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Provincial Housing Market on a Record-Setting Pace
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2021 Second Quarter Housing Forecast. Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province are forecast to rise 33.6 per cent to 125,600 units this year, after recording 94,013 sales in 2020. In 2022, MLS® residential sales are forecast to pull back 20.3 per ...
Continue ReadingProvincial 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 sales are ...
Continue ReadingBank 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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