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Economists Project Improving Housing Market

Two top housing economists provided some encouraging news about the housing market during an economic session at the NAR Midyear Legislative Meetings and Expo this week. Both NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun and Moody’s Economy.com chief economist Mark Zandi agree that job creation is the key to a sustained economic and housing recovery, with job creation [...]

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UK Property Prices to Outperform Inflation by 40% in Next Decade

Savills Research predicts 40 percent inflation-adjusted growth in the UK’s mainstream property market over the next ten years, much more in line with the long term average. Demand will be sustained by inventory shortages, but price growth will be constrained by more limited access to mortgage finance. Director of Savills Research Lucian Cook said in [...]

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Bank of Canada Holds Firm and Steadies the Economic Recovery

Bank of Canada Holds Firm and Steadies the Economic Recovery By Brian Madigan LL.B. It’s a balancing act, no matter how you look at it. On Tuesday October 20, 2009, the Bank of Canada held inteerst rates firm at 0.25%. Here are some comments and observations made by the Governor of the Bank of Canada, [...]

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