Push factor: Vancouver home sales fall as taxes on foreign buyers are implemented

The West Coast city's efforts to stymie demand seem to have worked — at least so far. Houses in Vancouver are selling at a five-year low with total transactions falling nearly 9 percent in March compared with the month before, according to Bloomberg. Prices, however, still inched up by just over 1
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Over five months ago on November 7, 2017, actor Kamal Haasan announced his entry into politics with plans to fight against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the two giants in Tamil Nadu. On December 31, after much deliberations,
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Offering crypto to the masses will require Float banking services. The benefits of crypto will only be apparent when the masses can use digital coins with the same ease as fiat. There are currently 3 million daily users of crypto. By 2025, this is expected to reach 200 million. The demand for crypto is
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Blackstone Mortgage Trust is a buy. Strong fundamentals in the U.S. CRE market (strong origination growth in 2017) support an investment in Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Even a dividend hike could be in the cards if the Fed continues to raise interest rates throughout 2018. Shares are attractively valued
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Optimism is returning to Thailand's property market after a two-year consolidation period, said international real estate analysts in a recent report by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), Bangkok Real Estate Market Outlook 2018 published on March 7, 2018. The report also said that buyers were starting to book
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AMMAN — The Lower House on Sunday passed a provision in the draft movable property security rights law banning the mortgage of one's movable possession as collateral in return of a loan. Under MPs' amendments, lenders cannot use one's personal belongings, household items and entire salary
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I'd trade it all for a stairway to heaven (a stairway, stairway to heaven) / I'd take my time for the climb up to the top of it (a stairway) / I'd trade the fame and the fortune and the legend (a stairway) / I'd give it all away if you give me just one day to ask him one question / I'd give it all away if you give me just
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There is no fund crisis in the banking sector, rather the problem lies with the distribution of the deposits, a top banker said yesterday. Anis A Khan, managing director of Mutual Trust Bank, said state-run banks are sitting on a pile of deposits whereas private commercial banks are running after funds that
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CoinDaddy is the most famous “bitcoin rapper” in San Francisco. The 28-year-old behind CoinDaddy, Arya Bahmanyar, left a lucrative career in commercial real estate after he said he made a fortune in bitcoin. Bahmanyar now makes rap music inspired by … Read Full Story. About; Latest Posts
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NASA and SpaceX are together launching a new satellite into space Monday, with the goal of finding other planets that can potentially support life. The new spacecraft is called TESS, or the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, and is tasked with discovering “thousands of exoplanets in orbit around the
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Hundreds of Zsa Zsa Gabor's personal items were auctioned off for nearly $1 million on Saturday night. Items that belonged to the late Hollywood actress garnered $909,209 in total, according to the Associated Press. Gabor, who immigrated to the United States from Hungary, died in December of 2016.
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James Comey fires back at Trump. The President is ramping up his attacks on Comey ahead of the release of his explosive new memoir #tictocnews (Source: Bloomberg). Terms of Service Trademarks Privacy Policy ©2018 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. Careers Made in NYC Advertise Ad
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Zillow is no longer playing the middleman in the real estate game. On Thursday, the Seattle-based company announced that it would expand testing of a pilot program in Phoenix, in which it will buy and sell homes directly. It's a feature called “instant offer,” and as the name suggests, will allow customers
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Working closely with Google, the Sotheby's International Realty brand is the first real estate brand to launch and implement a virtual staging AR app, transforming the buying and selling experience for sales associates and consumers. Curate allows consumers to visualise a house as their own before
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Raya Majdalani, research manager at Knight Frank, discusses the uptick in Saudi REITs on the Tadawul, how they are being received by investors, and challenges to the Saudi markets. She speaks with Manus Cranny on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East.” (Source: Bloomberg). Terms of Service
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A toughening of lax lending standards in Australia is threatening an already-cooling property market. An inquiry into misconduct in the financial industry is likely to lead to greater regulation of the nation's A$1.6 trillion ($1.2 trillion) mortgage market. Banks have routinely relied on an unrealistically low
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Trustees in February agreed to sell the land to Scott and Theresa High, but their son, Matthew, is buying the parcel. The title company in the sale requested trustees amend the resolution to replace the parents' names with their son's. Trustees Robynn Sundermeier and Thea Chase opposed the change,
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There are good mortgage specials on offer – but you might need to be in a comfortable financial position to access them. Interest rates have been predicted to rise for a couple of years now but remain stubbornly low. Research firm Canstar's general manager Jose George said there had been a flurry of
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Stewart Muir works for the non-profit Resource Works Society and sees Canada's reputation with international investors being affected by the delays in the Trans Mountain pipeline project. (Stewart Muir/Facebook). Muir's company is a non-profit organization focused on the value of responsible resource
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Before a massive crowd last March, Tony Robbins, an internationally known motivational speaker, painted many in the #MeToo movement as victims seeking significance through their accusations. In minimizing #MeToo, Robbins refused to look at the role he and other men have played in creating the
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