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In the struggle to get its red-hot housing market under control, Vancouver targets Chinese buyers

In the struggle to get its red-hot housing market under control, Vancouver targets Chinese buyers

A year and a half after Vancouver imposed a 15% tax on foreign home buyers, the regional government is once again raising the barriers for out-of-town investors as property prices accelerate. The Canadian city has one of the hottest property markets in the world, and early last year the tax (and other measures to restrict…