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Hey! The weekend is here!  Get those taxes filed yet?

Time to do our regular end of the week economic news roundup and open topic discussion thread.  Here are a few recent stories to kick things off:

-HST to make family life more expensive
-Housing market to cool: Carney
-Five reasons to love rising interest rates
-Teranet house price index
-Luxury sales through roof
-40% off in Kelowna
-BC sees Olympic jobs boost
-Certified Bubble Pricing
-Best place in Canada: Ottawa?
-Victoria a real estate rollercoaster
-US selling frenzy as homebuyer credit ends

So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

Hey! It’s the end of another work week!  Lets do our regular weekend news roundup and open topic economic discussion post.  Here are a few recent stories to kick off the chat:

-Vancouver shifts taxes from business to residence
-Booming RE market good news for economy
-Crack Shack or Mansion II – the sequel
-Ei benefits flat in February
-If mortgage rates rise does the sky fall?
-Consumer confidence at 2 year high
-IMF upgrades canadian economic outlook
-BOC: Loonie, housing to drag on economy
-Calgary gets a new parking lot
-Garry Mar: buyers now forced into 5 year fixed rates
-FSBO wants CREA protected from competition bureau
-Canadian banks want return to reform basics
-How to sell in a buyers market

So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

Well, it’s the last weekend before the new CMHC rules come into effect, anyone out there going to any open houses?  Lets do our regular end of the week news round-up and open topic economic discussion post.  Here are a few recent stories to kick things off:

-Housing may have peaked
-Home sellers rush to market in record numbers
-Sharp increase in number of BC mortgages in arrears
-Canadian sales, listings and prices all rise in March
-House listings hit March Record
-The big one: earthquake or RE market collapse?
-Canada housing bubble: Its not different this time
-Frustrated couples crackshack quiz targets million$ homes
-Vancouver spent more than $550 million on winter games
-James Chanos on Chinese real estate bubble.
-US foreclosures surge, on pace for 1 million this year
-S.E.C. accuses Goldman Sachs of fraud

So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

It’s the end of another week! The weekend is here, so lets do our regular end of the week link roundup and open-topic economic discussion post.  Here are a few links to kick off the chat:

-REBGV inventory just hit 15k
-Charts comparing inventory levels since 2005
-Bond market expects aggressive mortgage rate increases
-New mortgage rules to destroy jobs and increase fraud?
-Spring panic: Leap before you look
-Royal LePage: Housing market overheated
-CBC news video: Vancouver house prices
-Ignore this warning at your own peril
-Some agents jump into discount sellers market
-Vancouver homeless population up 12% since 2008
-Greece staggers deeper into crisis
-1.2 million US households lost in recession
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So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

You did it. You made it to the end of the week and what a good Friday it is!  Lets do our regular end of the week news round-up and open topic discussion post.  Here’s a few stories I’ve noticed lately, a long list for a long weekend:

-CIBC: Canadians spending more than they can afford
-Average Vancouver house price now one million dollars
-Job anxiety highest in British Columbia
-Re/Max campaigns against part-time Realtors
-West Van prices sliding?
-High house prices stabilizing
-Why buying a house is a bad investment
-January economic boost driven by manufacturing
-Current rally has echos of 1930 snapback
-BOC interest rates 1935 to 2010
-No compelling case to raise rates
-The 5 year loophole for new CMHC rules
-Canadian mortgage arrears 1990 to 2010
-Case Shiller US market declines from peak
-NYT: Canadian banking is not the answer
-Gated community turns bad in collapse
-Irish banks need $43 billion on ‘appalling’ lending

So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

It’s the end of the week, and that’s traditionally when we do our weekend economic news round-up and open economic discussion thread. So without further ado, I present a few recent news links:

-Peter Simpson thinks of HST as a ‘death tax’
-Interview with new CREA chief
-300 sq foot house for under $200k (in Toronto)
-BC housing suing DERA
-Bear Mountain under creditor protection
-Scotiabank predicts cooling market
-Australian savers strike gold with high interest rates
-US gov tries to help bubble-buyers

So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

Lost track of time, I’ll add some story links later.. In the meanwhile, feel free to add your own in the comments section below!

We’re back! Had to take advantage of the sunlight while it’s here. A few interesting recent stories and links:

-Days of rock-bottom interest rates are numbered
-Inflation hotter than expected
-Downtown Vancouver listings soaring in 2010
-Calgarians sell before expected price decreases
-If it didn’t work in the US, try it in Canada
-Class action lawsuit against Jurock and partners
-Elusive Canadian housing bubble (PDF)
-US homeowners who get aid angry over low credit scores

So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

It’s the end of another week and that means it’s time for our news round up and economic open topic discussion.  Here are a few links to kick off the weekend:

-BCREA: Feb sales strong despite Olympic fervor (pdf)
-Sales Inventory growing by a few hundred units a day
-Vancouver MOI still low
-Housing price reversion to trend
-Balanced budget plan about $10 billion short
-National Bank: Canada is in decent shape
-Canadian house prices on steady rise
-New mortgage provider on the block
-Buy yourself a newspaper
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So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

Hey now, it’s the end of another week!  Lets do our regular end of the week news round up and economic open topic discussion post.  Here are a few stories I’ve noticed lately:

-Lightly used waterfront condos: $1100 /sq foot
-Vancouver now almost as world-class as Toronto!
-Canadians spent at the winter games
-Canadians drank at the winter games
-Suprise drop in Canadian building permits
-Monster houses at risk in Vancouver earthquake
-Feds aim for $17.6 billion savings in five years
-Flahertys ‘tough budget’ may be a year away
-I’m sure glad the recession ended
-The big US ARM reset
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So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!

Hello!  It’s the end o’ the week and winter games wrap-up.  Let’s do our regular news round up and economic news discussion post, here are a few stories to kick off the chat:

-NYT: a $1 billion olympic hangover?
-ReMAX: few listings mean tight spring market
-Google search for ‘housing bubble’ in Canada and US
-a cooler take on a hot housing market
-Canadian inflation rates 1915 – 2010
-Automatic tipping makes some visitors complain
-Reports show US recovery losing momentum

So what are you seeing out there?  Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!