Premier John Horgan says he has plans to tone down speculation in British Columbia’s real estate market, but banning foreign buyers is not one of them.
Horgan says he rejects recent calls by Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver to implement a New Zealand-style law that restricts the purchase of existing homes to residents of New Zealand and Australia.
The government’s February budget will include measures to dampen speculation and increase housing supply, but not
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