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Where to Buy Real Estate in Canada 2025: Calgary

Where to Buy Real Estate in Canada 2025: Calgary

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Where to Buy Real Estate in Canada 2025: Toronto

Where to Buy Real Estate in Canada 2025: Toronto

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Where to Buy Real Estate in Canada 2025: Vancouver

Where to Buy Real Estate in Canada 2025: Vancouver

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Revising the fair market value of a property for tax purposes

Can you retroactively change the valuation of a rental property before selling it to reduce capital gains tax in...

Revising the fair market value of a property for tax purposes

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Why vacation home prices are rising in Canada—despite a market slowdown

On the heels of a pandemic boom, the recreational real estate market has slowed. But property prices are still...

Why vacation home prices are rising in Canada—despite a market slowdown
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Second mortgages in Canada: What are the rules?

Interested in buying a second property? Familiarize yourself with the mortgage rules first to make sure it’s the right...

Second mortgages in Canada: What are the rules?
A man and woman celebrate the purchase of their second home by dancing in the living room

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Buying a second home: How it works in Canada

Here’s what home owners and investors should know about the rules, financing options and tax implications of buying a...

Buying a second home: How it works in Canada
Two empty Muskoka chairs on a deck, to inspire the contrast of the perks of a cottage in Canada and the financial implications.

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Yes, a cottage is an investment property—here’s how to minimize capital gains tax

Should you “invest” in a cottage? And if you do, what happens when you sell it, give it away...

Yes, a cottage is an investment property—here’s how to minimize capital gains tax

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Canadian mom and child at the cottage she inherited from her father and shares with her siblings and step mom.

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Inheriting cottage and the capital gains implications

Jill's late husband left her a cottage. What happens if she transfers ownership to her stepchildren?

Inheriting cottage and the capital gains implications

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