Etiket: speculation
prices are soaring in the Basque Country, and the inhabitants rise up against speculation
Published on 14/10/2022 21:07 Update on 14/10/2022 22:51 France 2 Article written by L. Courté, T. Breton, P. Wursthorn, F. Fort, drone images: AirDroneOne – France 2 France Televisions Since…
Why are vinyl records so expensive? Investigation of a coveted object, between passion and speculation
Vinyl. A forgotten musical medium that has become a hunting trophy that can cost around thousands of euros. once sleeping in attics as a souvenir of a bygone era, today…
British Columbia | A tax against real estate speculation that works
British Columbia’s tax imposed on homeowners or foreigners to counter the purchase of apartments for purely speculative purposes without renting them is bearing fruit, concludes a study. In these times…
Speculation and lack of funds threaten social housing on the South Shore
The construction of hundreds of social and affordable housing units on the South Shore of Montreal is delayed, even threatened, due to the lack of funds and land available, at…
more than a hundred people demonstrate against real estate speculation
A house relisted for 1.9 million euros, after major works and renovations, which had been bought for 470,000 euros barely a year earlier : this is what prompted the inhabitants…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Gasoline speculation
A price per liter of regular gasoline rising to $2.15 in Montreal allows us to observe both a swelling of the refining margin and the speculative negotiations generated by the…
Faced with complaints and real estate speculation, Saint-Côme tightens the screw on Airbnb
To great ills, great remedies. Facing a skyrocketing property value on its territory, complaints from several of its residents and legal action, the municipality of Saint-Côme, in Lanaudière, has adopted…
Lands of the Sisters of Charity | Speculation and protection of agricultural land
Twenty-eight million and seven hundred thousand dollars (28.7 million). This is the price that Quebec taxpayers had to pay to acquire the agricultural land known as the land of the…
Ontario raises tax on real estate speculation
Ontario is increasing the speculation tax on non-resident home buyers to 20% and extending it across the province. The changes will take effect on Wednesday, Doug Ford’s government announced. “Our…
“We really have to do everything to limit speculation” in real estate, defends Anne Hidalgo
Posted on 03/17/2022 23:45 Update on 03/18/2022 10:22 FRANCE 2 Article written by The mayor of Paris, socialist candidate for the presidential election, was one of the guests of the…
“We really have to do everything to limit speculation” in real estate, defends Anne Hidalgo
Published on 03/17/2022 23:45 Update on 03/18/2022 00:06 FRANCE 2 Article written by The mayor of Paris, socialist candidate for the presidential election, was one of the guests of the…
Tensions in Ukraine | Accusations are ‘provocative speculation’, Putin argues
(Moscow) Russian President Vladimir Putin called accusations against Russia of an imminent invasion of Ukraine “provocative speculation” during a meeting with his counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, according to a…
Taxation to reduce speculation
For years, big cities have been under pressure because not all citizens who want to can rent or buy decent housing. Prices in the residential real estate market are soaring,…
Variant Omicron | Wave of speculation, very little certainty
(Paris) Omicron, a turning point in the COVID-19 crisis? Too early to tell, many researchers insist, after several days of risky speculation on the real risks of this new variant…
Projet Montréal proposes taxes against real estate speculation
Valérie Plante’s party, Projet Montréal, is proposing a series of tax measures to counter real estate speculation in the metropolis which pushes prices up, but these receive a mixed reception…