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How the 50-plus Demographic is Affecting the Canadian Housing Market: A New Royal LePage Podcast
Linda Leatherdale, money editor of The Toronto Sun and host of MONEY LINE on Rogers Television, Lisa da Rocha, vice president, marketing and communications, Royal LePage Real Estate Services, and David Cravit, senior vice president, marketing, The 50Plus Read More...
B.C. Real Estate Statistics Hit The News!
Hello again! I've been on holiday and also just been a bit lazy with the blog lately. I am trying to get back on the ball, as it were. Today the British Columbia Real Estate Association released their Spring 2008 Housing Forecast . I also heard BCREA Read More...
15 Vancouver Real Estate Myths In The News Today
Well, that's nothing new. Vancouver real estate is in the news almost everyday. The Vancouver Sun online has a story today titled 15 Real Estate Myths & Realities: The List. The article also includes the transcript of an interview by Christy Clark Read More...
Bank of Canada Cuts Interest Rates
The Bank of Canada cut it's overnight rate by 50 basis points,or 1/2 a percent, to 3% this morning. The major bank will most likey respond with a cut in their mortgage rates. The rationale for the cut was that: Growth in the global economy has weakened, Read More...
Vancouver Real Estate News: The Spring Break Review
I was away for Spring Break last week. Got back on Tuesday but have been busy catching up the last couple of days. Now its time to get you, and me , up to speed on the latest real estate news. The trend seems to be towards analysis of the future of the Read More...
Canadian Interest Rates Cut by Half a Percent
The Bank of Canada has cut the target for it's overnight lending rate by half a percentage point today and the major banks have already started to respond by lowing their prime lending rate by an equal amount. This will help to spurr on the Spring Read More...
U.S. Housing Starts Up, But Permits Down
This one is straight from the daily RBC Economic Update by RBC Economist Rishi Sondhi that is subscribe too. You too can subscribe to these as well as many other reports from the RBC Ecomonics team . They are useful for keeping an eye on the Canadian Read More...
2008 B.C. Budget Increases First Time Homebuyers Threshold
Carole Taylor, wearing her new, greener shoes, released the budget yesterday in Victoria. The big news has been about the carbon tax that was introduced , but for first time homebuyers driving around in their cars looking for their first home the big Read More...
British Columbia Real Estate Sales Drop, a little
The British Columbia Real Estate Association released the following report today on the B.C. real estate market. Always remember that real estate is very, very local and what is happening across the province, or even across town may have not effect on Read More...
Vancouver Real Estate: Will the US Economy Impact Vancouver's Real Estate Market?
The article below first appeared in the REALTORlink newsletter for REALTORs on Febreuart 8, 2008. Trouble ahead? Will the US economy impact our real estate market? The downturn in the US economy has some Metro Vancouver home owners and home buyers worried Read More...