Sandra Chaisson

The Bank of Canada kept its trend-setting Bank Rate at 1.25 per cent on January 17th, 2012. This marks the 11th consecutive policy meeting in which borrowing costs have been left unchanged. While recognizing that the outlook for the global economy had deteriorated and that uncertainty had increased since it released its October Monetary Policy [...]

OTTAWA – January 16, 2012 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity posted an increase from November to December 2011. Highlights: Sales activity rose 1.8 per cent from November to December. Annual activity totalled 456,749 sales in 2011, up 2.2 per cent from 2010. The [...]

OTTAWA - December 15, 2011 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity rose slightly in November 2011 from the previous month. Highlights: Sales activity rose slightly (+0.5 per cent) from October to November on a seasonally adjusted basis. Year-to-date sales remained in line with the 10 [...]

Ottawa, ON – December 1, 2011 – Earlier this week, a new version of REALTOR.ca was released. This version introduces exciting new features and tools that allow users to customize REALTOR.ca to find what they’re looking faster and easier.   Collapsible panels on the map search page for customized views (Red arrow #1) The map [...]

OTTAWA – November 15, 2011 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity picked up a little further in October 2011 following the uptick in September. Highlights: Sales activity rose in October, marking the highest level since January. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) national sales activity in [...]