The completed forms showed 80 per cent of those paying the tax are foreign buyers and satellite families.

The report predicts 2019 will see the fewest sales since 2013.

Owners not exempt from the tax must pay their assessed amount by July 2.

The valley saw sales drop 19 per cent over April 2018, though the region did get a spring bump of 13 per cent from March of this year.

The credit union predicts a bumpy ride for the labour market this year and next.

The scammer used a real estate posting for the home to draw up a fake rental application that asked for a driver's licence and a down payment before seeing the home.

While northern BC booms, the rest of the province will slow, following a robust period of expansion.

Drury says the cost to build a non-market unit is more than $250,000 each.

A Vancouver-based real estate agent isn’t shocked by the numbers coming in from BC Assessment on property values across the province.