Macdonald Realty Victoria Alzheimer Donation
Macdonald Realty Victoria is excited to make a donation to We Rage, WE Weep Alzheimer's Foundation, a fantastic local charity providing support for families and caregivers of Alzheimer patients. They provide tracking devices that help with wandering patients, most of...
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Macdonald Realty sponsors InspiredHealth cookbook
We are delighted to announce the beginning of a new charitable partnership between Macdonald Real Estate Group and InspireHealth, a local not-for-profit supportive cancer care organization with centres in Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna. They provide important...
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BNN interview about tax evasion in B.C. real estate market
B.C.'s finance minister, Mike de Jong, urges Canada Revenue Agency to "diligently" enforce the law following a report that speculators are flipping homes in B.C. without paying tax. Business News Network (BNN) invites Jonathan Cooper, Vice President of Operations at...
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Condos in Downtown Vancouver
The residential areas of Downtown Vancouver comprise 3 main areas: Yaletown – which borders the north side of False Creek and much of it originally was developed by Concord Pacific after the Expo 86 World’s Fair; Coal Harbour – which is the strip of newly developed...
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Are Prices Down, or Not? Average Price vs. Benchmark Price
Why are some articles saying prices are going down, and others saying that for the same product category, they’re not? How is that even possible? Whenever you read real estate reports, it is important to understand how the data used is interpreted by the author. With...
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MoneySense names top Vancouver neighbourhoods to buy real estate
While not cheap, these are great options in a crazy market... In their April 2016 edition MoneySense magazine selected their top Vancouver neighbourhoods to buy real estate to see the best return on investment. After analyzing more than 200 neighbourhoods, we found...
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New 15% Property Transfer Tax
The new 15% property purchase tax (the “PTT”) explained. WHAT IS THE NEW TAX? It is a property transfer tax of 15% payable by “foreign” buyers IN ADDITION TO the regular property transfer tax at the time a property transfer for residential property is registered in...
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Housing tax not as painful in Maple Ridge | Maple Ridge News
Slapping another 15-per-cent sales tax on homes to foreign buyers could cool the red-hot real estate market in higher priced areas of Richmond or Vancouver, but it might take longer to learn of any effect in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The announcement by the B.C....
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B.C. Real Estate In ‘Absolute Mayhem’ Amid Talk Of Sales Collapse|The Huffington Post Canada
Greater Vancouver’s real estate market is in the throes of chaos as buyers, sellers and industry insiders try to adapt to a new tax on foreign buyers that went into effect on Tuesday. Though a recent poll showed nine out of 10 British Columbians back a tax on foreign...
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‘Fundamental Issue in Vancouver Market Is Supply’ | Bloomberg TV Canada
Jonathan Cooper, Vice President, Operations at Macdonald Real Estate Group joins Bloomberg TV Canada’s Rudyard Griffiths to discuss the impact of the 15 percent property tax for non-Canadian citizens and non-permanent residents in Metro Vancouver. About Macdonald...
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