Below is a variety of real estate news items and blog posts from the last 30 days.
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Prudential Sussex Realty's Sunshine Coast manager, Alan Stewart, wrote this article. Its reprinted here with his permission.
Frustration is often the end result of folks trying to sell their home in a down market. A lack of showings and even more importantly a lack of offers can drive sellers to the brink… especially if they are on a timeline.
Click on the link below to see a .pdf showing the January 2012 statistics for the Sunshine Coast.
As the province transitions back to the PST, which will replace the HST effective April 1, 2013, measures to ease the HST burden on new home buyers include:
The BC New Housing Rebate threshold will increase to $850,000 from $525,000, so that more than 90% of newly built homes will now be eligible for a provincial HST rebate effective April 1, 2012.
The maximum rebate will increase to $42,500 from $26,250 effective April 1, 2012.
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