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CMHC releases statement on Liberals’ mortgage planApr 8, 2019
by Canadian Press | 04 Apr 2019 | from repmag.ca Canada's housing agency says new spending measures aimed at helping first-time buyers afford homes won't push prices up more tha
Canada's Housing Market Is Breaking Some Alarming Records Right NowApr 4, 2019
At least we aren't Australia. By Daniel Tencer | from HuffingtonPost.ca It's quiet out there. Maybe too quiet. Canada's residential real estate m
RBC: Housing affordability has improved for the first time in 3 yearsMar 29, 2019
by Steve Randall | 29 Mar 2019 | from repmag.ca The last three months of 2018 finally brought some improvement to housing affordability across Canada. After more than three ye
Mortgage Rate OutlookMar 28, 2019
from BCREA | March 2019 The once bright outlook for the Canadian economy darkened toward the end of 2018 amidst disruptions in Alberta oil production and a policy-induced slowdown in&nbs
Mixed reactions to budget housing measuresMar 20, 2019
by Steve Randall | 20 Mar 2019 | from repmag.ca The federal budget included certain measures aimed at helping the Canadian housing market but there was no change to the mortgag
Homebuyers to get new mortgage incentive, Home Buyer’s Plan boost under 2019 budgetMar 19, 2019
By Erica Alini National Online Journalist, Money/Consumer | Global News Can’t afford to buy a house? The government may take on part of the cos
B.C. real estate board blames stress test for dampening home sales in FebruaryMar 15, 2019
Housing prices also saw a 9.3 per cent dip in February, with average sales sitting at $678,625 THE CANADIAN PRESS | Mar. 13, 2019 | Kelowna Cap News Prospective homeb
Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement - March 6, 2019Mar 6, 2019
The Bank of Canada left its target for the overnight rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent this morning. In the statement accompanying the decision, the Bank noted that while it had expected weak energy investment and exports due to low Canadian oil pri
Canadian House Prices To Grow Slowly For Years, Poll Of Experts FindsMar 1, 2019
Mumal Rathore | Reuters | from HuffingtonPost.ca High prices mean "the Canadian housing market's major shift from homeownership to rental continues," Laurentian
Many BC markets favour buyers but there are exceptionsFeb 25, 2019
by Steve Randall | 19 Feb 2019 | from repmag.ca Home sales in BC were down 33.2% in January compared to a year earlier. Figures from British Columbia Real Estate Asso