Housing Activity to Strengthen in 2010, says CMHC
Housing starts have started to recover and are expected to continue to improve in the second half of 2009. Starts are expected to reach 141,900 for the year and will increase to 164,900 for 2010, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) fourth quarter Housing Market Outlook, Canada Edition* report. “We expect housing markets across Canada to strengthen leading into and...
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GTA real estate proves resilient during first six months of 2009, says RE/MAX – One in five neightbourhoods have surpassed pre-recession average price levels. In the midst of the recession, approximately twenty per cent of single-detached homes and condominiums in Greater Toronto Area neighbourhoods managed to post an increase in average price, according to RE/MAX. The RE/MAX Return on...
Read MoreSurge in Residential Home Sales
Recovery underway in key Canadian markets ends buyer dominance in resale housing, says RE/MAX Pent-up demand for residential housing has bolstered sales in Canada’s major markets—a clear signal that the housing sector has shifted into recovery mode, according to a report issued by RE/MAX. More balanced market conditions have emerged, effectively ending the stronghold that buyers had on the...
Read MoreMay 2009 strongest month on record for luxury home sales, says RE/MAX
Sales of luxury properties in the Greater Toronto Area posted their strongest performance on record in May 2009, according to RE/MAX Ontario?Atlantic Canada. Two hundred and seventy?three high?end homes changed hands in May 2009, up six per cent from 258 reported during the same period one year earlier, and the highest number of sales over $1 million in a one?month period in the history of the...
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