The Illusion & The Reality

  Property Assessment Information Does Not Set The "REAL WORLD" Market Value Of Your Home.   Simply Stated   Market Value is set by a Buyer and a Seller, both being aware of all the uses a property can be used for and neither acting under undue pressure. The Best approach to determine what that m...

  Oh how true yet today we find realestate salespeople using the statistically contrived assessment values to argue in favour of their offer or listing price.  It's sad to see the use of this information without understanding the process, how it is actually calculated or realizing the potential f...

You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill  According to information in the local paper Uxbridge has an accumulated surplus of over 88.6 Million Dollars. That amounts to over 10 years of current taxes collected from all classes of property. It also represents 6.5 years of total current expenses. What amoun...

Dear REALTOR® - You're fired - We No Longer Need Your Services   You Have Been Replaced By A Computer Program I had occasion to attend TREB Quest (a local real estate trade show) back in May of this year and was struck by something the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) was rolling ...

The Taxpayer picks up the tab.   ONE BILLION DOLLARS And Counting   The G8/G20 Legacy The Huntsville area is basking in the sunshine of the legacy left by the G8 while Toronto Digs out from the results. Huntsville - the fences are comming down and all is returning to normal just in time for Canad...

Take Time This Weekend To Smell The Flowers. Walk in the footsteps of one of Canada's well know Author's Walk the trails she walked while living in LeaskdaleUxbridge, Ontario -  Enjoy the drive along a country road  lined with daisies and buttercups as you participate in The Lucy Maud Montgomery ...

New Home Or Resale - Will the HST have an impact on your decision? 1/ to buy 2/ which to buy  - new or resale homeWill You Be Affected By The New Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) In Ontario?  Have you noticed the uptick in adds around the new HST? As July 1st approaches I've noticed an increase in adds...

  Just another example of how Canadians are being courtesy     BC HST-HARMONIZED SALES TAX: PURCHASERS of NEW HOUSING IN BC. July 1, 2010 The NEW HST Harmonized Sales Tax for Purchasers of New Housing in BC  kicks in and all New Housing in BC is Subject to a NEW 12% HST Tax when purchasing a New ...

Liberals Are Determined To Get Their Pound Of Flesh With New HST The harmonization of the PST and the GST here in Ontario will see you pay to stay healthy or pay Additional Taxes On Funeral Service. In an article "New Tax Not Healty For Uxbridge" by Jeff Hayward, in the Uxbridge Times Journal la...

A recent add in a local paper reminded me that Canadians Are Taxed To Death I am reminded of a mock coffin that appeared here in Uxbridge some years ago, standing on end with Taxed to Death written on the face of it. It's not enough we are taxed on our income, taxed on our property, taxed on our ...