Chinese investors have also spiked home prices in the Toronto region, but Vancouver has seen the highest rise in real estate due to the influx
of foreign money reaching an unprecedented level in the last year, he said.
Also, if indeed
foreign buyers (read: mainland Chinese) are shunting their
money out
of China and away from the
reach of an increasingly authoritarian government, might the tax simply be seen as an unfortunate but necessary fee given the alternative?
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of huuuge reward chasing program, which eventually rebate back those upfront charges
of annual and / or FX fees and (that
money you loaned to them) be available whenever you
reach their threshold spending and / or every year end ASK for credit next year, would be disadvantageous and less useful than those card issuers that charge no or zero
foreign transaction fees aka FX - fee - free credit cards like Premier WE MC from HSBC or HT Preferred, HT Equityline (or even the MOGO prepaid) VISA products from Home Trust.