Here is a recap for February 2010.
Listings continue to be a concern. We did see a nice increase in February with 471 new listings compared to 416 in 2009 but on the year we currently have 1605 active listings compared to 2092 in February 2009.
We are seeing multiple offers occurring in several price points causing our average sale price to show an increase of 12.9% on the year compared ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on March 1, 2010
CENTURY 21 President, Don Lawby, comments on Competition Bureau Application The Competition Bureau submitted an application to the Competition Tribunal earlier this week after completing an investigation against CREA and found its business model, membership rules and the parameters surrounding MLS, to be in violation of competition rules. This issue has enormous implications on the real estate industry ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on February 12, 2010
PETERBOROUGH, ON, January 22, 2010 — The Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, and the City of Peterborough today celebrated the official opening of an affordable housing project. The project is supported by more than $2 million in funding under the Canada – Ontario Affordable Housing Program.
Dean Del Mastro, Member of Parliament for Peterborough, on behalf of the Honourable ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on January 22, 2010
The Canadian housing market has roared into the new year at top speed, with existing home sales activity reaching the highest level ever for December, and with prices still rising.
According to statistics by the Canadian Real Estate Association, residential sales numbered 27,744 units in December 2009, a whopping 72 per cent above activity in December 2008. At this time last year, the CREA was ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on January 18, 2010
Here is a review of the Peterborough real estate market for the month of December 2009 compared to December 2008.
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Canwest puts its newspaper division under court protection
The newspaper-publishing unit of Canwest Global is seeking bankruptcy protection. It is joining the parent company that filed in October. The Canwest partnership publishes 12 daily newspapers, including the Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette and Ottawa Citizen.
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on January 8, 2010
National consumer confidence continued to improve for the third consecutive quarter in the third quarter of 2009, according to the Conference Board of Canada’s index of consumer confidence. Consumer sentiment is up from the end of 2008, and now stands above pre-recession levels. The sharp rise in confidence resulted from improved sentiment about households’ budgetary outlook, job growth ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on November 12, 2009
The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 per cent in October, a 26-year high. The economy shed 190,000 jobs.
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on November 6, 2009
The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular age–sex group is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group.
Canada's unemployment rate rose by two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.6 per cent in October from 8.4 per cent the previous month. ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on November 6, 2009
Bond Type
September 30, 2009
October 14, 2009
October 28, 2009
1 year Treasury Bill
0.57%
0.68%
0.60%
3 year Benchmark Bond Yield
1.89%
2.15%
1.90%
5 year Benchmark Bond Yield
2.57%
2.86%
2.70%
10 year Benchmark Bond Yield
3.31%
3.52%
3.45%
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on November 6, 2009