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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

Ottawa, ON – December 21, 2010 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) today released its REALTOR.ca app for the Apple® iPhone®.

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The Canadian Real Estate Association releases REALTOR.ca mobile application for Apple iPhone

OTTAWA – November 15th, 2010 – National resale housing activity rose for the third consecutive month in October 2010, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).

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National resale housing activity improves in October

November 12, 2010 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) unveiled its latest home buying and selling innovation, a new mobile application of REALTOR.ca for Windows® Phone 7.  REALTOR.ca is operated by CREA, and is the most visited real estate website in Canada, with about 350 000 property listings available at any one time. “Allowing people to check out houses whenever they want, wherever they want, will make the home and property hunt that much easier,” said CREA President Georges Pahud.  “Today’s consumers want portable, on-the-go information and REALTORS® across Canada are happy to be able to meet this need with the new REALTOR.ca app.” The REALTOR.ca app provides house hunters with the functionality of REALTOR.ca while taking advantage of Windows Phone 7 device features such as GPS.  The app allows users to search for houses and properties across Canada and to connect with REALTORS® to view, buy or sell a property.  Photos, newly listed properties and open house information are all available

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Canadian Real Estate Association Introduces Hand Held House-Hunting with New Mobile Application

OTTAWA (August 23, 2010) – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) debuts a new national television commercial today featuring production and editing techniques developed specifically for this project and never before used in Canadian television advertising.

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CREA LAUNCHES NEW FALL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

OTTAWA – February 16th – Following this morning’s announcement by the Federal government, The Canadian Real Estate Association is of the view that the Canadian resale housing market is healthy, and does not require regulatory changes beyond those announced today. “Banks and governments should be cautious interpreting recent statistics, since comparisons are being distorted by recessionary activity a year ago and the subsequent rebound,” says Gregory Klump, CREA’s Chief Economist. “Current trends reflect the release of pent up demand when buyers moved to the sidelines during the recession

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CREA SATISFIED WITH CHANGES TO MORTGAGE RULES

You’ll see the terms REALTOR® and MLS® system used frequently in this column, as well as out in the world of real estate advertising.

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The Meaning of REALTOR® (and MLS®)