Housing prices post first gain in eight months

 Vnacouver Sun, Vancouver, BC – “On the whole, this report does offer some hope that the correction in Canadian home prices may be nearing an end, further corroborating the other housing sector indicators that are conveying a similar message,” Mulraine said…

Housing prices post first gain in eight months

B.C.’s harmonized sales tax will hike new-home prices: home builders

 Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC – Under the plan, a previous exemption from the provincial sales tax for new homes will disappear, resulting in an extra seven-per-cent tax. As some of that tax was already built into prices because it covered things such as building materials, the effective tax rate will climb about five per cent, according to the B.C. Ministry of Finance…

B.C.’s harmonized sales tax will hike new-home prices: home builders

Consumer confidence will lift B.C. out of recession, says business council economist

 Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC – The B.C. Real Estate Association reported at the beginning of July that the province had recorded five straight months of increasing home sales, and by the end of June, saw 36,329 homes trade hands. That’s about 15-per-cent fewer than in the first half of 2008 overall, but sales in the second quarter outpaced those in the second quarter of 2008…

Consumer confidence will lift B.C. out of recession, says business council economist

Buying into real estate paradise? Do your due diligence

 Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC – With the recession hitting the United States worse than Canada, and the Canadian dollar still strong, this may be a great time for Canadians to buy that sunny, tranquil getaway in the U.S. or further south. But to make sure it is tranquil, do your due diligence, just like you would at home…

Buying into real estate paradise? Do your due diligence

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