One of the reasons why it is hard to get accurate buyer information, is that the information we do have is deliberately withheld.

It took an FOI from the Northshore News to get the BC Liberal government to release stats on the  number of foreign buyers in West and North Vancouver.

You have to ask yourself why, oh why does the government refuse to release information pertaining as to who buys real estate? 

Just like the Feds for so many years, refused to release data regarding the number of immigrants via Quebec's Investor program who were packing their bags and heading  to Vancouver, and to a lesser extent Toronto.  As in almost all of them.

(Just because the BC Liberals wanted this not released.. 24% of the RE sales in West Vancouver were to foreign buyers before the implementation of the tax.).