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Provincial Housing Market Set Up for Very Strong 2021

BCREA 2021 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2021 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update. Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province are forecast to rise 15.6 percent to 108,680 units this year, after recording 94,021 sales in 2020. In 2022, MLS® residential ...

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Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement  – January 20, 2021

The Bank of Canada maintained its overnight rate at 0.25 per cent this morning, a level it considers its effective lower bound. The Bank reiterated what it calls “extraordinary forward guidance” in committing to leaving the overnight rate at 0.25 per cent until slack in the economy is absorbed and ...

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