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Sat Apr 3, 11:17 AM Derek Scott, The Canadian Press By Derek Scott, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER, B.C. - Buying a house in the hot housing markets of Vancouver, Toronto and other major cities in recent years has been a possible dream for some first-time
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Conservatives suspend energy rebates a year early because they're too popular The government's decision to suspend a federal program that offered homeowners financial incentives to make their houses more energy efficient has drawn fire from the
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By The Canadian Press TORONTO - A new report says the cost of owning a home in Canada increased slightly across all housing segments in the closing months of 2009. RBC Economics says rising prices made it more expensive to own a home, but that was partly
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Île-des-Soeurs, January 19, 2010 –Québec’s provincial real estate market performed well in 2009, with sales increasing by 3 per cent over 2008 for a total of 79,185 MLS ® sales transactions, according to the Québec
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OTTAWA - Canadian home resales improved 41.5 per cent year over year to 42,288 units in October, a record for the month, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association . The national average price for homes listed on the Multiple Listing Service also
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Île-des-Sœurs, July 7, 2009 MLS ® sales in the Montréal Metropolitan Area increased by 14 per cent in June 2009 compared to June 2008, the second consecutive monthly increase, reported the Greater Montréal Real Estate Board.
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Budget 2009 proposes to introduce a new non-refundable tax credit based on an amount of $5,000 for first-time home buyers who acquire a qualifying home after January 27, 2009 (i.e. the closing is after that date). The credit for a taxation year will be
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The recent budget has some great incentives to help stimulate the housing sector! These apply to both 1st time purchasers as well as available grants for renovations. We are attaching the highlights as posted from the Canadian Government website so that
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by Lauren Kerensky Wednesday, January 31, 2007provided by Brokers in the Great White North are seeing an awful lot of green these days, and we're not talking about what's hidden under melting snow. Though the country is a latecomer to the multimillion-dollar
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Home sales drop 29 per cent in December. Tough economy means more houses up for resale and sellers no longer have advantage in bargaining By SHEILA MCGOVERN, The Gazette January 14, 2009 Despite declines, Montreal's housing market has escaped the
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By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Canadian housing starts fell to 172,000 at a seasonally adjusted annual rate last month, down from 211,800 in October, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Monday. The rate of urban starts decreased 21.6 per cent month-over-month
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BY: The Canadian Press TORONTO - Canada's housing sector is entering what RBC Economics calls a "cyclical downtown," but says the risk of a U.S.-style meltdown is remote. RBC senior economist Robert Hogue says many factors that triggered
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OTTAWA, November 13, 2008 — New analysis that tracked how long Canadians living in core housing need* remained in this situation over a three-year period is unveiled in the 2008 Canadian Housing Observer, released today by Canada Mortgage and Housing
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