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Short-term rental taxes: What owners need to know

Short-term rental taxes: What owners need to know

B.C. vacation-property owners are now subject to new rules and taxation when renting their property – but some say illegal rentals may dodge tax
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47-storey tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

47-storey tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

Redevelopment would replace existing West End community garden
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Metro Vancouver’s March home sales lowest in 33 years

Metro Vancouver’s March home sales lowest in 33 years

Burnaby East condos see double-digit year-over-year value decline as prices drop across the board
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Comment: Speculating about the cost (at least $14M?) of the speculation tax

Comment: Speculating about the cost (at least $14M?) of the speculation tax

Costs may be more than financial, with B.C. residents' private information on the line
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Dirty money in real estate reports submitted to province

Dirty money in real estate reports submitted to province

Expert Panel on Money Laundering and Dr Peter German meet deadlines to hand in two commissioned reports
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Missed speculation tax declaration deadline? There’s still time

Missed speculation tax declaration deadline? There’s still time

Finance minister promises leniency for those who haven’t yet declared their exemption, after nearly one in ten fails to file on time
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Vancouver has second least affordable North American housing market (INFOGRAPHIC)

Vancouver has second least affordable North American housing market (INFOGRAPHIC)

San Francisco is only city that's even less affordable than Vancouver, comparing home prices with typical incomes
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Fixed mortgage rates to drop this year: forecast

Fixed mortgage rates to drop this year: forecast

Variable rates to hold steady but fixed rate mortgages likely to drop, according to B.C. Real Estate Association
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Interactive map shows Burnaby topping biggest commercial real estate deals of 2018

Interactive map shows Burnaby topping biggest commercial real estate deals of 2018

Burnaby saw both highest average deal and total dollar volume in the region in 2018, while Vancouver fails to break top five municipalities for average deal value
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Check out Victoria’s priciest penthouse, listed at $8.9M (PHOTOS)

Check out Victoria’s priciest penthouse, listed at $8.9M (PHOTOS)

Three-storey penthouse in distinctive Shoal Point building has 360-degree ocean, city and mountain views
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