The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the crown corporation that insures Canadian mortgages, seems optimistic about the housing market in the next two years. Recently, there have been steadily rising concerns of what record low mortgage rates will do to the housing market. However, in this article we learn the CMHC is predicting the market will stay…
When we were looking to sell our first house and buy a second we agreed to meet with a realtor. After that disastrous meeting we had just about decided to not use one at all when we were fortunate to meet Tom Sapinski. We couldn’t have been happier with him. As a realtor, he makes…
Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 684 residential properties in January through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service system compared with 677 in January 2011, an increase of one per cent. The five-year average for January sales is 652. Of those sales, 138 were in the condominium property class, while 546 were in the…
Rock-bottom mortgage rates have been the fuel behind Canada’s house-price boom. Now, they may also be the shield keeping that boom from becoming a bubble. Bank of Montreal chief economist Sherry Cooper argues that despite the Bank of Canada’s repeated warnings about the alarming deterioration in the country’s household debt levels, driven in no small…
By Vito Pilieci, The Ottawa Citizen January 6, 2012 Ottawa’s unemployment rate held steady in December, ending three months of increases, according to Statistics Canada. The national statistics watchdog said the creation of 5,400 new jobs in the region helped to keep the unemployment rate at 6.3 per cent during the month. More than 697,800…
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As temperatures head down to their seasonal norm, we’re turning up the heat at home. That means higher bills, but having an energy-efficient home can keep heating costs under control. EnerQuality designs and operates five “green” building standards for the construction industry in Ontario. “These focus on the design and construction of the home,” says…
Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 699 residential properties in December through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® system compared with 618 in December 2010, an increase of 13.1 per cent. The five-year average for December sales is 611. The total number of homes sold through the Board’s MLS® system in 2011 was…
For an explanation, Canadians can look to the European sovereign-debt crisis, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability report by RBC Economics. The report found the average housing cost of a standard two-storey home was 48.8% of the median pre-tax income, down 0.6% from the previous quarter. “It appears that developments related to the…