British Columbia Budget 2014

The British Columbia budget for fiscal 2014 .

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Your Shed is on My Property

What can you do if your neighbours buildings extend onto your land? This is called encroachment and is the situation that two families in Abbotsford found themselves in.  The Gueldner’s purchased their rural estate property in 2002 with…

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Update on who gets to keep the Deposit

As an update to our prior posting on this matter, the British Columbia Court of Appeal have recently considered another factual scenario where the purchaser failed to complete on a contract of purchase and sale in the case…

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British Columbia PST Implementation Day

Today, April 1, 2013, is the official implementation day for the new Provincial Sales Tax ("PST"), and returns British Columbia to a two-tax PST and Goods and Services Tax ("GST") system. The province has now returned to a…

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Who keeps the Deposit when the Purchaser fails to complete?

A recent Court of Appeal judgement, Tang v. Zhang, has moved towards clarifying the law surrounding the forfeiture of deposits in British Columbia real estate transactions when the purchaser fails to complete.  The case in question involved a…

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The End of the HST in British Columbia

On April 1, 2013, nearly every provision of the Provincial Sales Tax Act (“PSTA”) shall come into force, and the existing Harmonized Sales Tax's brief interlude in British Columbia, shall come to an end. In a political sense,…

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Depreciation Reports: Buying a Condo, and What it Means for You

The Depreciation Report will prove very advantageous for both current condo owners and prospective buyers, who will now have a much clearer picture of what state the building is currently in and what kinds of costs they can…

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The Perils of Joint Tenancy with Children

A recent case decided by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Eng (Re), demonstrates the risk parents take when adding their children to title to their property in joint tenancy.  Adding a child as a joint tenant on…

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An Oil Tank Surprise

In a recent case from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, A Speedy Solutions Oil Tank Removal Inc. v. Horvath Estate the Executor of the Horvath Estate had entered into a contract to sell the estate real property…

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