Published:
July 01, 2010
2:00 AM
The Fraser Valley will offer buyers of new homes savings, now that
the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) has gone into effect, according to
the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board.
Deanna Horn, board president, said "Since the majority of new townhomes and apartments, as well as select, new single-family homes in our region sell for less than $525,000, the new housing ...
OTTAWA - Housing prices rose for the eleventh straight month in
May, advancing 0.3 per cent compared to the month before and in
line with analyst expectations, Statistics Canada reported
Thursday.
The gains were led by Regina, where prices advanced 3.4 per cent, and Toronto and Oshawa, where prices rose 0.7 per cent.
Prices fell in Kitchene ...
Real estate news can mean different things to different people. A headline announcing either a dramatic drop or a wild ...
Housing starts across the Vancouver area showed healthy increases in May, posting a year-over-year jump of 150 per cent, according to Canada Mortgage and Hous ...
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Businessman Consulting Glowing Crystal Ball Economists at the Big 5
banks worked overtime this week, polishing their rate forecasts and
fielding calls from reporters.
It seemed every major media outlet in the country ran stories on where interest rates are headed.
Here's what the "prophets'" predict rates will do by the end of next year (2011):
* BMO ...
The average house price in B.C. climbed 19 per cent to $504,312 in the first quarter of this year from the same period in 2009, the B.C. Real Estate Association said. Residential sales across the province on the Multiple Listing Service system rose 64 per cent to 18,284 units during this period, it said Tuesday.
Assoc ...
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia have hiked residential-mortgage rates for the second time in as many weeks, likely sparking another round of increases from other banks at the onset of what is expected to be one of the bu ...
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia have hiked residential mortgage rates for the second time in as many weeks, likely sparking another round of increases from other banks at the onset of what is expected to be one of the busiest home-buying seasons in recent memory.
As of today, RBC and Scotia's ...