Foreign Buyer Tax

• Are foreign buyers being ‘scapegoated?’ This B.C. senator thinks so

  "All of this focus... is pushing our politicians to come up with kind of knee-jerk responses to target and attack foreign buyers."

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2018
  
• Luxury home sales in Vancouver, Toronto plummet after government measures: Re/Max

  Even luxury real estate buyers are holding off in Toronto and Vancouver.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2017
  
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• Hong Kong woman wants her ex out of B.C. home. The problem? His name is on the title

  She put the house in his name to avoid the foreign buyers' tax. But now she claims he won't leave.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2017
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• Home sales to foreign buyers drop in southern Ontario

  The latest home sales data show a drop in the number of purchases by non-Canadians in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2017
• Foreign buyers concentrated in Toronto and suburbs after new real estate tax

  The Ontario government says there were 857 residential and agricultural real estate purchases by foreigners in the Greater Golden Horseshoe - which stretches from the Niagara Region to Peterborough, Ont. - between April 24 and May 26.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2017
• Foreign buyer activity in Ontario market at about 5%, government says

  The foreign buyer tax was one part of a 16-part housing plan the government introduced as the housing market in the Toronto area.

  Money

  Jul 4, 2017
• Toronto-area home sales drop in May after province introduces foreign buyers’ tax

  The average selling price for all properties in May was $863,910, up from $752,100 the same month last year, but that was down from $919,614 in April, the first month-over-month drop this year.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2017
• Ontario finance minister can’t say if foreign buyer tax will affect GTA housing market

  When asked what data the decision to implement such a tax was based on, Charles Sousa cited a November 2016 Toronto Real Estate Board survey that suggested foreign buyers were involved in about five per cent of purchases.

  Economy

  Apr 21, 2017
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• Why Canada wins, but many Torontonians lose, from Ontario’s new housing measures

  Measures can help tame the city's housing bubble but won't make homes affordable.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2017
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• As Toronto weighs housing tax, prices in Vancouver are creeping up again

  Housing taxes may be only a temporary fix, economists warn

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2017