Wed, 04/15/2015 – 09:00 Ottawa, ON, April 15, 2015 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity was up on month-over-month basis in March 2015. Highlights: National home sales edged up 4.1% from February to March. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity stood 9.5% above March 2014… Read more »
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Canadian home sales edge up in February
Fri, 03/13/2015 – 09:00 Ottawa, ON, March 13, 2015- According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity edged up slightly on month-over-month basis in February 2015. Ottawa, ON, March 13, 2015- According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity… Read more »
CREA Updates and Extends Resale Housing Forecast
Fri, 03/13/2015 – 08:58 Ottawa, ON, March 13, 2015 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2015 and extended it to 2016. The further decline in oil prices since CREA’s last forecast… Read more »
Bank of Canada keeps rates on hold
Thu, 03/05/2015 The Bank of Canada announced on March 4th, 2015 it was keeping its trend-setting overnight lending rate at 0.75 per cent. Six weeks earlier, the Bank surprised markets by cutting the rate by a quarter of a percentage point as insurance against economic damage from the drop in oil prices. The Bank of… Read more »