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  1. Newly Built Home Exemption

    Other The Newly Built Home Exemption reduces or eliminates the amount of property transfer tax you pay when you purchase a newly built home. A newly built home includes: a house constructed and affixed on a parcel of vacant land a new apartment in a newly built condominium building a manufactured home that is placed […]

  2. Shadow flipping: Assignments with another name

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  3. Do you understand the new down payment rules?

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  4. Oliver 2855 158 Street Surrey 57 townhomes by Woodbridge Properties

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  5. Historic Wilmar Residence may be preserved

    City of Vancouver ?pleased? owner pursuing retention Naoibh O?ConnorVan. Courier It’s been vacant for a decade. A proposal to preserve it fell through more than two years ago. But Vancouver’s historic Wilmar residence may yet be saved from the wrecking ball. Developer James Evans has come up with a new heritage revitalization proposal that would […]

  6. January home sales give rise to correction concerns in Toronto, Vancouver

    Alexandra PosadzkiOther Surging sales in the piping hot real estate markets of Toronto and Vancouver last month prompted one of Canada’s big banks to express concerns Tuesday that the cities may be at risk of a home price correction. The Canadian Real Estate Association reported Tuesday that sales of existing homes rose by eight per […]

  7. Just how much will recent home buying changes impact the real estate market in B.C?

    Impact of recent changes Justin da RosaOther Just how much will recent home buying changes impact the real estate market in B.C? One veteran lays it all out. “The impact of these changes will not change the Vancouver real estate market in any way at all. The real estate market is driven primarily by one […]

  8. First Time Home Buyers’ Program

    Other Here is what we know: 1. There are no changes to the first time home buyer exemption limits; 2. All buyers (whether first time buyers or not) no longer pay PTT on purchases of NEW homes up to $750,000 in value; note the buyer must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident; there […]

  9. Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog 2016-02-17 09:57:45

    BC GovernmentOther The BC government introduced its 2016 budget today. The budget included a number of items intended to affect affordability and availability in the Lower Mainland’s housing market.  Here’s a summary: Property Transfer Tax (PTT) • a New Housing exemption will apply to newly built homes or newly subdivided units priced up to $750,000, […]

  10. First Time Home Buyers’ Program

    Other Here is what we know: 1. There are no changes to the first time home buyer exemption limits; 2. All buyers (whether first time buyers or not) no longer pay PTT on purchases of NEW homes up to $750,000 in value; note the buyer must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident; there […]