{"id":1418,"date":"2016-11-11T18:58:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schreders.ca\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2022-11-16T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T19:05:51","slug":"real-estate-questions-of-the-week-002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/real-estate-questions-of-the-week-002\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate Questions Of The Week 002"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #8f0509;\">The Schreder Brothers Answer Your Real Estate Questions<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4>Do you have a question that you would like to have featured on Real Estate Questions Of The Week?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Here is how you can ask The Schreder Brothers your Real Estate question:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"list-group\"><a class=\"list-group-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SchrederBrothers\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-share fa-fw\"><\/i> <strong>Go To <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Ask Us On Facebook<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"list-group-item\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;q=%23askschreders&amp;src=typd\"><i class=\"fa fa-share fa-fw\"><\/i><strong> Go To <\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Ask Us a Question on Twitter or Instagram &#8211; Hashtag #AskSchreders<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"list-group-item\" href=\"https:\/\/schreders.ca\/contact\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-share fa-fw\"><\/i> <strong>Go To <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Send Us An E-Mail<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">This Weeks Questions<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Question 001<\/h2>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0Brad\u00a0in Surrey BC<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #8f0509;\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Q: What are the most sought after features of a home that buyers look for?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8230;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> An up to date kitchen that is great for entertaining is one of the most sought after features home buyers are looking for.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/schreders.ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us for more information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;#AskSchreders | Q: What are the most sought after features of a home that buyers look for?&#8221; username=&#8221;@jwsrealestate&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Question 002<\/h2>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0Susan L. in Langley BC<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #8f0509;\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Q: Will the foreign buyers tax continue to cool the market running into 2017?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8230;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> There are many varying opinions out there of what the market will do in 2017. We believe that the spring market will pick up as per usual.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/schreders.ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us for more information<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[bctt tweet=&#8221;#AskSchreders | Q: Will the foreign buyers tax continue to cool the market running into 2017?&#8221; username=&#8221;@jwsrealestate&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Question 003<\/h2>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0Tahir G. in Surrey BC<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #8f0509;\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Q: <b>Is there hst on real estate in bc?<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8230;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that HST has been eliminated in BC, we are back to the old GST. \u00a0Used residential housing is not subject to GST, however, GST is payable on the purchase price of newly constructed or substantially renovated residential homes. \u00a0Tax on Real Estate is a very complicated topic and could be subject to various rebates. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/schreders.ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us for more information<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;#AskSchreders | Q: Is there hst on real estate in bc?&#8221; username=&#8221;@jwsrealestate&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Question 004<\/h2>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0Nandi P. in Surrey BC<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #8f0509;\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Q: <b>What is an assignment in real estate?<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8230;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An assignment is a sales transaction where the original buyer of a property (the \u201cassignor\u201d) allows another buyer (the \u201cassignee\u201d) to take over the buyer&#8217;s rights and obligations of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, before the original buyer closes on the property (that is, where they take possession of the property).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/schreders.ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us for more information<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;#AskSchreders | Q: What is an assignment in real estate? &#8221; username=&#8221;@jwsrealestate&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Question 005<\/h2>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0Tom in Langley\u00a0BC<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #8f0509;\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Q: <b>Who pays the Realtor&#8217;s commission?<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8230;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Seller of a property pays the Realtor\u2019s commission in a typical Real Estate transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/schreders.ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us for more information<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;#AskSchreders | Q: Who pays the Realtor&#8217;s commission?&#8221; username=&#8221;@jwsrealestate&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Schreder Brothers Answer Your Real Estate Questions Do you have a question that you would like to have featured on Real Estate Questions Of The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,4,67,93],"tags":[133,134],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-askschreders","category-blog-post","category-buying-tips","category-home-selling-tips","tag-ask-schreders","tag-q-a"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70773,"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/70773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schreders.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}