Posts Tagged ‘consumers’

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MLS Targeted by Federal Agency

Share The battle lower real estate fees in Canada has gone up significantly as we see the federal Competition Bureau challenging real estate for what it seems as “anti-competitive” behaviour and restricting consumer choice. The Competition Bureau has made an application to the Competition Tribunal, which will determine if the bureau’s complaints have merit. If [...]


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RBC Survey: Canadians Feel National Outlook Will Improve

Share New research by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) suggests that recession weary Canadians are divided on the future of the country’s economy; however there is much more hope for the year ahead. According to the data, 60% of people across Canada feel that the national economy will improve in 2010 after 2009 being [...]


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Realtor Mobile Update

Share With Realtor.ca now available for both realtors and consumers on their mobile phones for the very first time, it is time to actually make use of the tools available to you. Right now, the new beta version of mobile.Realtors.ca has been released for almost 2 weeks now, allowing users to access a snapshot of [...]


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Bank of Canada Keeps Low Rate

Share The Bank of Canada has come to a decision today, and that is to keep its historically low rate of 0.25%, however it has been noted that there are still significant fragilities in the economy despite the recent upswing. The Bank of Canada is expected to keep the low rate in place in order [...]


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Realtor.ca Goes Mobile

Share On December 1st, 2009, one of Canada’s most popular sources for real estate information has begun to go mobile. Realtor.ca has been part of the real estate industry for over 13 years, and it is now available for realtors and consumers on their mobile phones for the very first time. Why is this significant? [...]


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Mortgage Debt Rises

Share There are have many warnings made by bankers on the fact that consumers should be wary when taking household debt, Canadians are gaining an appetite for risk and taking on longer-term mortgages. The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals released a survey on Monday that shows 18% of mortgages are long-term compared with 16% [...]


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