I moved back to Barrie ten years ago after eighteen years in Toronto and like many who make the same adjustment I was grateful for the change of pace and the sense of belonging to a community, two things that prove hard if not impossible to find in a city of over 2.5 million people. Barrie truly is an oasis at the center of all outdoor activity in Ontario … (3 comments)
taxes: Words of wisdom - Let it be
- 04/21/10 05:21 AM
gov·ern·ment –noun 1. the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens.
This is proving to be an interesting year in the humble perspective of one Realtor and the common thread through most of my observations is a heightened determination by government to influence and manipulate the ability to buy homes. Perhaps our strongest and most entrenched basic need is for shelter. Our location on the big orb is such that shelter is not just a want or a status symbol here in Canada. It is a vital requirement if not a right … (0 comments)
taxes: Canadian Economic Study Underscores Need to Remove Tax Barriers to Property Reinvestment
- 09/28/09 04:42 AM
CREA September 28, 2009 OTTAWA – Tax policy discourages the sale of income property and impedes a chain reaction of economic stimulus and job creation – elements that could greatly contribute to a commercial real estate market recovery and community redevelopment. A new Altus Group economic study prepared for The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) found that income property sales generate sizeable economic activity in a number of industries, and support job creation. The study estimates, between 2006 and 2008, the typical multi-unit residential income property transaction in the Greater Toronto Area, Greater Calgary Area and Greater Vancouver Area generated … (1 comments)
taxes: :: What you could do with Seven hundred thousand, million of your dollars ::
- 01/15/09 12:25 AM
I have been mulling over the financial total of $700 billion dollars for months now like most of you have. It is as impossible for the human mind to grasp as how many light years the universe is from one end to the other. Steven Hawking might be able to wrap his mind around it but I can't. What is more amazing is that this dollar amound never uttered at any point previously in modern history seems like it is being sucked into a black hole, again ask Steven Hawking to explaint that. I can't and no one else seems to … (14 comments)
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