The BC Government recently released its annual budget and it had
a great surprises that will directly benefit first time home-buyers. Thanks
to this change the threshold for the First Time Home-Buyer PTT
exemption has increase from $425,000 to $475,000. This brings your total
saving up to $7,500 on your first home purchase.
How do you qualify for full
exemption and how do you qualify f ...
BC home owners gradually receiving their property assessment values. Whether you want it up or down depending on whether you want to sell or buy. Well, unless you are buying and selling along the pipeline plans, looks like your assessment value remain very stable. Click "Pipeline plans fuel house-price boom in parts of B.C." to read more.
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December 3, 2013
Steady trends continue in the Greater Vancouver housing market
Consistent home sale and listing activity has allowed balanced market conditions to prevail in the Greater Vancouver housing market for most of 2013.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,321 ...
Will PST make the purchase of pricier homes cheaper?
Most of the BC residents will not reap any tax savings especially the government introduced the 2 % transitional tax, only the purchase over 850k will see the difference. Read the article for details.
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B.C. looks into entering China’s ‘dim sum bond’ marketWonder how BC govt going to put a pretty package together to sell the "dim sum bond" to China & HK investors. Our ROI on Bonds & lending rates are so low. Will our "safe haven" status be good enough to attract Asia investors?Click for detail : China’s ‘dim sum bond’ market
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B.C. Economic Forecast 2012-2016
Modest overall economic growth through 2013, averaging 2% annually. To read more in details, click Economic Analysis of British Columbia . Hope this will give you a good idea how to plan your long term real estate investment. This general indication shows B.C. is still in steady healthy economic atmosphere despite the weak global economy.
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New Rules for government-backed insured mortgages for residential properties of 1-4 units
As you are probably already aware, on June 21st, 2012, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced changes to the rules for government-backed insured mortgages for residential properties of 1-4 units. In total, four new measures were announced for new government-backed insured mortgages.
The maximum a ...
Benefits of homebuying in B.C.This goes back to "half glass full, half glass empty" theory. No matter what happens in any aspect of life, there are people always have negative & positive things to say about any situation. People likes to remember the bad thing & pay less attention to the good thing. I always say the media has a mission to tell the bad story because bad story sells. Well, ...
Information about the new HST/PST housing transitional rules
These GST, PST, HST games are giving us lots of confusion in the past few years. This has create more works for lawyers, accountants & more grief to the public. Anyway, want to know how this affects your presale contract, recreational property, vacant land purchase& new rental housing rebate, click Information about the new ...
