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Finally! The Province announced the HST Transition rules today as the Province transitions back to the PST/ GST system on April 1, 2013. Used Residential Homes (resales) are, of course, and remain, exempt from HST.
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com November 8, 2010 Thanks to Mark Clifton, Invis for this reposted article: What’s the difference between an open and a closed mortgage? An open mortgage typically allows the borrower to pre-pay
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com April 26, 2010 BC Real Estate Association Encourages Housing Affordability: Urges Government to Reduce Shelter Taxes Victoria, BC – April 26, 2010. The British Columbia Real Estate Association
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Thursday April 1, 2010 By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com Thanks to Julie Weimer, RBC Mortgage Specialist for this information. Changes to the Rules for Government Insured Mortgages On February 16, 2010, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com Owning a Home Vs. Renting If you’ve recently decided to make the transition from renter to homeowner, you are about to make an important investment in your long-term financial wellbeing. Still
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com April 30th, 2009 Here’s a great story from CBS news that talks about the strength of Canadian Banks. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4954339n Our market in Canada is very different than
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com Affordability Drives Home Sales Higher Vancouver, BC – April 15, 2009. British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports residential sales dollar volume on the Multiple Listing Service®
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com Wow! Are we back to a busier real estate market? Seems things are certainly heating back up in Kelowna again........ Just in the past 3 weeks, there has been 171 property sales in Kelowna, with an average
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com HOME SALES INCREASED IN FEBRUARY!! …. This is great news for our markets here in Kelowna and around BC. The low interest rates and awesome deals out there have spurred on a lot of fresh activity
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Credit conditions easing, banks no longer struggling to raise funds to make loans From Tuesday's Globe and Mail March 17, 2009 at 2:00 AM EDT Canadian banks are turning down some of the funding that the government is making available to them, a sign
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By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com IS THE KELOWNA REAL ESTATE MARKET HEATING UP? I know that I have found things EXTREMELY busy these last 3 weeks or so. In talking with my fellow Realtors, they too are commenting about how busy it is
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February 3, 2009 By Jaime Briggs - www.BriggsOnHomes.com Recessionary Conditions Slow Housing Market BCREA Forecast Update - First Quarter 2009 Vancouver, BC – February 2, 2009. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) Forecast Update
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January 28, 2009 By Jaime Briggs - www.BriggsOnHomes.com Good morning everyone; The federal budget released yesterday contains a few items of interest to those in the residential construction industry. In summary, they are as follows: Home renovation
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January 2009 - Kelowna Market Update for all Buyers, Sellers and Investors of Real Estate By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com What Doom & Gloom? … The Kelowna Real Estate market continues to be a strong and stable investment.
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December 2008 - Kelowna Market Update for all Buyers, Sellers and Investors of Real Estate By Jaime Briggs www.BriggsOnHomes.com The November ’08 Stats for the Central Okanagan have just been released from the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board
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