Real estate agent Laurel Qiu looks out from the living room window of the waterfront home under renovation in North Vancouver, B.C. Real estate agent Laurel Qiu looks out from the living room window of the waterfront home under renovation in North Vancouver, B.C. Throughout the summer, The Globe's B.C. bureau is taking an in-depth look at housing in the Vancouver region, where skyrocketing prices are limiting who can afford to buy a home in Canada's third-largest city and what those homes look like. We're examining trends in the Lower Mainland's housing market, as well as following buyers who are trying to navigate it.