Vancouver Island housing starts reach record high in 2021: CPABC
According to ‘BC Check-Up: Invest’, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on investment trends across the province, the number of housing units that began construction on Vancouver Island/Coast (excluding […]
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THE CHATHAM VOICE A partnership between Chatham-Kent and Hope Haven to create an overnight shelter is but one of the local efforts aimed at addressing a growing homelessness problem. There’s also ongoing behind-the-scenes work aimed […]
Read More about Repurposing property could help ease housing dilemmaCanadians took out fewer new mortgages in Q4 while debt continued to increase
TORONTO – Canadians took out fewer new mortgages even before interest rates began to rise last week, but consumer debt continued to increase in the fourth quarter, Equifax said in a report. The company said […]
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Bank of Canada building, Ottawa (photo: shankar_s via Wikimedia Commons) OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate for the first time since slashing the benchmark rate to near-zero at the […]
Read More about Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate from emergency low to combat rising inflationMacklem says Bank of Canada needs to raise rates to moor inflation expectations
OTTAWA – Canada’s top central banker says raising the Bank of Canada’s benchmark interest rate may be costly for households, but waiting longer to act would be more costly for the country. Governor Tiff Macklem […]
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