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Total sales for 2011 amounted to 89,347 – up four per cent in comparison to 2010, reported TREB.“Low borrowing costs kept buyers confident in their ability to comfortably cover their mortgage payments along with other major housing costs,” said TREB President Richard Silver. “If buyers had not been constrained by a shortage ...

      The Bank of Canada kept Canada’s key lending rate at the same place it’s been for a year: 1.00%. As a result, variable-rate mortgage holders can expect prime rate to also stay put at 3.00%.      The BoC said this about its decision: In light of slowing global economic momentum and ...

Financial Institution 3 Yr 5 Yr 7 Yr 10 Yr 5 Yr Variable CENTUM Primo** 3.29 3.49 5.65 4.99 2.40 First ...

     Canada's big banks are marking down many of their rates. It's another tenth of a percentage point drop. That means a five-year fixed-rate will cost you 5.39%, while a one-year closed mortgage will cost 3.5 %. Economists cite a weakening US economy putting downward pressure on general borrowing costs. ...

Rates Effective as at: April 18, 2011 Prime Rate: 3.00% Qualifying Rate: 5.69%   Financial Institution 3 Yr 5 Yr 7 Yr 10 Yr 5 Yr Variable CENTUM Primo**3.694.095.655.502.30Concentra3.994.29N/A N/A 3.00First National 3.69 4.195.10 5.34 2.25FirstLine 4.004.395.255.34 2.35 Home Trust 4.59 5.09N/A N/A 3.50 ING 3.69 4.29 4.79 4.99 2.25 MCAP ...

Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,337 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in January 2011. This result was 13 per cent lower than the record result reported in January 2010. The average selling price for January 2011 sales was $427,037, representing an increase of over four per cent compared to the average of $409,058 reported ...

Greater Toronto REALTORS(R) reported 2,509 sales through the Multiple Listing Service(R) (MLS(R)) during the first two weeks of December 2010. This represented a 19 per cent decrease compared to the 3,079 sales recorded during the same period in December 2009. Year-to-date sales amounted to 84,316 - down one per cent from the 2009 total of ...

According to a new survey by TD Canada Trust, more than two-thirds of repeat homebuyers expect their next house purchase won't be their last. Twenty-three per cent of the more than 1,000 participants -- all repeat homebuyers -- said they plan to move again within six years. One in five repeat buyers has owned more than five homes. All ...

Canadian homeowners are in the best shape when it comes to financial fitness, according to a survey conducted by Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Company Canada. The survey found 65% of homeowners pay off their credit card balances in full each month compared to 48% of non-homeowners. Those more likely to pay off their credit card balance ...

Canadians will be spared a U.S.-style wave of foreclosures when the housing market corrects and interest rates rise, according to a report from DBRS Ltd. examining Canada’s $1-trillion mortgage market. DBRS expects housing prices to fall and acknowledges that the soaring trajectory of consumer debt is worrying. But the debt-rating ...