A taxing problem for foreign buyers

|VANCOUVER|2 min read

EVEN in hot markets like Vancouver, property sales normally slow in the summer. But for Sonia Prasad and other estate agents, the last days of July were a blur of hurried sales and paperwork as buyers and sellers rushed to complete transactions before an August 2nd deadline.

This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Home bias”

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