Metro Vancouver new home prices post best rebound
June 12, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
Metro Vancouver has seen the strongest rebound in new-housing prices among Canada’s major markets over the last year, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. The region saw new-home prices edge up 0.4 per cent in April from March on Statistics Canada’s new-home price index bringing the year-over-year gain in prices to six per cent.
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Long-term outlook for housing starts positive
June 11, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
Residential construction is a bright spot in the Canadian economy, according to a national survey that points to good short- and long-term prospects for housing starts in most parts of the country.
Photograph by: GORD WALDNER, Canwest News Service
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Housing starts decline in May: CMHC
June 10, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
Housing construction declined in May, with both single- and multi-unit starts falling below the previous month, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday.
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Dundas and Keele
June 9, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
Row house a convenient condo alternative
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Modern marketing for a work of Art
June 9, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
Developers of Art condominiums turn to social media to sell new homes
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Glass, brick and history
June 9, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
Garrison at the Yards is a new mid-rise condo development set to go up just south of Fort York, the birthplace of Toronto
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Metro Vancouver starts ease in balance with market report
June 9, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
VANCOUVER The pace of new-housing construction in Metro Vancouver eased off in May from that of previous months yet remains at a level in line with market conditions, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday.
The national mortgage insurer counted 1,173 new homes across Metro Vancouver in May, a dramatic 150-per-cent improvement on the same month a [...]
Home ownership costs to rise in Canada: RBC report
May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
Home ownership costs to rise in Canada: RBC report
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Metro Vancouver home prices dip slightly in April
May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
VANCOUVER â April saw a blip in the rise of Metro Vancouver housing prices, which is another sign that the market is easing into a balanced state.
The Conference Board of Canada noted that Metro VancouverâÂÂs average home price dipped 2.6 per cent to $662,348 in April from March, though it remains almost 20 per cent [...]
Metro Vancouver housing demand expected to flatten out in 2010
May 30, 2010 by John Grasty · Leave a Comment
VANCOUVER â Metro Vancouver real estate sales will drop in 2010 compared to last year and flatten out in 2011 because new buyers who would have been in the market were enticed to buy in 2009, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Wednesday.
CMHC is forecasting that Metro Vancouver will see 35,000 property sales cleared through [...]
