http://livingintheneighbourhood.com/2007/12/21/a-defining-moment-for-torontos-first-time-home-buyers/ Living In The Neighborhood Toronto Real Estate Blog Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://livingintheneighbourhood.com/2007/12/21/a-defining-moment-for-torontos-first-time-home-buyers/#comment-219 Are You Moving To Toronto? Check Out Lauren’s Top 10 List Of Useful Things To Know! Fri, 16 May 2008 15:19:40 +0000 http://livingintheneighbourhood.com/2007/12/21/a-defining-moment-for-torontos-first-time-home-buyers/#comment-219 [...] Torontonians also talk about taxes. A lot. And with good reason. On a positive note, Toronto home owners pay the lowest residential property taxes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and we get quite a bang for our buck. However, our lower tax rate causes upset in other areas, and plays into that whole Toronto as Centre of the Universe thing. On the downside, there is a newly-introduced Toronto municipal land transfer tax that has caused controversy. Toronto real estate agents lobbied aggressively against this tax, and we were able to get a break for first-time home buyers. If you are thinking of buying a house in Toronto and would like more information on these taxing matters, click here, here and here. [...] […] Torontonians also talk about taxes. A lot. And with good reason. On a positive note, Toronto home owners pay the lowest residential property taxes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and we get quite a bang for our buck. However, our lower tax rate causes upset in other areas, and plays into that whole Toronto as Centre of the Universe thing. On the downside, there is a newly-introduced Toronto municipal land transfer tax that has caused controversy. Toronto real estate agents lobbied aggressively against this tax, and we were able to get a break for first-time home buyers. If you are thinking of buying a house in Toronto and would like more information on these taxing matters, click here, here and here. […]

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