Finding reasonably priced housing in Vancouver is not just limited to the city's less fortunate dwellers. With the city awash in a wave of ultra-high home prices, Mayor Gregor Robertson's latest initiative is to find ways for the middle class to live in one of Canada's priciest ... Views: 589
Many Canadians look outside the country for investment opportunities. It is just a habit. We tend to go south to spend out dollars. But in the coming decade, 2011 to 2020, this would be counter-productive. Why? Because right now Canada is in the driver's seat. The country has quietly, ... Views: 532
There is a growing push for more real estate information to be made available to the general public. The Competition Bureau is doing the recommending. The Toronto Real Estate Board, or TREB, is opposing the idea. What would the public do with such information? Why, try and buy and/or sell houses ... Views: 432
Toronto Dominion Bank is predicting that the residential real estate sector in Canada will remain somewhat overpriced and overbuilt during the coming year. The firm thinks that current housing prices are between 10 and 15 percent higher than they should be, nationwide. Individual markets, such ... Views: 509
The Canadian Real Estate Association, or CREA for short, released its MLS Home Price Index report and it showed that in February 2012, the industry did see an increase in pricing, but that the rate of increase is slowing a bit. The year over year price comparisons might be a sign that prices in ... Views: 468
CIBC World Markets, Inc. released a report that revealed that Canada’s corporate sector is healthier now than it was before we went through the recession. The report also noted that the strength of the current system should help the industry get through any minor setbacks in the economy, as it ... Views: 427