mls: News Release - Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board - Alex Jopson
- 04/03/07 06:01 AM
BC Housing Budget makes buying and owning a home more affordable VANCOUVER, BCÂ - The changes to the Property Transfer Tax (PTT), the property taxannouncement and Home Owner Grant extensions in the BC government's 2007 Budget will put money in thepockets of first time buyers and existing homeowners throughout the province. "Any move by the provincial government to make housing more affordable is fantastic news for BC consumers," says Rick Valouche, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. "We lobbied for a change toexisting Property Transfer Tax criteria for the past three years in our annual budget submissions to the (0 comments)
mls: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver - News Release
- 03/28/07 05:51 AM
Signs pointing towards busy spring housing market Vancouver, B.C. March 2, 2007. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total residential sales for detached, attached and apartment properties reached 2,859 units in February 2007, a decrease of 2.8 per cent when compared to the 2,941 units sold in February 2006 and a decrease of 6.8 per cent when compared to the 3,068 sales in February 2005. New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties decreased by 4.0 per cent to 4,167 units compared to the 4,340 units listed in February 2006. The total number of active listings increased by 24 (0 comments)