Housing market

Economic Indicators

Canadian home sales remain depressed

National home sales activity edged back down in November.

By Staff |December 17, 2012

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Planning and Advice

Real estate industry adopts social media

The commercial real-estate industry is usually slow at embracing technology, but a shift has begun.

By Staff |December 14, 2012

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Industry

Google offers mortgage-comparison tool

Homebuyers looking to compare every mortgage deal on the market can now do so with a new Google tool.

By Wire services |December 13, 2012

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Industry

Global housing markets still weak: Scotiabank

The downward pressure on pricing in a number of housing markets has eased, but considerable strains remain.

By Staff |December 11, 2012

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U.S. housing surge will help Canada

Four years into a recession being touted as the worst since the ’30s, the U.S. housing sector is giving markets something to smile about. Between August and September 2012, housing starts leapt 15% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 872,000, the biggest surge since July 2008. Read: Slow and steady U.S. hops over Canada […]

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Canada’s cooling housing market not all bad

A cooling in Canadian house prices may not be all bad news for the country’s economy as cheaper real estate may free up retail spending power for first-time homebuyers, finds CIBC World Markets. While the slowing in Canadian home sales will take a bite out of domestic economic growth by reducing new housing starts and […]

By Staff |December 3, 2012

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Condo buyers can’t afford fees: TD

Do condo owners know their monthly condo fees can increase at any time? Many don’t. In fact, 68% of buyers in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver, didn’t realize condo fees might increase at any time. And more than one-third (38%) say they don’t know if they could afford an increase, finds a TD Canada Trust […]

By Staff |November 29, 2012

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Canadian housing more affordable: RBC

Canada’s housing market became more affordable in the third quarter of 2012 as a result of modest declines in home prices and further gains in household incomes, finds RBC Economics Research. “The broad affordability picture has been somewhat stationary over the last two years, alternating between periods of improvement and deterioration, resulting in an affordability […]

By Staff |November 22, 2012

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Housing market

Canadian home sales remain depressed

Real estate industry adopts social media

Google offers mortgage-comparison tool

Global housing markets still weak: Scotiabank

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U.S. housing surge will help Canada

Canada’s cooling housing market not all bad

Condo buyers can’t afford fees: TD

Canadian housing more affordable: RBC