Vancouver, BC - February 16, 2009. British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports residential sales dollar volume on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in BC declined 61 per cent to $873 million in January, compared to the same month last year. Residential unit sales fell 57 per cent to 2,115 units during the same period. The average MLS® residential price in the province was $412 ...
OTTAWA - Home building is expected to scale back considerably in Canada this year, with housing starts falling 24 per cent in 2009, followed by a barely discernible increase in 2010, Canada's federal housing agency says in a newly downgraded forecast.
"Overall, housing starts will decline in ...
Canada's housing market continued to deteriorate in January amid declines in both the price and sales of existing homes, particularly in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, figures from the Canadian Real Estate Association showed Friday.
While economists do not expect the housing downturn to be anywhere near as severe as in the United States or the United Kingdom, the fall in prices amid ...
Canada's currency gained as stocks rose on speculation President Barack Obama's plan to stem home foreclosures will bolster the U.S. economy, boosting demand for riskier assets.
"The loonie got clobbered yesterday [Tuesday] on fears the economy might not rebound," said David Watt, a senior currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto. "Today people are saying the worst might be past ...
Ottawa is pumping out bonds to back the residential real estate market, with the Canada Housing Trust expected to sell $3.5-bilion of new debt this week.
As the federal government expands it mortgage insurance program, the Canada Housing Trust announced Tuesday that it will sell an additional $2.5-billion of 10-year Canada Mortgage Bonds, and launch a new $1-billion five-year floating rate n ...
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