June 2010

OTTAWA – June 16th, 2010 – Statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show that home sales activity and new listings in Canada declined in May.

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May brings lower homes sales and fewer new listings

DURHAM REGION, JUNE 11, 2010 – Starting July 1, 2010 Ontarians can expect to pay a harmonized sales tax (HST) rate of 13% on a long list of goods and services that were previously exempt from the 8% Provincial Sales Tax (PST). “While the impact of the tax will be felt by all Ontarians, the province’s 3 million homeowners and the thousands who buy and sell a home every year will be hit particularly hard by this latest tax.” commented Dierdre Mullen, President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS®. “As real estate professionals, REALTORS® know how important the dream of homeownership is to Ontario families.

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HST Affects the Affordability of Home Ownership

DURHAM REGION – June 4, 2010 – The Durham Region Association of REALTORS® reported 1,027 sales through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) during the month of May which is at par with last year’s 1,026 sales for the same month, but reflects a decrease from the high sales totals seen in both March and April of this year. Meanwhile, active listings remain on the rise with May offering up 2,600 available resale home listings, 1% higher than May of 2009 and the highest amount seen so far this year. “We can now see the forecasted trend of increased available listings coinciding with a decrease in the substantial sales of the prior few months.

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May Sales Remain High for Durham Resale Housing Market

OTTAWA – June 2, 2010 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has lowered its forecast for home sales via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations. The revision reflects a weaker than expected start to the year in British Columbia, and recent developments that pulled forward the timing as to when sales are expected to ease in other provinces. CREA’s previous national forecast was heavily influenced by British Columbia and Ontario forecast trends, and this remains the case in the revised forecast

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Resale housing forecast revised

For the first time since 2007, the Bank of Canada raised its target for the overnight rate by one quarter of one percentage point to 0.5 per cent on June 1, 2010. The Bank rate was raised to 0.75 per cent and the deposit rate was unchanged at 0.25 per cent, thereby re-establishing the normal operating band of 50 basis points

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Bank of Canada raises interest rates: Canada becomes first country in G7 to hike