Vancouver realtors ask: If allowed, would foreign buyers come back?
Vancouver realtor Marty Pospischil has been getting the calls for a few months now. Americans looking to flee the current chaos phone to talk about buying a new base in Vancouver, a home to live in while they go through the immigration process.
And he has to tell them: ‘So sorry, but you’re not allowed to buy anything here because Canada has a ban on foreign investors in all of the country’s major cities.’
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