Does the UK really have the highest property taxes in the world?
Berkeley boss's claim gets independently fact-checked - and verified (with caveats)
Which country has the highest prime property purchase taxes? (Clue: it’s not the UK…)
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Global Tax Report 2015: How do property costs and taxes compare around the world?
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Vancouver brings in 15% non-resident tax to put the brakes on the property market
The British Columbia Government in Canada has rubber-stamped a 15% levy on foreign buyers of Vancouver property, in a bid to thwart spiralling house prices - but it's given the industry just eight days'…
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