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    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    21-09-2016
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  2. Confidence about Canadian housing at lowest levels since 2009

    Homeowners preparing for a decline in real estate value Ephraim VecinaMortgage Broker News The fraction of Canadians who are preparing themselves for a decline in the value of their real estate increased to 24.6 per cent on the week ending September 16, according to the latest poll by Bloomberg. In addition, the share of respondents predicting […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    20-09-2016
    Real Estate Related

  3. Confidence about Canadian housing at lowest levels since 2009

    Homeowners preparing for a decline in real estate value Ephraim VecinaMortgage Broker News The fraction of Canadians who are preparing themselves for a decline in the value of their real estate increased to 24.6 per cent on the week ending September 16, according to the latest poll by Bloomberg. In addition, the share of respondents predicting […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    20-09-2016
    Real Estate Related

  4. Household debt outstrips Canadian GDP for the first time

    Ephraim VecinaMortgage Broker News Canadian households’ debt load has surpassed the nation’s economic output for the first time in history, as credit-market debt (including mortgages) swelled to 167.6 per cent of income during the second quarter of the year. According to fresh data released by Statistics Canada on September 15, the ratio between household debt and […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    20-09-2016
    Real Estate Related

  5. Commissioning of new building crucial for strata council

    Commissioning crucial first step Tony Gioventu other Dear Tony: We purchased our Burnaby condo in the spring and our strata is about to hold its first annual general meeting. One of the agenda items posed to the property manager is the requirement for commissioning of the building before the strata council takes over responsibility. We […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    20-09-2016
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  6. CIBC economist says Ontario will have to tax foreign buyers

    The government needs to take action to make borrowing harder Steve Randall Mortgage Broker News Ontario will have to follow BC in taxing foreign home buyers in order to cool the Greater Toronto Area housing market according to CIBC economist Benjamin Tal. In a client note, Tal said that as evidence is starting to reveal […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    19-09-2016
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  7. Proposals for cracking down on tax evasion in hot markets

    Ephraim VecinaMortgage Broker News Amid the federal and provincial governments’ current efforts to stamp out tax evasion in overheated real estate markets such as Vancouver and Toronto, various observers have offered their suggestions on what can be done to address the most pernicious effects of these illicit financial activities. Speaking to The Globe and Mail, Vancouver-based […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    19-09-2016
    Real Estate Related

  8. Money laundering in real estate needs more federal attention – observer

    Calls for federal intervention on housing situation intensify Ephraim Vecina Mortgage Broker News While much discussion has been revolving around the purported effect of foreign buyers on Canadian’s home prices, observers argued that another topic that merits increased federal attention is the proliferation of illicit financial activity in the country’s residential real estate segment. In a […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    19-09-2016
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  9. Exodus to Toronto and Seattle underway

    Luxury home market slips in Vancouver, but picks up in Toronto, Sotheby’s says Ephraim Vecina Mortgage Broker News Last month’s imposition of the 15 per cent foreign buyers’ tax by the British Columbia government has spurred a mass exit of hopeful home owners from Vancouver to Toronto and Seattle, according to an international real estate […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    19-09-2016
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  10. Canadians cool on home buying despite low interest rates

    Buyers optimistic of a Vancouver, Toronto bargain Steve RandallMortgage Broker News While interest rates may be low, with little expectation of that changing anytime soon, an increasing number of Canadians do not believe that it’s a good time to buy a home. A survey by Manulife found that just 25 per cent of those who […]

    By Les Twarog Vancouver Real Estate and Condo Blog
    19-09-2016
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