U.S. housing starts rose less than expected in May, likely reflecting labor and material constraints, but the overall trend remained consistent with strength in the housing market. Lucia Mutikani, Reuters Posted on 6-18-2013 at 9:41 AM
With the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) hiking its forecast for home sales and prices, economists say calls for a "hard landing" in Canada's housing market are increasingly looking... Vikram Brahat, BNN.ca Posted on 6-17-2013 at 2:10 PM
The Canadian Real Estate Association is raising its forecast for home sales this year, as the steep sales slump that began last summer appears to be abating. Tara Perkins, The Globe and Mail Posted on 6-17-2013 at 9:40 AM
Sentiment among U.S. homebuilders surged in June, rising above a key milestone for the first time since the start of the housing crisis seven years ago in a vote of confidence for the... Leah Schnurr, Reuters Posted on 6-17-2013 at 10:03 AM
The patient is doing better but is still in intensive care: That's the Bank of Canada's latest assessment of risks to the Canadian financial system amid a prolonged period of fragility for... Sean Silcoff, The Globe and Mail Posted on 6-13-2013 at 11:14 AM
The price of new homes rose 0.2 percent in April from March, more than the expected 0.1 percent, with Calgary the top contributor, according to Statistics Canada data released on Thursday. Randall Palmer and Alex Paterson, Reuters Posted on 6-13-2013 at 9:48 AM
Fears of rising interest rate have caused a dramatic sell-off in Canadian and U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) leading Canaccord Genuity to cut its price target for Canadian REITs... Vikram Barhat, BNN.ca Posted on 6-12-2013 at 12:42 PM
Canadian home prices rose 2 percent in May from a year earlier matching the April rate and marking the smallest 12-month gain since November 2009, the Teranet-National Bank Composite House... Andrea Hopkins, Reuters Posted on 6-12-2013 at 9:53 AM