From RBC.com
Vast majority of Canadians view buying a home as a good
investment
TORONTO, March 8, 2010 - Homebuying momentum in Canada continues to
gain steam with the portion of Canadians who are very likely to
purchase a home in the next two years rising to 10 per cent from
seven per cent two years ago, according to the 17th Annual RBC
Homeownership Study. Younger Canadians, aged 18 to 24, ...
The cost of owning a home increased slightly in the final quarter of 2009, with Vancouver remaining the least affordably city in the country, according to an RBC report released Monday.
"While home affordability deteriorated at the national level in the fourth quarter of 2009, the change was relative ...
Home resales in Canada fell in February for a second straight month, with the biggest drop recorded in Vancouver, although purchases were still up significantly from a year ago, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday.
The February decline in Vancouver and other parts of B.C. was offset by "an equally lar ...
Home building moved into a higher gear in Metro Vancouver last month as the number of houses started surged to 1,402 units, twice the number posted a year earlier, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Monday. Starts in the first two months ...
February housing starts in Vancouver continued to bounce back from lows reached in 2009, with the number of new units breaking ground doubling last year's tally, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on Monday.
"Of course, last February in ...
VANCOUVER SUN
Sentiment among would-be homebuyers continues to improve in B.C., according to an annual RBC home ownership study released on Monday.
The study reported that 36 per cent of B. ...
i have a buddy who figures he made about $100,000 in the housing market in the past two to three years.
that's not a bad take, but i question whether he really made that much money. no, i don't believe he's lying about what he paid for his ho ...
"The outlook for housing starts in B.C. is similar to the national trend in terms of the fo ...
Construction across B.C. eased off in January from the gains seen up to the end of the year, with contractors taking out almost $685 million worth of building permits that month, a 23-per-cent decrease from December.
The drop was mostly in the non-residential sector, where contractors took out only $156 million in permits to build new buildings, down nearly 29 ...