Greater Toronto Area homebuyers will absorb an exorbitant share of the whopping $800 million tax increase on new homebuyers across the province under the Provincial government’s harmonized sales tax (HST), which could threaten up to 21,200 jobs, a new report released by the Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) revealed today. The report, [...]
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Sales tax harmonization will hurt resale home market
TORONTO, March 26 /CNW/ – Ontario’s REALTORS(R) say the McGuinty governments plan to harmonize the GST and PST will add over $2,000 to the cost of a real estate transaction, hurting the resale home market and prolonging the housing industry’s recovery from the current economic downturn. “Now is not the time to be erecting barriers [...]
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