$20,000 rebate barely softens soaring levies
By John Bermingham, The ProvinceAugust 9, 2009
Come July of next year, John and Mary Homebuyer could be feeling hosed rather than harmonized by the province's new tax.
In Vancouver, where the average new home sold for $896,792 this year, those lucky enough to afford one paid out $60,775 in taxes.
That i ...