Online HST survey… Share your thoughts!
British Columbians are being invited to participate in a new online survey on the harmonized sales tax. The call for feedback is an important part of the recently announced public engagement process, as government looks closely at the options to improve the HST and the consequences of a return to the PST and GST system. The survey provides taxpayers with an opportunity to communicate their views directly to government and asks a range of questions on measures to improve the HST. The survey is online at www.HSTinBC.ca/survey. On April 14, the B.C. government announced the Talking Taxes public...
Read MoreCREA Revises Annual Resale Housing Forecast
By mcherun OTTAWA – November 5, 2010 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has lowered its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®)Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2010 and 2011. Sales activity in the third quarter of 2010 began on a weak footing, but gained traction as the quarter progressed. Improving momentum for home sales activity suggests the resale housing market is stabilizing, but weaker than expected third quarter activity has reduced CREA’s annual forecast. National sales activity is now expected to reach...
Read MoreMarket Conditions Beginning to Improve
Vancouver, BC – October 13, 2010. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province declined 36 per cent to 5,511 units in September compared to the same month last year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, MLS® residential unit sales in the province increased 2 per cent in September from August 2010. The average MLS® residential price climbed 4 per cent to $493,846 in September compared to the same month last year. “BC home sales increased for the second consecutive month in September,” said Cameron...
Read MoreMLA's + HST = SNAFU
By Tom Fletcher – BC Local News Published: August 26, 2010 10:00 AM Thanks Tom, for some more great coverage on the HST debate. I think that no matter how hard people will try… HST is here to stay…. VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal government should accept the people's verdict quickly and make a deal with Ottawa to get out of the harmonized sales tax. That's the message from an NDP member of the committee that has until December to decide what to with B.C.'s first successful citizen initiative. Victoria-Swan Lake MLA Rob Fleming says the...
Read MoreCanada's Resale housing forecast- REVISED!
OTTAWA – July 30, 2010 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) revised its forecast downward for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations, and elevated its average price forecast. Weaker than anticipated sales activity during the crucial spring home buying season in Canada’s four most active provincial markets prompted the revision. The decline is consistent with the exhaustion of pent-up demand from deferred purchases during the economic recession, and sales having been pulled forward into early 2010...
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