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Archive for April, 2010

RE/MAX Recognized as the Most Trusted Real Estate Brand in Canada

April 28, 2010 (Kelowna, BC) – RE/MAX has been awarded Most Trusted Residential REALTOR® as voted on by readers of Reader’s Digest magazine. The survey conducted for the annual awards revealed that the majority of Canadians trust RE/MAX for all their residential real estate needs, ranking RE/MAX associates five-times more ‘trusted’ than the second most [...]

Dramatic rebound characterizes Canada’s luxury home segment in 2010

April 26, 2010 69 per cent of markets set records for best-ever first quarter sales Luxury home sales soared in the first quarter of 2010 as affluent purchasers moved to take advantage of favourable market conditions across the country, according to a report released today by RE/MAX. The RE/MAX Upper End 2010 Report, highlighting sales [...]

How the HST will affect Real Estate in BC

On July 23, 2009, the Government of British Columbia announced plans to implement a Harmonized Sales Tax (“H.S.T.”) for B.C. effective July 1, 2010. The H.S.T. is a combination of the 7% Provincial Sales Tax (“P.S.T.”) with the 5% federal Goods and Services Tax (“G.S.T.”) for a single sales tax rate of 12%. For consumers, [...]

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