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House sale tax opposed/ B" ?4 ]! U9 w/ s& D
Real estate board pans possible 1% municipal surtax to support infrastructure projects
$ H2 _1 A4 E' {; f! cRon Chalmers, The Edmonton Journal
" B) { T, \1 F! s2 IPublished: Thursday, April 19, 2007
( M& f# S- E0 QEDMONTON - A proposed property-transfer tax would reduce affordability by boosting the cost of an average Edmonton house by $4,000, says the Edmonton Real Estate Board.
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"This is a home-buying tax," EREB president Carolyn Pratt said Wednesday in a news release. v4 W& o5 s4 G, n8 o! g
- v5 l& S+ p& H5 w- z"It is patently unfair to ask home buyers to pay for municipal services which would benefit the entire city." |
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