Mortgage Newsletter
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
 Scott
Ko (778) 869-8638 scottko@mortgageratesbc.net
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- Commercial
real estate chugs ahead
Jan 03,
2012 — If 2010 was the year that Canada's commercial property market
largely thrived - rather than imploding, as many industry watchers had predicted
- 2011 will likely go down as another year that exceeded
expectations.
- Housing
prices to increase in 2012
Dec 31,
2011 — Builders have been consistent in their message to consumers: If
you've been waiting for house prices to come down, you're waiting in vain. As
the industry gets set for the first business day of 2012 on Tuesday, the message
is that prices will be going up.
- Real
estate bubble in 2012? Nah
Dec 31,
2011 — As global housing markets coughed and sputtered in 2011,
Canada's barreled ahead, even turning a few nervous heads along the way. Is
there really a cause for alarm? Are we doomed to ride this white-knuckled
rollercoaster in 2012? Probably not, according to Benjamin Tal, deputy chief
economist of CIBC.
- IMF
calls for review of CMHC risk management
Dec 23, 2011 — The International Monetary Fund is
calling for a review of the rules that govern Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
to ensure there is sufficient oversight of the Crown
corporation.
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This entry was posted on January 5th, 2012
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