MLS® resale housing activity in Canada’s major markets declined from previous record levels but remained strong in August, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.
“There were adjustments to mortgage r...
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by Janet Clarkson
Just as the number of house sales and selling prices climb, so is enrollment in the salespersons’ licensing education program.
Since the Manitoba Real Estate Association introduced the new salespe...
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by Bruce Cherney
High above Main Street, steel workers thought that without warning the heavens had opened up on what began as a sun-filled day. To their amazement, out of the clear sky, a mysterious onslaught of windswept spray forc...
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It be said one of the first casualties of the War in Iraq continues to be history. One writer has gone so far as to say the war had been the “death of history.”
It’s a strong assertion by Robert Fisk, who wrote an a...
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The continuing trend of rising home values is not sustainable over the long-term, however, the end to escalating prices will be a soft landing, according to the latest Real Estate Trends released by Scotia Economics.
“The funda...
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Coverage on the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage in the United States has been extensive in recent months.
Headlines, such as From Wobble to Crunch and Washington Primed to Halt Credit Crunch, have certainly grabbed readers&r...
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by Bruce Cherney
In The Wealth of Nations, the famous 18th-century philosopher and economist, Adam Smith, said that “wealth consists of money ... when we have money we can more readily obtain whatever else we have occasion for ...
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“Why can’t he just go away,” said a friend as he and I watched CTV’s two-hour presentation of Brian Mulroney: Triumph & Treachery last Sunday evening. “The guy just can’t deal with rejection. He&rsquo...
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A home now open to the public as part of the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association’s Fall Parade of Homes reflects a growing trend toward luxury home sales in Winnipeg.
The two-storey, four-bedroom, five-bath show home at 2...
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After eight months of MLS® local sales activity, dollar volume in excess of $1.6 billion is at its highest level ever, 20 per cent ahead of last year’s record level set during the same period of time. It is almost a foregone concl...
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