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Real estate board pans possible 1% municipal surtax to support infrastructure projects
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, I# o) ?6 `) K6 ]0 V1 KPublished: Thursday, April 19, 20076 o! n5 q1 B1 M: p8 @/ X" l
EDMONTON - A proposed property-transfer tax would reduce affordability by boosting the cost of an average Edmonton house by $4,000, says the Edmonton Real Estate Board.
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"This is a home-buying tax," EREB president Carolyn Pratt said Wednesday in a news release." z$ ]; u d& A% f/ o7 l# T z! Y
! H* d4 a$ |1 [8 y! e3 w! t"It is patently unfair to ask home buyers to pay for municipal services which would benefit the entire city." |
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