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The European Central Bank will allow Greek banks to make their first shareholder payouts in over a decade as the country emerges from a painful post-crisis restructuring.
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Oct 4, 2016
The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER -- Home sales in Metro Vancouver plunged by 32.6 per cent last month compared to the same month last year, the city's real estate board said Tuesday, a sign that one of the hottest real estate markets in the world may be rapidly cooling down.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said there were 2,253 homes sold last month, a steep drop from the 3,345 home sales recorded in September 2015.
Last month was the second month that a 15 per cent tax applied to foreign buyers of property in the city.
"There's uncertainty in the market at the moment and homebuyers and sellers are having difficulty establishing price," said real estate board president Dan Morrison in a news release.
The composite benchmark price for all residential properties was $931,900, a 28.9 per cent increase compared to the same month last year but a 0.1 per cent decline compared to August 2016.
The marked drop in the number of homes sold last month follows a 26 per cent year-over-year decline in August.
Morrison said there is more demand for condominiums and townhomes than detached homes, supporting some analyst predictions that there's still interest among first-time buyers to get into the Vancouver market.
Concerns have intensified about the city's real estate sector. Some experts have predicted it is prone to a sharp correction.
Last week, Swiss bank UBS released a report that said the city had the greatest risk of a housing bubble when compared to 17 other high-priced large markets including London, New York and Sydney, Australia.