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The number of foreign purchasers involved in Metro Vancouver residential real estate transactions increased from September to October, as the market continues to digest the 15 per cent additional tax applied to sales by non-Canadian buyers as of Aug. 2.

For Metro Vancouver as a whole, the number of transactions involving foreign buyers rose from 1.8 per cent of the total in September to three per cent in October, according to data released Tuesday by the province.

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About 140 residential property transactions valued at $115 million in Metro Vancouver, out of a total of about 4,700 valued at $3.6 billion, were attributed to foreign nationals in this latest count.

The province noted the rise, but said it’s “still significantly below the 13.2 per cent rate of foreign investment seen in Metro Vancouver before the (implementing) of the additional property transfer tax” for non-Canadian buyers.