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Opinion: Will the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive really help you buy a home?

Opinion: Will the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive really help you buy a home?

The First-Time Home Buyer Incentive promises to help first-timers onto the homeownership ladder, but will it actually work?
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Home prices and sales across province to recover in 2020: forecast

Home prices and sales across province to recover in 2020: forecast

Average sale price decline seen in 2019 will flatten or even reverse in some areas next year, predicts B.C. Real Estate Association
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B.C. home sales see slight uptick in May, still down year over year: BCREA

B.C. home sales see slight uptick in May, still down year over year: BCREA

Average home price is 4.3 per cent lower than one year ago; annual price decline is flattening out
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First-Time Home Buyer Incentive to launch in September: CMHC

First-Time Home Buyer Incentive to launch in September: CMHC

Federal government also launching alternative shared-equity mortgage funding scheme
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Average B.C. home costs three times more than Millennials can afford: study

Average B.C. home costs three times more than Millennials can afford: study

A 25-34-year-old on a typical salary can only afford $250K home, based on current interest rates, says Generation Squeeze
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Average B.C. home costs three times more than Millennials can afford: study

Average B.C. home costs three times more than Millennials can afford: study

A 25-34-year-old on a typical salary can only afford $250K home, based on current interest rates, says Generation Squeeze
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Average Victoria home costs well over double what Millennials can afford: study

Average Victoria home costs well over double what Millennials can afford: study

A 25-34-year-old on a typical salary can only afford a home under $300K, based on current interest rates, says Generation Squeeze
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B.C. immigrants own fewer, but much pricier, homes than locals: StatsCan

B.C. immigrants own fewer, but much pricier, homes than locals: StatsCan

Homeownership relatively lower among B.C. immigrants than Canadian-born residents, but immigrants’ average assessed home value is more than 50 per cent higher, says statistics agency
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Canada’s priciest condo is relisted again with no price drop (PHOTOS)

Canada’s priciest condo is relisted again with no price drop (PHOTOS)

Two-storey penthouse atop Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour relisted on June 7 at $29.9 million, was originally listed in January 2018 for $38 million
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Beware of real estate investment schemes promising tax write-offs, warns CRA

Beware of real estate investment schemes promising tax write-offs, warns CRA

Fraudulent schemes lure investors with false promise of huge tax write-offs – and those who invest could face prosecution
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