Budget Day – HoweStreet

April 19, 2021 | Budget Day Steve Saretsky Steve Saretsky is a Vancouver residential Realtor and author behind one of Vancouver’s most popular real estate blogs, Vancity Condo Guide. Steve is widely considered a thought leader in the industry with regular appearances on BNN, CBC, CKNW, CTV and as a contributor to BC Business Magazine. Steve provides advisory services to banks, hedge funds, developers, and various types of investors. It’s budget day. The much anticipated Federal budget is front and centre, with many citizens eagerly watching with bated breath, what, if anything, the Government will do to address the housing crisis. There are rumours suggesting there are plans to tax vacant residential property owned by non-resident, non-Canadian owners. We shall see. However, it’s unlikely any major changes are coming, after all, Canadian Real Estate is the economy.