Foreign Buyers Tax Bc

• B.C. budget: new housing taxes might not knock down prices, but they could help tame them

  SFU Prof. Joshua Gordon: "This is a measure that helps reconnect the housing market to the local labour market by discouraging ownership by people who aren't making income locally."

  Feb 21, 2018
  
• 4 charts that show how foreign buyers’ taxes can yank prices down in Vancouver, and elsewhere

  The CMHC stressed that it doesn't dispute that foreign buyers affect home prices.

  Feb 9, 2018
  
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• New Vancouver mortgages took a ‘significant’ hit after foreign buyers tax, data show

  And it's a sign that the tax has affected more than just foreign investment, analysts say.

  Economy

  Sep 6, 2017
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• SFU prof argues B.C.’s foreign buyers’ tax was set up to fail

  "They sent a message to the market: 'Hey, we're not going to let prices fall.'"

  Aug 9, 2017