime minister is in Vancouver for a multi-day sa国际传媒 trip.

The province introduced amendments to the Property Law Act on Monday with the aim of bringing in a cooling-off period this spring to protect home buyers, although there is no hint as to how long it will be.

A $230-million redevelopment is set to go to council for its fourth and final reading this month