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  1. Condo ‘presales’ could be left in chaos by new B.C. tax, industry warns

    Susan Lazaruk & Rob Shaw The Province B.C.’s new tax for foreign buyers could end up causing a “huge mess” that hurts Canadian property owners if the province doesn’t exempt soon-to-close contracts and condo “presale” agreements, real estate insiders say. The tax, announced Monday by the B.C. government, imposes an additional 15 per cent property transfer tax […]

  2. Lenders prepare for 50 per cent correction in Vancouver prices

    Steve RandallMortgage Broker News It’s unlikely to happen, but some of Canada’s largest mortgage lenders have been told to prepare for some seriously scary drops in home prices. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has told Canada’s banks that they should stress test for a 50 per cent decline in home prices in […]

  3. Sun commercial and Ex realtor Julia LAU being investigated in a $500M scandal

    Chinese tycoon allegedly at the centre of $0.5B in B.C property deals Ephraim Vecina Mortgage Broker News   A Chinese property tycoon who supposedly left the mainland in connection with a banking scandal (involving allegedly irregular loans discovered via a nationwide audit) is said to be at the centre of more than half a billion […]

  4. Clarification on the foreign buyer tax

    additional Property Transfer Tax on Residential Property Transfers to Foreign Entities in the Greater Vancouver Regional district other Download Document

  5. B.C. adds 15 percent foreign buyers tax to insulate Metro real estate

    Premier unveils foreign buyers tax on Metro Vancouver real estate ? ROB SHAWThe Vancouver Sun A foreign buyers tax introduced in a surprise move by the B.C. Liberal government on Monday may cool the high end of Metro Vancouver’s red hot real estate market, even if it contains several potential loopholes and unintended consequences, experts […]

  6. B.C. Liberals unveil a surprise 15-per-cent tax on foreign home buyers in Metro

    Premier?s announcement of foreign-buyers tax about-face from previous position on the issue Michael SmythThe Province In a hyper-inflated housing market fuelled partly by quick-buck property flippers, the biggest flip of all came Monday from Premier Christy Clark. A big flip-flop, that is, after the Clark government brought in a surprise 15-per-cent tax on foreign home […]

  7. Premier unveils plan to tax foreign real-estate buyers an extra 15 per cent

    B.C. Premier Christy Clark has unveiled her government’s proposed new legislation aimed at reining in housing costs Rob Shaw The Province  Foreign buyers of Metro Vancouver real estate will be taxed an additional 15 per cent, the government announced Monday in new legislation. The tax would increase the property transfer tax on non-Canadian citizens purchasing homes. […]

  8. FRAUD PROBE LINKED TO TYCOON AT CENTRE OF $500M+

    Mysterious wheeler-dealer is at centre of a web of B.C. real estate deals Sam Cooper The Province A Chinese property tycoon linked to a massive banking scandal in China’s industrial north is at the centre of more than $500 million in B.C. property deals, a joint investigation by Postmedia and global due diligence firm IPSA […]

  9. Portfolio homes at Predator Ridge Vernon BC 12 semi-detached homes and 5 single family homes by Wesbild developers

    ? MICHAEL BERNARDThe Vancouver Sun Predator Ridge: Portfolio/Trademark/Havencrest Project location: Vernon Project size: A total of 12 new semi-detached homes (Portfolio) and five single-family homes (Trademark), both in the Whitetail neighbourhood. In the new Havencrest neighbourhood, 17 single-home lots between one third and two thirds of an acre. Prices: Portfolio homes sell for $535,000 for […]

  10. Residences at Gateway 33553 Marshall Road Abbotsford 48 condos in a six storey wood frame building by Boulevard Group

    Couple ends their months-long home hunt at Abbotsford?s Residences at Gateway CLAUDIA KWANThe Vancouver Sun Project name: Residences at Gateway  Project location: 33553 Marshall Road, Abbotsford Project size: 48 homes in a six-storey wood frame building in Phase I Residence size: 1 – 3 bed, 703 – 1,238 sq. ft. Prices: starting from mid $200,000s […]