Recent Blog Posts by Carol Ireland

Canadian home sales edge higher in October

OTTAWA – November 15, 2011 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity picked up a little further in October 2011 following the uptick in September. Highlights: Sales activity rose in October, marking the highest level since January. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) national sales activity in October stayed ...

Canadian home sales pick up in September

OTTAWA – October 17, 2011 – According to statistics[1] released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity picked up in September 2011. Highlights: Sales activity rose 2.7 per cent in September from the previous month. Holding in line with the ten-year average, activity during the first nine months of this year pulled ahead of sales over ...

Canadian home sales hold steady in August

OTTAWA – September 15, 2011 – According to statistics1 released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity in August 2011 remained stable for the second consecutive month. Highlights: • Sales activity was stable from July to August, but posted another big year-over-year gain reflecting weakened demand last summer. • Year-to-date sales ...

CREA Boosts Annual Resale Housing Forecast

  OTTAWA – February 8, 2011 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has revised its 2011 forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS® ) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations, and extended it to 2012.   Sales in the second half of 2010 rebounded faster than CREA had previously expected. “The ...

MLS® home sales grow stronger in the third quarter

OTTAWA – October 15th, 2009 – National resale housing activity climbed to the highest level of any third quarter on record. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) home sales via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate boards totalled 135,182 units in the third quarter of 2009, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). ...