The Okanangan is a weird market. The fundamentals are brutal as pretty much no working person here can afford their house. But due to the high number of retiree's it drives prices up. I know I've been looking for a place in the South and I balk at the piece of crap that you have to pay 350 grand for. Pretty much any place under 400 needs 100 grand worth of building materials to bring it up to date. It's sad.
The HST is really only going to affect new houses as on an existing house you'll only pay it on the realtor commissions from what I understand. But BC is expensive with that land transfer tax.
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