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Two Thirds (65%) of Ontario Homeowners Oppose McGuinty Government Proposed Mandatory Home Energy Audit Program

1 Comment 28 May 2009

A poll released today by the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) indicates that two-thirds (65%) of Ontario’s principal residence homeowners oppose the recently proposed McGuinty government mandatory home energy audit program and instead overwhelmingly favor voluntary audits (92%). Moreover, the poll found that 70 per cent of Ontario homeowner’s think that mandatory home energy audits [...]

Finance & insurance, First time home buyers, Resale homes

Sales tax harmonization will hurt resale home market

1 Comment 27 March 2009

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 [...]