It’s Time to Reduce the Tax Burden on BC Home Buyers
April 24th, 2013The Property Transfer Tax has not been adjusted to reflect the housing market in 26 years.
Do you think a reduction is overdue?
In 1987 the BC government introduced the Property Transfer Tax (PTT), then called the Property Purchase Tax. It was touted as a wealth tax that would discourage speculation at the high end of the rea ...

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s most recent account of the previous month’s residential real estate sales and listings activity points to an increased stabilization of the local market. While sales did decrease ...
If ads sold homes, you wouldn't need a Realtor. Ads are useful to attract attention, but most homes aren't sold through ads. What an ad does is invite buyers to contact you, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you will attract real buyers. A Realtor is experienced at screening these people and dev ...
Should you rent your home, or buy it? It's a question that all Canadians wrestle with at some point in their lives.
On August 26, 2011, the provincial government announced that it will eliminate the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) by March 31, 2013. Commencing April 1, 2013, in BC the HST will be replaced by the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the BC Provincial Sales Tax (PST). On February 17, 2012, the BC Ministry of Finance and the federal Ministry of ...
Council's priority is to end street homelessness by 2015.
Dramatically growing numbers of mobile, wealthy individuals around the world promise to push up demand for luxury real estate, making high-end properties in Canada’s biggest cities increasingly valuable.
To support the City's renters, we are creating an online searchable database of rental apartments in Vancouver.
In November 2012, the City purchased the former Ramada Inn hotel at 3484 Kingsway and will convert the building into non-market housing.



