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Construction Spending, Canada and US
The value of investment in Canada’s new residential building construction rose 4.3 per cent year over year to $4.7 billion in October, following a 4.8 per cent gain the previous month, said Statistics Canada December 22. The increase at the national level was mainly attributable to higher construction spending on apartment and apartment-condominium buildings, which…
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Madison’s Seasons Greetings…
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US Real Estate Conditions Year-End 2015
“Rents Will Rise Faster Than Home Prices In 2016, Consumers Say,” screams a headline from The Mortgage Reports Wednesday. “According to Fannie Mae’s most recent National Housing Survey, US consumers expect that home prices will climb 2.3 per cent between now and next year; and that rents will rise by nearly double that amount.” Each…
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US Economy and Economic Indicators
This week new research was released on the current makeup of the US middle class, the continuing commodities price slump, other — more general — US economic indicators provide a somewhat less murky, if still muted, projection of the health of the US economy over the next year or two. Said Bill McBride in his…
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US Economy and Economic Indicators
This week new research was released on the current makeup of the US middle class, the continuing commodities price slump, other — more general — US eco- nomic indicators provide a somewhat less murky, if still muted, projection of the health of the US economy over the next year or two. Pew Research Center Analysis…
