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House prices and rents: Reason for concern...Part 2
OCTOBER 03, 2011
Part 2 of our series on house prices and rents looks at data for cities from Ontario east.
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House prices and rents: Why they should track each other and why it should concern us that they haven't
OCTOBER 01, 2011
Why is it a concern when house prices outpace the growth in rents? Let's revisit that concept and look at the growth in house prices and rents in some Canadian cities using a new rental index.
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How vulnerable are the economies of various Canadian cities? Part 2
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Part 2 in a series examining how various Canadian cties compare in terms of their reliance on real estate to generate and sustain employment and GDP growth.
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How vulnerable are the economies of various Canadian cities? Part 1
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
How do cities compare in terms of their reliance on real estate to generate and sustain employment and GDP growth, and how does that current measure compare to times past?
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
The confidence economy -
SEPTEMBER 08, 2011
Mortgage crazy! A look at loan approvals by province -
AUGUST 31, 2011
Where housing goes, so goes the Canadian economy: Why a housing correction would CAUSE a recession, not the other way around -
AUGUST 22, 2011
More insight into the mass psychology driving Canada's real estate obsession -
AUGUST 15, 2011
Revisiting the "population growth drives house prices" argument: Still leaking like a sieve -
AUGUST 05, 2011
House prices and rents....the rest of the picture -
JULY 31, 2011
Subprime lending in Canada: Wading through the rhetoric -
JULY 24, 2011
Monitoring mortgage credit demand....Will it give clues to the direction of the housing market? -
JULY 21, 2011
Charting the growth of Canada's mortgage monster: What now, Mr. Flaherty? -
JULY 15, 2011
House price and income ratios in Canadian cities: Part 3 -
JULY 12, 2011
House price and income ratios in Canadian cities: Part 2 -
JULY 11, 2011
House price and income ratios in Canadian cities: Part 1
