Focus

I do think it is going to be a bit too complicated. Why not keep it simple and look at residents who own/rent? Or something along those lines. Mortgage payments are one of the larger debts Canadians are burdened with. I think it would be interesting and narrow enough to propose a set of questions about how people feel about buying/selling in Vancouver, how many own/rent out, the range of their mortgage payments monthly perhaps. How many have paid it off? Since technically they don't "own" it unless it is paid off in full. Thoughts?

I agree with you Lida. At the end of the day what may really matter is what people's mortgage are worth and if people in Vancouver can afford to buy a house or not. I feel that we have to come up with a theory/hypothesis of some kind that we are trying to prove. What is it that we expect to see in our survey? I think we have to decide what patterns we are looking for and from there on develop the questions. Perhaps a focus could be trying through our survey to explain the reasons for over priced housing market, that may help us narrow our questions. I'm not sure this model applies to surveys as well but it could work.

I think look for a why in only 5 questions is a little hard. We could always try to find out IF people in vancouver can afford their current houses-like what was said with asking income, mortgage amount etc. By looking for why housing prices are so high requires a lot more questioning and research than we can find out in 5 Q's. when is this due?