Posts Tagged ‘ Canada real estate ’

Canadian home construction beats expectations, while prices rise

Nov 10th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Canada’s housing market showed some resiliency through September and October, as national new home prices unexpectedly rose two months ago while the rate of construction on new homes was higher-than-expected in October, a pair of reports said Monday.
Statistics Canada reported that new-home prices rose in September even as the year-over-year increase fell to its slowest [...]



Canadian housing market remains strong

Nov 10th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Canadian housing market has not been seriously affected by the global economic slowdown so far, according to the annual rate of housing starts posted in October which showed a mild decline from the previous month, as the latest report by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows.
Starts of new homes have declined 3.1% from September [...]



Canada’s ‘boom in the housing markets is definitely over’

Sep 16th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Canadian existing home housing prices are decelerating quickly with the steepest decline in more than a decade recorded in August, as analysts say homeowners in some cities should prepare for further depreciation.
The average price of a residential property sold through the Multiple Listing Service was $316,052 last month, a year over year drop of 5.1 [...]



Canada’s Housing Market Cools in Face of Sharply Slower Economic Growth

Aug 11th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Canada’s housing market lost some steam in July as the fevered pace of new home and condo construction cooled, especially in Ontario, after prices rose at their slowest pace in over six years in June in the face of sharply slower economic growth.
Canada’s national economy “is flat on its back” after two straight monthly declines [...]



Ottawa Housing Market is Strong

Aug 8th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Although the number of residential properties on the market has decreased slightly over the past year, the Ottawa Real Estate Board says prices remain strong.
Members of the board sold 1,390 residential properties in July through the board’s Multiple Listing Service system compared with 1,451 in July 2007, a decrease of 4.2 per cent. There were [...]