Search results for: “land transfer tax”
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TRREB Welcomes Council Decision to Request a Report to Study First Time Home Buyer Land Transfer Tax Rebate
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) welcomes the City of Toronto’s much anticipated revenue tools report’s consideration of a multi-year approach to property tax rates. Property tax is a more equitable, stable and appropriate means of taxation for the city, rather than increasing the reliance on an unpredictable revenue source such as the Municipal…
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TRREB Encourages All Policymakers to Consider Lower Taxes for Home Buyers and Sellers
Families and individuals living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) pay some of the highest taxes on the purchase of a home in North America. In Toronto, buyers can expect a double land transfer tax, development charges and sales taxes, totalling over $200,000 in taxes and fees on the average priced home. Cutting taxes for…
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The Impact of Taxation
TRREB Members ensure that clients like you get the home or business you want thanks to TRREB calling on policymakers to boost housing supply, address affordability, and create healthy economic conditions. Currently, land transfer taxes have homeowners thinking twice about relocating. Increased taxation adds pressure to housing issues and acts as a barrier for first-time…
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LTT Calculator – Residential
Calculate your municipal (Toronto) and provincial (Ontario) Land Transfer taxes.
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From Policy to Possibility: How Mortgage Reforms are Making Homeownership Attainable
Housing supply and unaffordability continue to impact the real estate industry across Canada. Home buyers need to see mortgage changes that allow flexibility and empower more choice. Lauren van den Berg, President and CEO of Mortgage Professionals Canada (MPC), joins TRREB’s Ready to Real Estate podcast host Jason Mercer to discuss the mortgage landscape and…
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Approaching One Year as Mayor: Olivia Chow
Mayor Olivia Chow is officially marking 365 days as the City of Toronto Mayor. In our latest Ready to Real Estate podcast episode, TRREB’s Chief Market Analyst and podcast host Jason Mercer is joined by Matt Elliott, founder of City Hall Watcher, and Steve Adler, Senior Director of Public Affairs at NATIONAL Public Relations, to break down…
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Government Programs
Rebates, incentives, tax credits and important property regulations simplified for homeowners and property owners.
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Advocacy
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Keeping up with the Consumers: Early 2022 Ipsos Polling
It’s an anxiety-inducing time for many Ontarians in these first couple of months of 2022. A continued pandemic, rising inflation, and climate challenges all lend to changes in spending behaviour for residents of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and beyond. But how do worries at the forefront of our minds play out in the real…