Blog
Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement
The Bank of Canada held its overnight rate at 0.25 percent this morning, a level it considers it's effective lower bound. In the statement accompanying the decision, the Bank noted that incoming data seems to signal that the impact of COVID-19 on the economy has peaked, though there remains significant ...
Continue ReadingPandemic Halts Sales Activity in March
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 6,717 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in March 2020, an increase of 17.2 percent from March 2019. The average MLS® residential price in BC was $789,548, a 15.1 percent increase from $685,892 recorded the ...
Continue Reading