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HST’s Impact On BC House Price Explanation
November 15, 2009 by Angel Wang · 2 Comments
From July 1st, 2010 HST (Harmonized Sales Tax，12%) will be officially implemented in BC. The biggest and direct impact on the house price in Vancouver BC is that it is definitely going to increase your investment cost of purchasing new home (because before only 5% GST will applied on sales of brand new property). Other than that, it will also cost you more on purchasing all other type of real estates. Angel Wang explained the reasons for that impact on Vancouver real estate market in this video (Sorry, only Chinese in this video.)
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