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2016 BC Budget & Real Estate

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The BC government introduced its 2016 budget. The budget included a number of items intended to affect the Lower Mainland housing market with respect to affordability and availability.  

Here’s a summary:

Property Transfer Tax (PTT)

 

• a New Housing exemption will apply to newly built homes or newly subdivided units priced up to $750,000, saving buyers up to $13,000; and

 

• a partial exemption will apply on newly built homes priced $750,000 to $800,000.

 

• a new 3% PTT rate will apply to the portion of a home sale that exceeds $2 million. For homes that sell for below $2 million, the PTT will continue to apply at a rate of 1% on the first $200,000 and 2% on the balance.

 

These changes will take effect on February 17, 2016.

 

Darcy McLeod, the president of REBGV said.“While we applaud the government’s efforts to improve affordability for home buyers purchasing new housing, there’s more work to be done, including indexing PTT thresholds to keep pace with changes in home prices over time,”  


This entry was posted on March 19th, 2016 by Bonny Klassen | Posted in General

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