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Conservatives suspend energy rebates a year early because they're too popular The government's decision to suspend a federal program that offered homeowners financial incentives to make their houses more energy efficient has drawn fire from the
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Île-des-Soeurs, January 19, 2010 –Québec’s provincial real estate market performed well in 2009, with sales increasing by 3 per cent over 2008 for a total of 79,185 MLS ® sales transactions, according to the Québec
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By Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press TORONTO - The Canadian Real Estate Association says last year ended with the best December and best fourth quarter on record in terms of home resales, while prices also rose sharply from their year-earlier levels.
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To stimulate economic growth and encourage Canadians to invest in improvements to their homes, Budget 2009 proposes to introduce a temporary Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC). The HRTC will provide meaningful tax relief to help Canadian homeowners make
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The Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP) allows first-time home buyers to withdraw amounts from a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) to purchase or build a home without having to pay tax on the withdrawal. Budget 2009 proposes to increase the HBP withdrawal
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Budget 2009 proposes to introduce a new non-refundable tax credit based on an amount of $5,000 for first-time home buyers who acquire a qualifying home after January 27, 2009 (i.e. the closing is after that date). The credit for a taxation year will be
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Île-des-Sœurs, February 11, 2009 – MLS ® real estate sales in the Montréal Metropolitan Area declined by 37 per cent in January 2009 compared to the same month last year while, at the same time, median prices of single-family
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The recent budget has some great incentives to help stimulate the housing sector! These apply to both 1st time purchasers as well as available grants for renovations. We are attaching the highlights as posted from the Canadian Government website so that
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Fri Dec 26, 1:54 PM By Brenda Bouw, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER, B.C. - Canada's housing market made skeptics proud and put eternal optimists to shame in 2008 as the favour turned quickly to buyers, after years of smug sellers having the upper hand.
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by Eric Beauchesne, Canwest News Service OTTAWA -Housing is starting to become more affordable across Canada, the country's largest bank said Monday. RBC's third-quarter housing report was issued amid news from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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OTTAWA, November 13, 2008 — New analysis that tracked how long Canadians living in core housing need* remained in this situation over a three-year period is unveiled in the 2008 Canadian Housing Observer, released today by Canada Mortgage and Housing
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Canwest News Service Published: 8 hours ago Home resales in the U.S. dropped in October and prices fell by the most on record, signalling a deepening housing recession going into 2009. Purchases of existing homes declined 3.1 per cent last month to an
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