Home prices show August increase

From CBC news Canadians paid 7.7 per cent more for sales of existing homes in August than they did in the same month last year, a real estate group said Thursday. In its monthly report, the Canadian Real Estate Association said the average sale price for an existing...

Home sales forecasted to rise this year

By POSTMEDIA NEWS AND TIMES COLONIST Stable interest rates and rising prices in Vancouver have proved to be positive factors for Canada’s housing industry, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, which had forecast declining sales but now expects them...