Sales at former Vancouver Olympic Village far exceed original estimates, new report says
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The financial health of the former Olympic Village project is improving, according to a second receiver’s report released today.
Sales at former Vancouver Olympic Village far exceed original estimates, new report says
Carney says banks could cut costs to pay for new rules
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Financial Post- Budget tightening at financial institutions and increased competition among lenders could offset higher borrowing costs linked with the introduction of new global rules on bank capital levels, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said Tuesday.
Speaking to business leaders and academics in Berlin, Mr. Carney said early estimates on potential higher interest rates consumers face in light of the new rules — agreed to over the past weekend by the so-called Basel Group of banking supervisors — understates the benefits and errs on overstating costs…
Carney says banks could cut costs to pay for new rules
B.C. to blame for lowered expectations
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The Vancouver Sun- B.C. saw some of the biggest post-recession rebounds in real estate markets, so a recent cooling of sales in the province is a big reason the Canadian Real Estate Association revised its national housing market forecast to reflect lower sales and an easing of prices.
CREA, in its revised forecast released Wednesday, estimated B.C. sales will decrease almost six per cent to 80,000 transactions this year, a dramatic shift from the 101,900 sales in its initial forecast released in February.
Average prices, CREA estimates, will edge up 2.3 per cent this year to $476,400 before slipping back 3.5 per cent in 2011…
B.C. to blame for lowered expectations
The dominant multiple listing service
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Financial Post- The Internet was supposed to make the real estate agent redundant. The theory was people would simply go online and find a home for sale. But even today, estimates are that at least 90% of all real estate transactions go through an agent connected to the MLS, which serves as the central system for real estate listings…
