On this day in history in 1765, the Stamp Act went into effect.
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Maybe you tried, failed, but no part of you regrets it. #Dateline #Stamptax
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CHANGES TO ADDITIONAL BUYER'S STAMP DUTY Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) Rates before Apr 27, 2023 Rates on or after Apr 27, 2023 Singapore citizens First residential property 0% 0% second residential property 17% 20% Third and subsequent residential property 25% 30% First residential property 5% 5% Permanent residents Foreigners Second residential property 25% 30% Third and subsequent residential property 30% 35% 30% 60% Entities/ Trustees Any residential property 35% 65% Housing developers 35%^ + 5%^^ 35%^ + 5%^^ ^ Housing developers may apply for remission of this ABSD, subject to conditions ^^ This 5% will not be remitted and is to be paid upfront upon purchase of residential property Source: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of National Development and Monetary Authority of Singapore
Fight for land banks
Landbanks developers 600 luxury residences located in one of the hottest markets in the world. Buy one or more of our pre-construction condos and collect a bonus roughly equal to the current anti-spec and anti-foreign purchase taxes. Also, all of our pre-construction condos are pre-licensed with Air BB. artist rendering of our latest development Banque de Terre on Thurlow
#HomesForWhom is the most important question in housing.
All cities and states should do a Singapore style #StampTax.
Entities,( corporations, trusts etc) pay 65% stamp tax for a home.
Foreigners pay 60%
citizens pay 0% on first home, 20% on 2nd, 30% on 3rd.
Homes for living not #LandBanks
CHANGES TO ADDITIONAL BUYER'S STAMP DUTY Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD) Rates before Apr 27, 2023 Rates on or after Apr 27, 2023 Singapore citizens First residential property 0% 0% Second residential property 17% 20% Third and subsequent residential property 25% 30% First residential property 5% 5% Permanent residents Foreigners Second residential property 25% 30% Third and subsequent residential property 30% 35% 30% 60% Entities/ Trustees Any residential property 35% 65% Housing developers 35%^ + 5%^^ 35%^ + 5%^^ ^ Housing developers may apply for remission of this ABSD, subject to conditions ^^ This 5% will not be remitted and is to be paid upfront upon purchase of residential property Source: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of National Development and Monetary Authority of Singapore
Map of Ridings with MPs involved in real estate 2022 https://readpassage.com/mp-landlords/
Find Out If Your MP Is A Landlord Or Invested In Real Estate Of the 336 MPs included in this analysis, 128 met the qualifications (38 per cent). https://readpassage.com/mp-landlords/ Here's the party breakdown: Green = 1/2 (50 per cent) Conservative = 54/118 (46 per cent) Liberal = 62/157 (39 per cent) Bloc Québécois = 6/32 (19 per cent) NDP = 4/25 (16 per cent) Independent = 1 Here's the province/territory breakdown: Manitoba: 8/14 (57 per cent) Prince Edward Island: 2/4 (50 per cent) Saskatchewan: 6/13 (46 per cent) Nova Scotia: 5/11 (45 per cent) Alberta: 15/34 (44 per cent) Newfoundland and Labrador: 3/7 (43 per cent) Ontario: 49/120 (41 per cent) British Columbia: 16/42 (38 per cent) Quebec: 21/78 (27 per cent) New Brunswick: 2/10 (20 per cent) Nunavut: 1/1 Northwest Territories: 0/1 Yukon: 0/1
Pierre Poilievre Find Out If Your MP Is A Landlord Or Invested In Real Estate https://www.readthemaple.com/mp-landlords/ • "Sole owner of a rental property located on Lakes Park Drive in Ottawa, Ontario." • "Joint ownership of Liberty West Properties Inc., a private real estate investment company located in Calgary, Alberta" • "Next 12 months: Rental income" • "Sole ownership of a rental property located on Lakeridge Drive in Ottawa, Ontario" (spouse/common law) • "Rental income" (spouse/common law) • Source
Canada should ban ALL foreign buyers & foreign capital from buying any Canadian real estate
Criminalize it with jail time.
Do Singapore-style style #StampTax on domestic real estate speculators like Housing Minister #OffshoreGregor & Poilevre, Carney & Trudeau.
65% tax
#cdnpoli #Vanpoli #vanre
@ptfry.bsky.social
The most important question in housing is #HomesForWhom?
As @ayan604.bsky.social said.
50% of newly built condos in Vancouver 2016-2020 were #SpeculatorsFirst, investor-owned.
IF reelected, would you implement a Singapore #StampTax?
65% tax on corporations & foreigners etc
@lucymaloney.bsky.social Most important question in housing is #HomesForWhom?
As @ayan604.bsky.social said.
50% of newly built condos in Vancouver 2016-2020 were #SpeculatorsFirst, investor-owned.
IF reelected, would you implement a Singapore #StampTax?
65% tax on corporations & foreigners etc
@seanorr.bsky.social
Most important question in housing is #HomesForWhom?
As @ayan604.bsky.social has said.
50% of newly build condos in Vancouver 2016-2020 were #SpeculatorsFirst, investor owned.
IF reelected, would you implement a Singapore #StampTax?
65% tax on corporations & foreigners etc
7 YEARS. #SpeculatorsFirst #LocalsLast
Ask your #Vanpoli politician if they'd do a Singapore #StampTax?
From 2016 to 2022, in the city of Vancouver, 50% of newly built condos were investor owned, according to Canadian Housing Statistics Program data, compiled by @ayan604.bsky.social
#Vanre
@kareem42.bsky.social THE most important question for housing is #HomesForWhom?
As @ayan604.bsky.social has said
50% of newly build condos in Vancouver were #SpeculatorsFirst, investor owned
IF elected would you implement a Singapore #StampTax?
65% tax on corporations & foreigners
#Vanpoli #VanRE
OTD in 1712 the Stamp Act sought to curb newspapers reporting on parliamentary proceedings.
‘Stamp tax of one penny a sheet … made newspapers too expensive for many people to buy.’
Words: WD Siddle
Artist: R Embleton
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #1August #Newspapers #StampTax
True.
"The Corruption is why the hedge funds get to buy up all the houses in your neighbourhood & Congress doesn't do anything about it"
We should ban parasite private equity from buying homes in Canada, or at least do a 60% Singapore #StampTax on that
#HomeForWhom?
#cdnpoli #Vanre #vanpoli
Singapores Stamp Tax. No tax for Singapore citizens 1st home 20% on 2nd, 30% on 3rd Foreigners 60% Entities/Trustees 65% Developers 40%
I hope you cover the great Singapore's ABST. #StampTax
That would be the biggest game changer in housing.
Because the most important question in housing is this.
Homes for whom?
No tax for Singapore citizens 1st home
20% on 2nd, 30% on 3rd
Foreigners 60%
Entities/Trustees 65%
Developers 40%
