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15 minutes ago, drummer4now said:

Yes, but all this means is paying more property tax... 

Only if your assessment jumped more than the average, or if it was going to go up anyways.

 

Mine went up 14%.  Apparently the Saanich average is 4% so my tax bill will be up for sure.  That, plus the government offloading MSP onto employers was going to drive up property taxes anyways.

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+19% this year.  Now its a million dollar property I live on!  Problem is theres only one set of people who would pay that for my place and its not your average joe.  I have pretty much doubled value in the last 4 years yet the market is dead slow and people are selling well below asking from all the stats I keep reading.  Oh well just more reason for the city to gouge the crap out of me.

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2 hours ago, Down by the River said:

It took me forever to get in, and when I finally did, I saw no appreciation in value. 

Its sad how BC has been mis-managed by politicians supporting a hyper inflating real estate market that benefited the 1 % ers of BC.....

 

I have no clue how the city of Vancouver will find any teachers , nurses , and police to ever relocate and take jobs in the city.....

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4 minutes ago, Down by the River said:

It took me forever to get in, and when I finally did, I saw no appreciation in value. 

My last house went down in value for the first few years.....  then up ever since.... 

As long as you are in for the long run you should be fine....

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21 minutes ago, 250Integra said:

My fiancee and I recently bought a home in Gordon Head (Saanich) and it actually went down.. I'm not complaining :lol:

It only really matters if you want to sell, are renewing, or want to borrow off your equity.

 

We're up for renewal this summer and planning a big reno (big ass twin dormers in the attic, adding 3 beds and a bathroom). The increase in property value on top of paying down our principal makes the reno "almost free", given the equity we've gained on the property.

 

We looked at a few really sweet places in GH on the house hunt. Offered on one by Lambrick Park, but got out bid. Ended up getting really &^@#ing lucky on a house in Oaklands. Practically stole it by offering assessed value, and they accepted. Place hadn't been reno'd since the 50's... Yup, I had to work my ass off.

 

Lots of work and 4.5 years later we've got 500k in equity off the house, probably more once the bank sends their "assessment specialist" by.

 

What I'm saying is- you want your assessment to go up so long as it doesn't increase more than the average. A few hours of work to beautify your property from the road will pay far more than you'd make in those hours by working (unless you're a brain surgeon, which I doubt because you live in GH).

In a few years you get some "power" with the bank and can use your debt as leverage for reno's, new cars etc.

 

Man, I just rambled on eh...

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