Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years
I&#x27;m a homeowner in Toronto and I don&#x27;t think this will help. They&#x27;ve eliminated a small number of buyers from the market but have added other incentives like a first home buyers tax credit that will only fuel the fire - Australia tried this with tragic results.<p>&gt;&gt; working with provinces and territories to develop and implement a Home Buyers’ Bill of Rights and bring forward a national plan to end blind bidding.<p>Blind bidding is where multiple parties submit a sealed bid on a property. The realtor and seller review these bids behind close doors and then often request subsequent rounds of bids from the bidders *without telling them the current winning bid, or who&#x27;s bid is winning*. Bidders end up out-bidding themselves.<p>IMHO blind bidding is an unethical practice that should be outlawed regardless of its impact on housing prices.