Buy now or wait for home prices to drop more? Such a question tortures everyone, who is planning to purchase a home. Prices may go down a bit, but they may stay at the current level for an extended period…
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Calgary – the city of your dreams?
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A few reports lately paint a glorious picture of Calgary. It is a prosperous city, with booming housing and high income earners. What else do you need? Calgary is second only to Paris after posting its best ranking ever in…
Montreal: Housing falling off the cliff?
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If anyone is talking about inflated home prices, Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary are the names of the cities thrown around. A few days ago, however, Ben Rabidoux published a report on the health of the Canadian housing market and unveils…
Up or Down?
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Recently a friend of my was laid off from her management position in the retail sector. Two weeks later her husband lost his government job. Wow! Both, however, sound upbeat saying “No problem… we will relax for a few weeks…
Who said real estate in BC is too expensive?
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Everybody says so! Of course, Vancouver is pricey. But still there are homes in BC for sale even under $100K. Vancouver Sun did a simple search on Realtor.ca for cheap homes and came out with 14 homes. The Canadian Real…
What is happening with the Canadian real estate?
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The main story is that sales are dropping. Home buyers are hesitating, or just waiting for the spring to enter the market. CREA reported a Canada wide decrease in sales by almost 16% compared to a year ago, even as…
Sell Canada, Buy Japan
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Everyone is an expert these days. Just mention “housing” and you will hear all kinds of forecasts and wild prognosis. It will go up, it will go down, it will stay flat… You will hear countless of variations. There are,…
Mixed start for housing
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Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary have released their statistics for the first month of 2013. Those in the real estate business know that January is perhaps the slowest month of the year. Add the unusually cold weather this winter and you…
Own or rent?
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If you ask Statistics Canada you are more likely to own your house. But again it depends… According to the latest study home ownership in Canada has gone up over the last 25 years. By how much? By 7% –…
Mid-week review
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Make the best of your cell phone If you are one of those, who think that when abroad, if not talking on the phone the dreaded roaming charges would not apply, you better hit the link below. According to a…