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$5500000 Built for entertaining & room for all those babies U been mak’n!
Homes in Nova Scotia tend to be on the smaller side, we know how you feel! When 4,000 to 7,000 square feet is barely enough space to garage all of your sweet rides you need something bigger than those so called dream homes, something even bigger than what some builders are calling "Bodacious Homes." We are the luxury home builder Greater Homes and [...]
$638888 / 4br – Prime Thornhill area Rosedale Hieghts Ready to move in !!! (Thornhill)
Over 3000sq feet of open space designed by orignal owner Still owned by original owner... 4 bedrooms 4 bathrooms Master includes an ensuite bath and shower, The kitchen comes with Dishwasher Carpet throughout Double car garage wtih automatic door opener .. Fenced in backyard for your bbq enjoyment. FINISHED BASEMENT can be rented or used [...]
The cheapest Canadian cities to buy a house
by Kate Robertson, Investopedia.com Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - Canada's housing market has maintained its strength across the country compared to our struggling neighbours to the south. Skyrocketing prices and bidding wars have continued in cities like Toronto and Vancouver to the exasperation of homebuyers, even though some say a housing bubble [...]
Bank of Canada maintains interest rates Acknowledges economy and inflation are stronger than expected
As was widely expected, the Bank of Canada held its benchmark overnight lending rate steady at 0.25 per cent at its setting on March 2, 2010. The trend-setting Bank rate, which is set 0.25 percentage points above the overnight lending rate, remains at 0.5 per cent. The Bank acknowledged that economic growth and inflation have recently picked up [...]
Commercial real estate trends
OFFICE CB Richard Ellis Ltd. reported that the national office vacancy rate in Canada increased to 10.1% in the first quarter of 2010 from 9.9% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009 and 7.5% in the first quarter of 2009. The percentage of vacant office space in Canada that was sublet space increased to 21.9% in the first quarter of 2010 [...]
Faster broadband and no more uploading
WiMax is a wireless broadband technology providing an alternative to cable and DSL (digital subscriber phone lines). WiMax is interesting because as it potentially offers real estate agents wireless broadband with high capacity (possibly up to 40MB per second per channel according to Craig Wireless estimates) and speed at a lower cost per bit to [...]
Canadian real estate investment poised for rebound
The survey of more than 240 major real estate investors included 26 large Canadian institutional property investors, most of whom indicated they would be making Canadian purchases this year. Photograph by: National Post , National Post . OTTAWA -- Real estate investment is ready for a rebound, according to an international survey that suggests [...]
