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OTTAWA – May 9, 2011 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has revised its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service ® (MLS ® ) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2011 and 2012. National sales activity is now expected to reach 441,100 units in 2011, a decline of 1.3 per cent from 2010

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CREA Updates Resale Housing Forecast

OTTAWA – February 8, 2011 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has revised its 2011 forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service ® (MLS ® ) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations, and extended it to 2012.

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CREA Boosts Annual Resale Housing Forecast

January 24, 2011 Oshawa Mayor embarks on road tour to gather support for the delayed Hwy 407 East Extension project Province urged to honour its commitment to extend the Hwy 407 east to Hwy 35/115 by 2013 At 12 noon today, Oshawa Mayor John Henry will climb aboard a transport truck (donated by The Mackie Group) advocating for the Premier to fulfill the province’s commitment to extend Hwy 407 east to Hwy 35/115 in one continuous phase by 2013. The “Let’s RAMP it up! Show your support for the Hwy 407 East Extension project” campaign calls for communities to join the City of Oshawa, Durham Region, Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes in urging the province to honour its commitment – as originally promised and planned – for the benefit of southern Ontario. Mayor Henry will visit approximately a dozen municipalities starting with St

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407 Extension Project

OTTAWA – January 14th, 2011 – National resale housing activity in December 2010 was slightly above average for the month of December, according to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Actual (not seasonally adjusted) national sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service ® (MLS ® ) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards was down 14.4 per cent on a year-over-year basis in December 2010, which reflects record level sales for the month of December in 2009.  Activity in December 2010 ran slightly ahead of the ten year average for the month (Exhibit 1). The national trend for monthly sales remained stable in December, with seasonally adjusted sales activity having edged down by less than a percentage point from the previous month.  Led by Calgary, Winnipeg, and Hamilton-Burlington, seasonally adjusted sales activity was up month-to-month in half of local markets.

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Resale housing market solid in December

OTTAWA (August 16, 2010) – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) says national home sales activity continued to trend down in July 2010. The decline was almost entirely the result of fewer sales in British Columbia and Ontario.

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BC and Ontario housing markets feel effects of HST in July

(OTTAWA – May 17, 2010) Home sales activity in Canada came up short of the record for the month of April and new listings continued to climb, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Residential sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards numbered 52,042 units in April 2010. This is less than one per cent short of the record for national sales activity during the month of April, which was set in 2007

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Canada’s hot resale housing market starting to cool

Homebuyers have more choice heading into the busy spring buying season, with new supply in Canada’s resale housing market setting a record for the month of March. While resale housing demand remains strong, rising numbers of new listings are resulting in a more balanced national resale housing market.

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Resale market sees nearly 100,000 homes listed for sale in March

Existing home sales activity reached the highest level ever for the month of December, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association. Strong demand in the second half of 2009, especially in the fourth quarter, pushed annual sales above 2008 levels

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2009 resale housing market ends on a high note

National consumer confidence ended the year 2009 on a stronger footing compared to pre-recession levels, despite having edged down slightly the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter. According to the Conference Board of Canada’s index of consumer confidence, confidence eased slightly in the fourth quarter for the first time in three quarterly periods. The decrease in confidence reflects weakening sentiment about making major purchases

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Consumer confidence ends on a stronger footing

According to The Canadian Real Estate Association, sales activity reached the highest level ever for the month of October.

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October a record breaking month for MLS® resale housing market