Tenants in Surrey, BC, are devastated their landlord demanded a 40 per cent rent hike from them — with a warning if they don’t agree, they could lose their homes. A tenants’ rights advocate says while the situation has some unusual aspects, landlords are free to make demands for higher rent, and many do. Linda …
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That may have already started to happen in some places. While sale prices were down 4.5 percent in the Northeast and 5.6 percent in the West in February from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors, they were up 5 percent in the Midwest and 2.7 percent in the South. The median …
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Bill has a great suggestion here, and the powers that be should strongly consider it. Key points: The long-time homeowners who are aging-in-place just because of the heavy capital-gains tax will be freed up to move – and it will have little impact on tax revenue. why? Seniors are so adamant about not paying Uncle …
