Following the announcement of the reduced rates of income tax and stamp duty on transfers of immovable property earlier this month, the two legal notices confirming these new rates have been published.
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Monthly Archives: June 2020
Council informed of rate changes at Baytex Energy Centre, approve pilot project for businesses
Town council members met electronically for the June 22 council meeting. Councillor Ford was unable to attend due to family medical obligations. Council was informed about Bylaw 2073, which describes proposed reduced rates that would be applied at the Baytex Energy Centre and were presented with a briefing note on a new pilot project.
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Parkland Council approves mini-bypass on 510
Because a river often runs through it, traffic will now have to go around it.
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Could empty office space solve New Zealand’s housing problem?
People walking the streets of New Zealand’s cities may wonder if the wave of empty offices predicted in the wake of the pandemic could be converted to help plug the housing gap.
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What’s really going to happen with New Zealand’s house prices?
If you own a house, or are thinking of trying to get into the market, you’ve probably been watching forecasts of house price falls with a wary eye.
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Fast cars and flash fashion: how real estate agents became rock stars
On May 24, Sydney real estate agent Michael Coombs uploaded a 1-minute video to Instagram. It showed the suave 41-year-old in some of the luxury homes he’s sold, or at his swanky Neutral Bay office, set to dramatic music and interspersed with headlines such as “over 1.3 billion in sales” and “setting suburb record after record”.
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Opinion: How the pandemic could reshape Edmonton’s urban landscape
Pandemics, infectious diseases and urban planning have a long and intertwined history. Multiple episodes of the Black Death in the 14th century brought parks and open spaces to European cities. Cholera outbreaks in the 19th century led to some of the first sanitation plans and formalized the very concept of urban planning. The City of New York pioneered zoning regulations in the early 20th century partly in response to deteriorating public health conditions, which saved more lives than the first use of penicillin in the early 1940s, according to some epidemiologists.
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Long, bumpy road to recovery predicted for housing markets
Housing markets across Canada have taken a big hit from COVID-19 and according to a special report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), a full recovery is going to take some time.
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From construction to sales, COVID-19 has changed Alberta’s housing industry
The housing industry in Alberta had just shown two-and-a-half months of solid improvements when the pandemic put a pause on life in March.
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RMWB in strong financial shape, but ‘belt-tightening’ still coming in near future: Scott
Mayor Don Scott says the municipality is “in excellent shape” financially, but a combination of low oil prices, the COVID-19 pandemic, April’s flooding and changes to how industrial taxes are collected means the near future will be a frugal one.
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