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KT2000

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3. I have wondered why the US

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 06:33 PM

Aug 2016

doesn't do something like this. Seattle has the problem of foreign investors buying with cash and leaving the house to just sit. They edge out new home buyers and anyone who needs a loan. I don't blame the buyers - it is the government that needs to step up.

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Vancouver might have just burst it's own housing bubble [View all] applegrove Aug 2016 OP

Vancouver had to do something and other areas will have to follow Warpy Aug 2016 #1

Yes. They definitely did the right thing. And it seems to be working. applegrove Aug 2016 #2

The problem is the tax is just a speed bump the BC libs will use to rake in cash.... HEyHEY Aug 2016 #4

I have wondered why the US KT2000 Aug 2016 #3