Real Estate & Immigration

To make the Canadian housing market more affordable and accessible to Canadians, the Government of Canada put into effect  on January 1, 2023 the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential [...]

The Additional Property Transfer Tax (“ATT”), commonly called the Foreign Buyers Tax, was introduced by the BC government in 2016. The ATT is 20% of the fair market value of the property and is [...]

Often I am asked by potential immigrants if their chances for Canadian immigration will be improved by their buying a home. They believe that with escalating home values in Canada (and [...]