BCREA Housing Forecast Update - First Quarter 2010
Vancouver, BC - January 29, 2010. The British
Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its Housing
Forecast Update for the first quarter of 2010 today.
BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales are
forecast to increase 6 per cent from 85,028 units in 2009 to 90,100
units this year, before declining 3 per cent to 87,50 ...
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Some more info on the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). For more,
please go to: www.cra.gc.ca/harmonization
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HST on all NEW properties (NOT re-sale) effective July 1st,
2010
5% GST plus 7% PST = 12% HST
*** HST applicable on all NEW properties completed AFTER June, 2010
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1) GRANDPARENTED
* Any pre-sale contract ente ...
The Province and the federal government have signed an agreement on the implementation of HST in British Columbia. The Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement (CITCA) contains the terms and conditions under which B.C. will participate in the HST with the federal government.
General rules are p ...
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Housing Starts Up in 2010
-A tight resale market will lead to more housing
starts in 2010. Builders will increase residential construction
next year as homebuyers look to new homes to meet their housing
needs.
-Home resales will increase, but at a slower pace
than this year, and new listings will rise in response to higher
home prices. Sellers' or balanced market conditions will prevail.
E ...
Rental Market Conditions
Ease
-The rental
apartment vacancy rate in Vancouver increased to 2.1 per cent,
following several years of vacancies below one per cent.
-Same sample apartment
rents1 increased, but at a slower pace than last
year.
-The stock of
purpose-built2 rental apartments and town homes grew by more
than one thousand units.
-The stock of rental condominiums grew, while
the num ...
2009 - In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion
Vancouver, BC - January 12, 2010. The British
Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple
Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province
climbed 132 per cent to 5,703 units in December compared to the
same month last year. More homes were sold last month than in any
December on record except 1989 when 6,014 units were sold. ...