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Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson is a real estate analyst and investor and former engineer.

Conservative policies hurt the middle class

If you accept the theory presented in my last article that high income inequality helps create persistently weak and unstable economies, the question then becomes what causes inequality and how can...
Real estate comparison: $18.8M West Van waterfront vs $599,000 New West bungalow

How the rich got richer and you got the shaft

The Great Recession and the Great Depression have many similarities.
Vancouver's housing numbers describe a bubble real estate market

How to tell we're in a housing bubble

Michael Wilson says standard investment analysis clearly shows we're in a housing bubble.
Agricultural Land Reserve next to high-priced housing

OPINION: Very little about the housing situation is the result of a free market

When people invoke free-market principles to push back against policy changes what they really mean is the current environment is working for them, says Michael Wilson

How we know global capital drives Vancouver real estate

Last fall, around September, I noted that housing prices were once again rising. At the time, I thought Vancouverites were rushing to get into the market before rates increased.  But price...