There's not a lot of solid data on what degree of Vancouver's housing speculators are overseas investors or local, but there is certainly is a lot of non-reside

There's not a lot of solid data on what degree of Vancouver's housing speculators are overseas investors or local, but there is certainly is a lot of non-resident owners. Non-resident occupancy approaches 24% in certain neighbourhoods of downtown, and these empty neighbourhoods are becoming ghost towns, an awful business environment for local retail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/real-estate/at-vancouvers-cold-harbour-a-neighbourhood-hollows-out/article11713598/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/real-est...