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Luxury Real Estate in Durham Region to Get a Boost with Toronto’s New Land Transfer Tax

Toronto city council voted to adopt a new land transfer tax on properties selling for 3 million dollars and higher at a special session on Wednesday, September 6.

The new tax is set to start being taken starting January 1, 2024.

The new tax adds a further disincentive to luxury buyers who were already paying double the land transfer tax levied on transactions...

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This is an old article - here are the 2023 Property Tax Rates.

Oshawa Whitby Clarington Property Tax Rates 2018


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Municipalities across the GTA typically have budgets completed and approved by April 30 of each year. The province also completes the education levy, which is included in the municipal tax rate, by this time. Tax rates are published after this...

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Ajax Toronto Casino Real Estate

Today's announcement by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) paves the way for the advancement of new and expanded casino developments in Toronto and Durham Region.


OLG president Stephen Rigby announced that Ontario Gaming GTA LP (OGGLP) will be the service provider responsible for the development and operation of casino gaming within the...

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OLG and Woodbine Entertainment Group Sign Lease

Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) signed two long-term leases with Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), announced on August 10, 2015.  The leases are both for a term of 22 years, and one of them involves a parcel of land owned by WEG, to be developed and operated as a gaming and non-gaming operation...

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The development of a Casino at Woodbine Racetrack passed another major milestone this past week with the signing of a lease between the province and the racetrack's owners.

 

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has announced the signing of two long-term leases with Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG).  The first is for the continued...

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The days of having a glove box full of unpaid parking tickets without having to worry about it is coming to an end in Toronto.

Toronto parking ticket - johnsells.ca

 

Starting this week, parking enforcement officers in Toronto will have the authority to have a vehicle towed that has three or more unpaid and undisputed parking tickets.  With the added incentive to pay up or lose...

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