TORONTO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Home sales in the Vancouver region's heated housing market fell 26 percent last month on a year-to-year basis after the province introduced a tax on foreign home ownership, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said on Friday,
In a statement, the board said sales in August were at 2,489, down from 3,362 in the same month last year.
British Columbia introduced a 15 percent tax on foreign real estate buyers in Vancouver in late July, a measure geared at increasing housing affordability.