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Credit unions are hoping their competitors' loss will be their gain, with Ontario’s largest player actively reaching out to increasingly unwelcome self-employeds

Housing starts slowed January, with multi-family developers – especially those in Atlantic Canada and Quebec -- responsible for applying the brakes.

The search for conventional mortgage financing just got tougher -- and may get tougher still -- with several Canadian lenders moving to cut their rental programs because of tighter access to bulk insurance.

Canadian builders finished the year strong, with their permits values up 11.1% in December from November, according to Statistics Canada.

A new home price index may stifle criticism that high-end transactions too often throw CREA's monthly sales data out of whack.

CMHC’s loss may ultimately be Genworth’s gain, with the country’s number two default mortgage insurer suggesting it has “lots” of lending capacity, even as the Crown corp. raises a cautionary note about its own future capabilities.

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Property investors in Victoria may finally be getting the break they spent much of 2011 searching for, with sellers bringing their price expectations more in line with patient buyers.

Calgary’s real estate market began 2012 with a whimper, as overall January prices fell 3% from a year ago and 4% from the previous month, new statistics show.