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Capital Gains Tax on Home Sales: A Possibility or a Pipedream?
Part 1 of 2 There’s been a growing chorus of experts calling on the Canadian government to do something about runaway home prices. The benchmark selling price for a home in the Greater Toronto Area ...
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House Prices Reaching New Heights. Where to from Here?
Several housing reports have been released over the last couple of weeks, and they all tell the same story: house prices are soaring. Records are being broken on a monthly basis, seemingly...
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The Urban Exodus…A Long-Term Trend or a Fad?
It’s now well-known that homebuyers are leaving urban markets for the suburbs in droves in search of larger and more affordable properties. While homebuyers have been trading in big-city life for...
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Canada’s Housing Market Risk Rises, But Remains Moderate
Despite a sharp rise in home prices in 2020 and impacts from the pandemic-induced lockdown restrictions, the country’s housing risk remains "moderate.” That’s according to the third-quarter...
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