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Sunday, May 12, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
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196 EDGELAND RD NW C3561036
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Imagine your home located in a quiet neighborhood looking out over one of Edgemont's natural valleys with a view to downtown. This bright open home comes with many upscale features such as grand entry, spiral stair case, vaulted ceiling, huge bedrooms, ensuite bathroom with Jacuzzi and spacious walk-in closet, new energy efficient hot water tank, two 90+energy efficient furnaces and cedar shake roof. Large and bright main floor has laundry room, formal dining room, living room, separate eating nook in kitchen, family room, wood burning fireplace, kitchen with island and built in appliances. The full-size Walkout basement is wide open and ready for your creative design. Private backyard on larger than average lot with good drainage and with plenty of gardening possibilities for the green thumb in the family. The community offers relaxing lifestyle, abundant green space and top class designated schools with parks, shopping & transit are only moments away! Don't miss this great opportunity!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Canadian housing soft landing, not crash
OTTAWA – There are fresh signs of cooling in the Canadian housing market, but analysts say fears of a major crash have yet to materialize.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday that the pace of housing starts crept up slightly last month from February, despite a drop in the number of single dwellings begun in some urban markets.
Starts in March totalled 12,273 or 184,028 annualized, just slightly higher than in February but down 13.6 per cent from a year ago.
Simultaneously, Statistics Canada released a report on building permits that showed future building intentions for residential construction fell 7.2 per cent in February to $3.6 billion.
Both numbers were bad news for the Canadian economy as a whole, suggesting the key housing market will be a net drag on growth during the quarter and likely in the near term as starts and sales come off higher levels of previous years.
But analysts added that the recent slow descent from very high altitudes in a sector that some calculate is overpriced by as much as 25 per cent and overbuilt — especially in Vancouver and Toronto — is actually what the doctor ordered and may hold off a punitive collapse.
“The slowdown suggests we are not crashing, people are not panicking, especially condo builders,” said Benjamin Tal, a senior economist with CIBC World Markets.
“All the indicators we are seeing as of today, in the resale market and in the housing start market, suggest this is a market that is slowing softly. We should be in the neighbourhood of 170,000 to 180,000 in housing starts and we should be getting there.”
Tal said demographics dictate that builders should be erecting about 180,000 new units a year in order to keep the market in equilibrium. At 184,000, that is still too high and he predicts starts will eventually slow to about 170,000 to soak up excess supply.
Canada’s housing market, which had been among the world’s hottest following the recession, began to slow at about this time last year and braked sharply after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened mortgage rules in July. The policy move, which made it more difficult for first-time buyers to enter the market, was widely praised at the time as necessary to avoid a U.S.-light housing crash that would be crippling to the economy.
Recently, Flaherty has upbraided lenders from cutting mortgage rates too far and undercutting his policy objectives, succeeding in having both the Bank of Montreal and the Manulife reverse mortgage rate cuts.
Arlene Kish of IHS Global Insight said she expected residential construction to remain subdued for the rest of the year, but added that it has become “increasingly unlikely there will be any kind of precipitous collapse in new home building activity.”
A major ballast for the market is that despite Flaherty’s recent efforts, mortgage rates remain at historic lows, and affordability — the measure of household disposable income in relation to home ownership costs — remains near historic levels.
Tal said the cooling, if it continues for a year so, will prepare the market for the eventual squeeze when interest rates start rising, likely in 2014.
“We’ve never seen a crash without a trigger. In 1990-91, the trigger was a huge increase in interest rates. In the U.S., the trigger was an increase in interest rates and the sub-prime shock,” he explained.
“So any slowing we are doing now without those triggers is a bonus because it means we will be more ready to absorb interest rates rising.”
The March start numbers show the downturn was all in urban construction, which dipped slipped 2.7 per cent to 157,217 as single-unit construction fell 6.6 per cent and multiples by 0.1 per cent. By contrast, rural starts had their best month in three years, increasing 24 per cent to 26,800 units.
Regionally, urban starts decreased 15.7 per cent in Ontario on a seasonally adjusted annual rate and were down 13.5 per cent in Quebec.
However, urban starts jumped 27.1 per cent in Atlantic Canada, were 13.8 per cent higher on the Prairies and 13.1 per cent higher in British Columbia.
Emanuella Enenajor, an economist at CIBC World Markets, said the overall numbers were in line with her expectations but better than a consensus estimate calling for the seasonally adjusted rate to fall to 175,000 in March.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday that the pace of housing starts crept up slightly last month from February, despite a drop in the number of single dwellings begun in some urban markets.
Starts in March totalled 12,273 or 184,028 annualized, just slightly higher than in February but down 13.6 per cent from a year ago.
Simultaneously, Statistics Canada released a report on building permits that showed future building intentions for residential construction fell 7.2 per cent in February to $3.6 billion.
Both numbers were bad news for the Canadian economy as a whole, suggesting the key housing market will be a net drag on growth during the quarter and likely in the near term as starts and sales come off higher levels of previous years.
But analysts added that the recent slow descent from very high altitudes in a sector that some calculate is overpriced by as much as 25 per cent and overbuilt — especially in Vancouver and Toronto — is actually what the doctor ordered and may hold off a punitive collapse.
“The slowdown suggests we are not crashing, people are not panicking, especially condo builders,” said Benjamin Tal, a senior economist with CIBC World Markets.
“All the indicators we are seeing as of today, in the resale market and in the housing start market, suggest this is a market that is slowing softly. We should be in the neighbourhood of 170,000 to 180,000 in housing starts and we should be getting there.”
Tal said demographics dictate that builders should be erecting about 180,000 new units a year in order to keep the market in equilibrium. At 184,000, that is still too high and he predicts starts will eventually slow to about 170,000 to soak up excess supply.
Canada’s housing market, which had been among the world’s hottest following the recession, began to slow at about this time last year and braked sharply after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened mortgage rules in July. The policy move, which made it more difficult for first-time buyers to enter the market, was widely praised at the time as necessary to avoid a U.S.-light housing crash that would be crippling to the economy.
Recently, Flaherty has upbraided lenders from cutting mortgage rates too far and undercutting his policy objectives, succeeding in having both the Bank of Montreal and the Manulife reverse mortgage rate cuts.
Arlene Kish of IHS Global Insight said she expected residential construction to remain subdued for the rest of the year, but added that it has become “increasingly unlikely there will be any kind of precipitous collapse in new home building activity.”
A major ballast for the market is that despite Flaherty’s recent efforts, mortgage rates remain at historic lows, and affordability — the measure of household disposable income in relation to home ownership costs — remains near historic levels.
Tal said the cooling, if it continues for a year so, will prepare the market for the eventual squeeze when interest rates start rising, likely in 2014.
“We’ve never seen a crash without a trigger. In 1990-91, the trigger was a huge increase in interest rates. In the U.S., the trigger was an increase in interest rates and the sub-prime shock,” he explained.
“So any slowing we are doing now without those triggers is a bonus because it means we will be more ready to absorb interest rates rising.”
The March start numbers show the downturn was all in urban construction, which dipped slipped 2.7 per cent to 157,217 as single-unit construction fell 6.6 per cent and multiples by 0.1 per cent. By contrast, rural starts had their best month in three years, increasing 24 per cent to 26,800 units.
Regionally, urban starts decreased 15.7 per cent in Ontario on a seasonally adjusted annual rate and were down 13.5 per cent in Quebec.
However, urban starts jumped 27.1 per cent in Atlantic Canada, were 13.8 per cent higher on the Prairies and 13.1 per cent higher in British Columbia.
Emanuella Enenajor, an economist at CIBC World Markets, said the overall numbers were in line with her expectations but better than a consensus estimate calling for the seasonally adjusted rate to fall to 175,000 in March.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
2013年三月份卡尔加里房地产统计
源供给不足， 抑制了房屋交易量
------公寓市场持续改善，独立屋市场成交下降
Calgary
同时新挂牌量比去年同期低5%，也比去年第一季度总体低了5%。目前在售总房源4006套，比二月份高一点，但仍然比去年同期低。不断降低的供给，最终会导致销售的降低。同时，成交天数也明显降低，这些都将会给小幅上涨的价格带来压力。买家们已经习惯了慢慢悠悠地看房子、选房子，因为市场上的房源充分。但是，当市场环境变换了，如果他们真地想买房子的话，不能拖延考虑的时间。（你不下手，别的买家就下手了。并不是我在催促大家赶快买房子，而是，我并不希望大家丢掉好不容易看好的房子。）
同时新挂牌量比去年同期低5%，也比去年第一季度总体低了5%。目前在售总房源4006套，比二月份高一点，但仍然比去年同期低。不断降低的供给，最终会导致销售的降低。同时，成交天数也明显降低，这些都将会给小幅上涨的价格带来压力。买家们已经习惯了慢慢悠悠地看房子、选房子，因为市场上的房源充分。但是，当市场环境变换了，如果他们真地想买房子的话，不能拖延考虑的时间。（你不下手，别的买家就下手了。并不是我在催促大家赶快买房子，而是，我并不希望大家丢掉好不容易看好的房子。）
目前的市场环境和狂热的2006、2007年有天壤之别，在那之后的几年以来，市场准则改变了。
本月独立屋成交比去年同期低了6%，就因为新上市房源降低。目前可售房源2713套，比去年同期低了22%，是2007年以来最低的纪录 ，差不多都成了卖方市场了。三月份市场基准价为$446,500，比去年同期增长了近9%。
同时租赁市场的火爆、就业率的提升，都支撑了卡尔加里房价的上涨（现在，几乎是人都知道租赁市场火爆了，空置率也是几年来的最低时期）。不过，买家要想买到称心的房子、还要是好价格的话，他们的可选房源可是越来越紧缩了。尤其是预算在50万以内的买家可选房源降低了两位数值，不少买家都看周边城镇（怎么就不多看看我CHESTMERE的在售房屋呢？）、公寓、开发商新楼盘了。
排屋市场是本月一枝独秀成交量增长的部分，原因之一是因为三月份新挂牌量比去年同期增长了。共管公寓市场/apartment销售降低了3%（没说比二月份低，还是比去年低）。不过，共管公寓第一季度成交830单元，仍比去年同期涨6%。排屋成交652套，比去年同期涨了15 %。
共管公寓市场基本平衡，供需之间良性发展。三月份市场基准价为$257,700， 比去年同期涨6%。排屋市场基准价为
$286,800，比去年同期涨4%。
尽管市场供给紧缩，但是我们也没看出价格会大幅攀升的迹象。我们预计今年其它经济区段的发展会放缓，另外消费者始终拥有选择不同房源的权利。
（不好意思，Evergreen2006-2013的价格均价走势仍然只完成到2007年，我会尽快做完。）
Thursday, February 21, 2013
China beats out Britain as Canada’s No. 2 trade partner
It’s a case of “China meets Saskatchewan,” Dan Ciuriak, former deputy chief economist at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, said of the numbers showing China topping Britain for the first time. Exports to Britain fell nearly 1 per cent to $18.6-billion.
“In a big-picture sense, it’s just an inevitable reality that as China becomes larger, it would overtake the Old World,” said Mr. Ciuriak, now a consultant. “It was just a question of time.”
Canada isn’t alone in being touched by China, which surpassed the United States as the world’s largest goods trading nation in 2012. The U.S. still does more overall trade if services are included.
Canada’s exports to China have nearly doubled between 2008 and 2012, a period in which the country’s overall exports fell nearly 1 per cent. Canadian exports to China of bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore were also up sharply last year.
China’s economy has been growing at 10 per cent a year for most of the past decade and is hungry for the resources that Canada has in abundance. Europe, on the other hand, has been stagnant for the past four years, with some countries in a deep recession.
ClevrU Corp., a Waterloo, Ont., company that sells educational software for mobile devices, has shifted its focus almost entirely to China, said chief executive officer Dana Fox.
The potential for Canadian companies exporting to China is “enormous,” Mr. Fox said. “It is an opportunity that Canada can’t turn down.”
China is particularly attractive for firms that sell high-technology products and services, he added, because the country is going through a massive shift from a rural-based economy to an urban one.
China looks favourably on Canada as a supplier, Mr. Fox said, because of its reputation for innovative and creative technology, the multicultural nature of its work force, its lack of political “baggage,” and – still – the fact that Dr. Norman Bethune was Canadian.
But getting a foothold in the Chinese market takes time and patience. “It is all about trust and relationships,” said Mr. Fox, who has been to China 22 times in the past two years. Once that trust is established, a company can move “incredibly fast.”
Eager to encourage a move up the export value chain from commodities, Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast announced Wednesday that he’ll lead an information technology trade mission to China in early April, including stops in the key tech centres of Shanghai and Hangzhou.
“Improving access to high-growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region is a key part of our government’s job-creating, pro-trade plan,” Mr. Fast said in a statement.
Canada has a large tech sector, with exports of nearly $30-billion a year worth of information technology, but relatively little of it goes to China.
Executives of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will be on the trip, along with officials of numerous smaller Canadian tech companies, according to federal officials. Mr. Fast is also due to make stops in Japan and Hong Kong during the April 7-12 visit.
Even the food and beverage business is now opening doors in China. Pillitteri Estates, a small family-owned winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is ramping up its sales there, said Richard Slingerland, manager of business development.
Pillitteri exports about 35 per cent of its products, and of that, 70 per cent goes to China, mainly pricey ice wine, but also some red wine.
There is a huge market for luxury goods in China, and even small Canadian companies can do well if they focus on “super premium” products, Mr. Slingerland said. Indeed, Pillitteri went to China after it noticed that Chinese customers were the biggest buyers of premium products at its Canadian retail outlets.
There are still many hurdles in China, Mr. Slingerland pointed out, including counterfeit products – something his company had to deal with. It is also crucial to do thorough due diligence about customers when they are half way around the world, he said.
Canada’s trade with China is destined to increase both because the country is growing so fast and because the countries’ main products complement each other, Mr. Ciuriak said. “We’re very natural trading partners.”
“In a big-picture sense, it’s just an inevitable reality that as China becomes larger, it would overtake the Old World,” said Mr. Ciuriak, now a consultant. “It was just a question of time.”
Canada isn’t alone in being touched by China, which surpassed the United States as the world’s largest goods trading nation in 2012. The U.S. still does more overall trade if services are included.
Canada’s exports to China have nearly doubled between 2008 and 2012, a period in which the country’s overall exports fell nearly 1 per cent. Canadian exports to China of bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore were also up sharply last year.
China’s economy has been growing at 10 per cent a year for most of the past decade and is hungry for the resources that Canada has in abundance. Europe, on the other hand, has been stagnant for the past four years, with some countries in a deep recession.
ClevrU Corp., a Waterloo, Ont., company that sells educational software for mobile devices, has shifted its focus almost entirely to China, said chief executive officer Dana Fox.
The potential for Canadian companies exporting to China is “enormous,” Mr. Fox said. “It is an opportunity that Canada can’t turn down.”
China is particularly attractive for firms that sell high-technology products and services, he added, because the country is going through a massive shift from a rural-based economy to an urban one.
China looks favourably on Canada as a supplier, Mr. Fox said, because of its reputation for innovative and creative technology, the multicultural nature of its work force, its lack of political “baggage,” and – still – the fact that Dr. Norman Bethune was Canadian.
But getting a foothold in the Chinese market takes time and patience. “It is all about trust and relationships,” said Mr. Fox, who has been to China 22 times in the past two years. Once that trust is established, a company can move “incredibly fast.”
Eager to encourage a move up the export value chain from commodities, Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast announced Wednesday that he’ll lead an information technology trade mission to China in early April, including stops in the key tech centres of Shanghai and Hangzhou.
“Improving access to high-growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region is a key part of our government’s job-creating, pro-trade plan,” Mr. Fast said in a statement.
Canada has a large tech sector, with exports of nearly $30-billion a year worth of information technology, but relatively little of it goes to China.
Executives of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will be on the trip, along with officials of numerous smaller Canadian tech companies, according to federal officials. Mr. Fast is also due to make stops in Japan and Hong Kong during the April 7-12 visit.
Even the food and beverage business is now opening doors in China. Pillitteri Estates, a small family-owned winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is ramping up its sales there, said Richard Slingerland, manager of business development.
Pillitteri exports about 35 per cent of its products, and of that, 70 per cent goes to China, mainly pricey ice wine, but also some red wine.
There is a huge market for luxury goods in China, and even small Canadian companies can do well if they focus on “super premium” products, Mr. Slingerland said. Indeed, Pillitteri went to China after it noticed that Chinese customers were the biggest buyers of premium products at its Canadian retail outlets.
There are still many hurdles in China, Mr. Slingerland pointed out, including counterfeit products – something his company had to deal with. It is also crucial to do thorough due diligence about customers when they are half way around the world, he said.
Canada’s trade with China is destined to increase both because the country is growing so fast and because the countries’ main products complement each other, Mr. Ciuriak said. “We’re very natural trading partners.”
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