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  1. Forms can help dispute claims

    FINANCES: Stratas must disclose details on Form F Payment Certificate Tony GioventuThe Province Dear Tony: In order for us to sell our condo, our strata recently forced us to pay $1,500 in fines for an alteration that we did not make to the exterior of our condo; it was made by a previous owner and […]

  2. Foreign buyers tax fallout seals thousands of deals, sinks others: realtors

    Metro Vancouver realtors are saying deals are collapsing because of the new 15 per cent tax on foreign home buyers JEFF LEE,, CHERYL CHAN, and ROB SHAW The Vancouver Sun Realtors and lawyers desperate to get in under the deadline filed a record-setting 15,000 property transfer applications on Thursday and Friday, the last business days before B.C.’s […]

  3. Metro Vancouver home sales plunge in July

    July home sales fell 18.9% compared to year previous and 26.7% from last month Glen Korstrom Vancouver Courier Home sales in Metro Vancouver fell 18.9% in July, compared with the same month a year ago, and 26.7%, compared with June, according to statistics that the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver released August 3. Prices, […]

  4. Mike Stewart Vancouver agent under investigation for advocating tax evasion

    Vancouver agent under investigation for advocating tax evasion Ephraim VecinaCanadian Real Estate Wealth A Vancouver-based industry professional is now being investigated by the Real Estate Council of British Columbia after supposedly advising his clients on how to successfully go around the province’s newly imposed 15 per cent foreign buyer’s tax. Real estate agent Mike Stewart […]

  5. NDP demand probe of real estate agent’s knowledge of B.C. foreign property tax

    The government told the press they were looking at slowing foreign investment in BC on multiple occasions Mortgage Broker News British Columbia’s New Democrat housing critic is calling for an investigation into whether a prominent Vancouver real estate agent and B.C. Liberal government insider had advance knowledge of a controversial new tax on foreign property […]

  6. Vancouver?s new residential tax on foreigners starts Tuesday, here?s what to expect next

    Legal woes, lost deals feared as tax begins ? GARRY MARRThe Vancouver Sun The new tax on purchases of residential property in metro Vancouver by foreigners that takes effect Tuesday is expected to cause further disruption to Canada’s most expensive housing market. Vancouver realtors spent the past week and much of the holiday weekend scrambling to […]

  7. B.C. foreign buyer tax won’t make big dent in housing affordability, experts say

    Experts are expressing doubt a property transfer tax on foreign buyers that takes effect Tuesday will have a significant impact on housing affordability The Vancouver Sun The next four to six months will be uncertain until the different players in the market decide how to react to the 15 per cent tax, said Anne McMullin, […]