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THE CANADIAN REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION RELEASES STATISTICS FOR APRIL 2012

martin.minda@century21.ca — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has released the resale housing activity results for April 2012. For all the statistics, please click here.

DOWNCHILD'S CHUCK JACKSON ANNNOUNCED AS WASAGA BEACH BLUES 2012 MUSICAL DIRECTOR

martin.minda@century21.ca — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Stonebridge Town Centre will host the 2nd Annual Wasaga Beach Blues Festival August 24th-26th , 2012. The Blues Festival was a huge success last year. On May 8th it was announced that Downchild's Chuck Jackson will be the Musical Director. Click here to view details of this announcement.

For information about the 2012 Wasaga Beach blues Festival, please visit http://www.wasagabeachblues.com/

TORONTO REAL ESTATE BOARD'S APRIL 2012 RELEASE OF MARKET WATCH

martin.minda@century21.ca — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Market Remains Tight with Sales Up in April

May 3, 2012 -- Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 10,350 transactions through the TorontoMLS system in April 2012. This level of sales was 18 per cent higher than the 8,778 firm deals reported in April 2011. The strongest sales growth was reported in the single-detached market segment, with transactions of this home type up by 22 per cent compared to a year ago.

“Interest in single-detached homes has been very high, both in the City of Toronto and surrounding regions. Growth in single-detached listings has not kept up with demand, which means competition between buyers in this market segment increased. With this in mind, it was no surprise that the strongest annual price increase was also experienced in the single-detached segment,” said Toronto Real Estate Board President, Richard Silver.

The average price for April 2012 transactions was $517,556 – up 8.5 per cent compared to April 2011. While price growth was strongest for single-detached homes, the better-supplied condominium apartment segment experienced a more moderate annual rate of price growth, at four per cent.

“Monthly mortgage payments remain affordable for home buyers in the Greater Toronto Area. While interest rates are generally expected to increase over the next two years, the extent and timing of rate hikes has been thrown into question by slower than expected economic growth in the first quarter of this year. On net, borrowing costs are expected to remain a positive factor influencing home sales through 2012,” said Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis.

Click here to see Full Report [pdf]

Historic Annual Sales and Average Price [pdf]

HOW YOU CAN SAVE ENERGY?

martin.minda@century21.ca — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

In today's day and age we are all looking for ways to save money. One great way to do this is conserving on our energy usage. There are numerous ways that we can reduce our use of electricity.

Funded by the Ontario Power Authority and offered through local utility companies, "saveONenergy" offers programs and ideas to help make it easier for Ontarians to save on electricity usage in their homes and its associated costs.

For various tips and ideas on how you can conserve energy, please visit:

https://saveonenergy.ca/Consumer/Efficiency-Tips---Tools.aspx