Despite Canadian retail sales rising 0.8 per cent in March from February, a Bank of Canada rate cut is back in play, says one Bay Street economist.
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Monthly Archives: May 2025
Major apartment block approval pushes city’s building permit numbers beyond 2024 totals
New apartment construction has pushed building permit numbers in 2025 well past last year’s total.
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City upgrades online construction maps with more info
The Capital Project Map, as well as Road Construction and Closures Map, have been updated for Medicine Hat’s 2025 construction season, keeping residents informed of closures and potential disruptions as they move through the city.
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Overpriced houses blamed by Londoners for failed property sales
Overpriced houses were cited as the main reason why Londoners believe houses aren’t sold, according to new Good Move data.
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Mumbai sells 12,000 property units in a month; what’s driving property boom after 13 years?
Mumbai Real Estate: While property registrations are likely to see a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 4 per cent, stamp duty collections may witness a marginal dip of around 6 per cent.
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Can renters in Colorado be required to earn more than double their rent?
Landlords in Colorado can require that tenants earn up to 200% of their annual rent, but state law bars them from setting their income requirements any higher.
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North Railway Street infrastructure upgrades kick off in June
The first phase of infrastructure upgrades along North Railway Street is set to begin in June.
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Central Alberta house sales cooled in April
Blackfalds led a handful of central Alberta municipalities that posted higher home sales numbers through April than a year ago.
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‘New generation of homes’: Can’t get a house? Buy this
Rising home prices and a limited supply of standalone houses is driving a shift in buyer behaviour that’s making way for a “new generation of townhomes”.
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Australia’s housing crisis ‘decades in the making’
The deterioration of housing affordability and continued low levels of new housing supply in 2024 were “stark reminders that Australia is still very much in a housing crisis that has been decades in the making”.
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