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The market crisis along the south border has many homebuyers wondering how it will affect the housing market in Canada, but Canadian market analysts feel the problems the U.S. is experiencing should have little impact on real estate in this country.Canada is not expected to experience the same downturn as the U.S. market for many reasons. First, ...

The McGuinty government is giving all first-time homebuyers a break on land transfer tax by proposing to expand the Land Transfer Tax Refund Program to include purchases of resale homes, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan announced today.“Expanding this Land Transfer Tax refund is an important part of our government’s commitment to helping ...

Toronto has solidified its spot as North America’s largest condominium market, according to a report that says 259 projects are in the works in the city’s census area. Urbanation, one of the country’s major condominium market research firms, says condo sales skyrocketed over the first nine months of 2007. There were 16,790, ...

Real estate buyers and sellers looking to hold onto their last dollar may be rushing to buy or sell their home before the new land transfer tax comes into effect at the end of this year. The controversial tax, passed in a 26-19 vote by city council on Monday night, will be collected on purchases that are signed after Dec. 31. The tax affects 0.5 ...

In the battle for one-upmanship in Toronto's luxury real estate market, Alex Shnaider has revealed a convincing hand. The enigmatic Toronto billionaire says in an exclusive interview he has decided to keep what has been billed as Canada's most expensive condominium, valued at up to $20 million, at the Trump International Hotel & Tower ...

Hats off to the Bank of Montreal for starting a practice that all financial institutions should have in place, and could even improve upon.BMO has announced that prospective homebuyers who take out a five-year fixed-rate mortgage and existing homeowners who renew for a five-year fixed rate, by Oct. 31 of this year, will not have to pay basic ...

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Sales of new homes in the Toronto area remain healthy, but that isn’t being reflected in current housing starts, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.Starts edged down in August to a seasonally adjusted and annualized 32,000 from 35,100 in July, the federal housing agency reported yesterday. One problem has been that developers are ...

Luxury home sales across the country have been "unprecedented" over the first seven months of this year.. The strong market for luxury property echoes what is going on in the overall resale market which is on pace for a record year, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. Unabated demand throughout the year has created tight ...

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