real estate

3:10AM
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In an effort to make housing more affordable in Greater Vancouver, B.C.’s latest budget exempts newly-built homes worth up to $750,000 from the property transfer tax.


10:39AM
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There’s been a lot of media coverage on “house flipping” in Vancouver, and quick sales are common in many real estate markets.


9:58AM
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A recent study found that 70 per cent of detached homes listed in Vancouver’s West Side went to Mainland Chinese buyers. But is this a problem?


9:15AM
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Like most taxes, the land-transfer tax does more than transfer money from homebuyers to the government—it stifles economic activity and makes moving less attractive.


8:12AM
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The prime minister's "foreign ownership" plan may make for good politics but the underlying economics is questionable, to say the least.