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A number of sellers willing to sell below value
A debate is ongoing with the Vancouver Home Project where homeowners willing to sell below market value are paired with buyers, and the conventional way real estate is transacted.
Wave of stratas could disband, sell whole buildings to developers after new legislation
About 24 stratas across Metro Vancouver are debating on whether to dissolve their stratas and sell the entire building to developers.
Is Montreal the next big foreign buyers' haven?
Montreal real estate market is not as hot as Toronto or Vancouver. Foreign buyers will seek investments outside BC.
Prices in GTA up by more than 20 per cent in July
Toronto is having the same problem that Vancouver is having. Demand is high and inventory is low.
Scuttled Home Purchases, Legal Risks Mount From Vancouver Tax
Like dominos falling in a row real estate deals are falling apart because of the new foreign buyers tax.
Vancouver leads world again in property value increases
House prices rose 36% over the past year making it the highest in the world.
B.C. NEGLECTED NAFTA WHEN APPLYING NEW TAX
B.C. legislators passed into law a tax bill that deprives Americans of their NAFTA opportunities and protections. B.C. MLAs have thus put British Columbians and all Canadians with U.S. residential real estate at risk of U.S. retaliatio
New tax on foreign buyers might induce price growth instead – analysis
Chinese billionaires look at the 15% tax as a rounding figure. Vancouver might serve as a test case for other markets.
Tales of a Vancouver luxury broker in a transformed market
Foreign buyers with money will continue to buy. The sale price will just get higher.
Realtor rallies East Vancouver homeowners for $25-million land deal
10 homes on Renfrew Street are the center of a land assembly project that appears to be speculative, suggesting commercial at ground level and market rentals above.
Canada beholden to housing boom
Canada's economy is reliant for growth on bank lending and the hot Vancouver and Toronto housing markets.
Metro Vancouver Home Sales Plunge – But Prices Continue to Soar: REBGV
REBGV sales analysis for July
Mike Stewart Vancouver agent under investigation for advocating tax evasion
The Real Estate Council is investigating the actions of Stewart, with the government looking on to make sure justice is done.
Metro Vancouver home sales plunge in July
Even though sales were down, prices continue to rise. Are normal market trends on the horizon?
Can we have a correction please say Vancouverites
90% of Vancouverites agree with the new tax and 87% back the proposed vacant homes tax. Three quarters of respondents to the poll believe foreign buyers will find a loop hole.
Vancouver’s new residential tax on foreigners starts Tuesday, here’s what to expect next
Heavy traffic at the Land Tile and Survey Authority over the weekend as agents tried to close deals before the new tax took affect today.
Metro Vancouver foreign buyer tax: New poll shows high support
An Angus Reid poll says that Lower Mainlanders agree with the new transfer tax.
Foreigners buy $885M worth of Vancouver real estate in just 5 weeks - study
New data from the BC Government shows how much foreign buyers are purchasing real estate in Vancouver.
Vancouver’s 15% foreign buyer tax: Have your say
Many real estate agents and developers are critical about the new transfer tax. Name calling has been sited many times.
Tax on foreign homebuyers expected to boost lenders
The new transfer tax could slow the Vancouver house prices significantly giving a positive outlook for Canadian Banks.
New Metro Vancouver property transfer tax could affect outlying areas
The new transfer tax applies to buyers of homes in Metro Vancouver which could lead the investors buying in the Fraser Valley or Okanagan.
Top Vancouver realtor rapped for trying to avoid new 15% property transfer tax
The Real Estate council of B.C. is investigating Mike Stewart of Century 21 for suggesting ways to avoid the new 15% transfer tax on foreign buyers.
Vancouver housing market sees risk rating jump to 'high': CMHC
The latest from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is that there is strong evidence of a housing imbalances across the country.
Foreign buyers in Metro Vancouver twice as high as previously thought
The previous lower figure did not take into count the month of June which is a busy purchasing month for foreign buyers.
Lenders prepare for 50 per cent correction in Vancouver prices
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is suggesting banks prepare for the worse case scenario in house prices dropping
LIBERALS SWING HAMMER WITH NEW HOUSING BILL
On Monday July 25 the Liberal Government promised re-regulation of the real estate industry and Mayor Gregor Robertson's power for Vancouver to tax vacant residential properties.
B.C. adds 15 percent foreign buyers tax to insulate Metro real estate
Other countries that have imposed a tax on foreign real estate buyers have shown a reduction in home price increase.
Vacancy tax is a numbers game
The City of Vancouver wants government data on home ownership so that they can apply a vacant house tax.
B.C. launches new 15% on foreigners who buy residential properties
More info on the new transfer tax from the Vancouver Courier
Premier unveils plan to tax foreign real-estate buyers an extra 15 per cent
Foreign buyers will be taxed an extra 15% by way of the property transfer tax on non-Canadians. Beginning August 2 it will apply to all residential property in Metro Vancouver.
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