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Provincial complianceBC has different service rules for notices and for dispute applications. Here is every method the Residential Tenancy Act allows, and when each document counts as received.
Provincial complianceIf a BC tenant does not pay or dispute a 10 Day Notice, a Direct Request can get you an order of possession without a hearing. Here is who qualifies, what to file and how to enforce it.
Provincial complianceAfter a BC 10 Day Notice, the tenant has 5 days to pay in full or dispute. Here is how the days are counted and what each outcome means for landlords and tenants.
Provincial complianceWhen rent is late in BC, the RTB-30 10 Day Notice is the tool. Here is when you can serve it, how to count the days, and what to do when the tenant does not pay or dispute.
Platform tutorialsA workflow for property managers serving 2027 B.C. rent increases across many units, from eligibility dates to proof of service.
Tenant resourcesYour B.C. rent can rise by at most 2.2% in 2027. Here is what that means in dollars, when it can start, and how to check your notice.
Tenant resourcesHow B.C. tenants can check whether a rent increase is lawful, what to do if it is not, and how to recover an overpayment.
Provincial complianceB.C. rent increases need three full months' notice counted from deemed receipt. Here are the serve-by dates for every 2027 effective month.
Provincial complianceA field-by-field walkthrough of B.C.'s Notice of Rent Increase (RTB-7), with a worked 2027 example and the errors that delay increases.
Provincial complianceB.C.'s 2027 rent increase limit is 2.2%. Here is how to calculate it, when to serve the RTB-7, and the rules on the 12-month gap, tenant agreements and additional increases.
Market analysisAsking rents are down 9.2% from their 2024 peak. The guideline still lets you raise rent, but on a market moving down, the most expensive number on your books is an empty month.
Legal insuranceAn N13 renoviction runs on paper, and from September 21, 2026 there's more of it: Bill 97 amends the RTA's right-of-first-refusal rules, adding written-notification duties for landlords once a tenant has preserved the right — including keeping the tenant updated when the completion date slips, which it usually does. The notice itself doesn't change: still 120 days, still a termination date at the end of a rental period, still the tenant's written notice before vacating. What changes is the file you have to keep afterward. Here's the whole paper trail from both chairs — what the tenant must send before vacating to preserve the right, what the landlord must send during the work, the rent the returning tenant pays, the compensation tiers, and the municipal licences that add duties on top.