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<h1 style="text-align: center;">vancouvers housing market - an overview</h1>
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<div><strong>] comment - housing - foreign investment</strong></div>
<div>Let's assume the gov grew a pair and said hey this is an important issue for Canadians living/working in these cities, so foreign ownership is no longer allowed. What happens next?&nbsp;</div>
<div>- Will the economy tank?&nbsp;</div>
<div>- Will the price of Housing in these markets drop?&nbsp;</div>
<div>- Will their be an uprising of the silent majority(homeowners) who feel that the values of their homes maybe impacted?&nbsp;</div>
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<div><strong>] article - should foreign investment be controlled or stopped?</strong></div>
<div>+ TAX - foreign&nbsp;</div>
<div>- a new temporary national tax on foreign ownership</div>
<div>- 20% tax paid to federal government on all home purchases (GTA,GVA)</div>
<div>- anyone caught gaming system would by subject to property forfeiture</div>
<div>- income generated from the tax is directed to building "affordable" housing in targeted areas</div>
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<div>+ TAX - speculation</div>
<div>- a new temporary tax on homes resold &lt; 5 years after their previous sale in selected markets(GTA, GVA)</div>
<div>- individuals can claim a 1x exception&nbsp;</div>
<div>- ex buyer joe buys house in Vancouver in 2012, in 2014 joe gets transferred to toronto and sells house. buyer bill&nbsp;</div>
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