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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 2:30 PM
B.C. is taking action to target housing speculation to make sure more people can find an affordable home in the communities where they live and work.
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Friday, February 16, 2024 9:15 AM
Investigating and accessing information about land ownership in B.C. is about to get easier for law enforcement agencies, journalists and researchers with the elimination of search fees for the Province’s Land Owner Transparency Registry (LOTR).
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 2:05 PM
People in B.C. can be confident that money services businesses they use will have greater oversight by the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) as a new provincial regulator.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 1:55 PM
Amendments introduced to the Business Corporations Act will create a new, public registry for beneficial owners to give British Columbians more confidence that B.C. private companies are not being used for money laundering or other criminal purposes.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022 10:20 AM
People looking to get a mortgage in B.C. will soon have enhanced consumer protection under new legislation for mortgage service providers.
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Thursday, September 29, 2022 9:00 AM
The first-of-its-kind Land Owner Transparency Registry is a step closer to supporting transparency in B.C.’s real estate market with a November deadline for pre-existing owners to file.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021 8:30 AM
The B.C. government will be extending the deadline for pre-existing owners to file with the Land Owner Transparency Registry, giving reporting bodies with an interest in land more time to file a transparency report without incurring penalties.
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Friday, July 9, 2021 12:30 PM
Beginning Aug. 1, 2021, people buying or selling property will benefit from more efficient and co-ordinated regulation as BC Financial Services Authority will become the sole regulator for B.C.’s financial services sector, including real estate.
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Friday, April 30, 2021 9:00 AM
Transparency information on interest holders of B.C. real estate is available for public search in the Land Owner Transparency Registry, giving law enforcement and tax authorities a significant tool to combat money laundering in the real estate market.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:25 AM
People buying or selling a home will benefit from a real estate industry with more efficient and co-ordinated oversight from BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA).
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