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      <title>Estate administration tax when selling a Muskoka home</title>
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      <description>How Ontario's estate administration tax works: the $50,000 threshold, $15 per $1,000 above it, the deposit timing and the questions to put to an estate lawyer.</description>
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      <title>Living in Muskoka year-round: services and access</title>
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      <description>Hospitals, Corridor 11 and local transit, septic permit authorities and the road versus water access questions to ask before moving to a Muskoka home.</description>
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      <title>Muskoka cottage closing costs and land transfer tax</title>
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      <description>How Ontario land transfer tax is worked out, with an example at a round $900,000 price, the first-time buyer refund rules and a list of closing costs to expect.</description>
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      <title>Muskoka towns and townships, explained</title>
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      <description>Which municipality each Muskoka community sits in: Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Muskoka Lakes and Lake of Bays and how the District fits above them.</description>
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      <category>Costs and Taxes</category>
      <description>How Muskoka property tax is built: the 2026 Huntsville and Gravenhurst residential rates, MPAC's January 1, 2016 valuation date and an example on $500,000.</description>
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      <title>Shore road allowances: what Muskoka waterfront buyers should know</title>
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      <description>What a shore road allowance or Crown shoreline reserve means for a Muskoka waterfront buyer, using Ontario policy PL 4.11.03 and the Municipal Act.</description>
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