Tag: Vancouver
Calgarians Rank City Housing C+, Neighbourhoods B-
By: Elias KellendonkRecent Survey Finds Vast Majority of Calgarians are Happy – and Satisfied with Financial Well Being The Calgary Foundation released its 2011 Vital Signs this week, an ‘annual community checkup that measures the vitality of the community, identifies significant trends, and assigns grades in 12 areas critical to quality of life.’ According to the 2011 …
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver Top Out National Poverty Rates: Statscan
By: Elias KellendonkNew national data garnered by Statistics Canada has revealed that poverty rates in the major urban areas of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are well above national averages. The agency used income reports taken from 2009 to acquire its prospective. More positively, data also seems to indicate that mid-sized cities are improving their poverty statistics despite …
BMO States Pricey Houses are not Sign of Bubble
By: Elias KellendonkHousing values in Canada are merely “overvalued”, not facing a housing bubble on the verge of bursting.
Big Bank Launches Collateral Mortgage to Spur Market; Takers Will Be Bound
By: Elias KellendonkWhat is TD’s strategy to stay afloat in a competitive mortgage market which has seen the Canadian home buyer’s business increasingly shifted towards mortgage brokers?
Canadian Home Renovation Statistics
By: The Super Broker50 per cent of (or 2.1 million) Canadian households renovated their homes in 2009, and just over 40 per cent intend to this year.
