Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate News and Views: Everything is going up
byKitchener Rents up more than 20% Canada’s average annual rents up by 9.7%. In Kitchener, condo and apartment rentals have seen a rise of…
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Real estate statistics in the media
byMark Twain once said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. I could’t agree more There’s no doubt that…
This week in KW real estate February 11, 2012 – mortgage battles
byMortgage Battle Cools Down Just a couple weeks after the major banks lowered mortgage interest rates to an historic low of 2.99%, RBC…
Economic indicators positive for Waterloo Region; housing starts at 5-year high
byHousing starts are a key indicator of an area’s economic health. The good news is that the year-to-date starts are at the highest level…
House starts down mean fewer tree planting jobs
byOne summer when I was still a university student I went north and planted about 63,000 trees. It was tedious and backbreaking work, but…
Waterloo Region housing starts up. Is Cambridge the exception that proves the rule?
byHousing starts are an overall indicator of economic health. Housing starts (or the number of new homes under construction) signal the direction the economy…