Real Estate News
Existing home sales drop 12% (Globe and Mail)
McGuinty calls property assessments 'unrealistic' (Globe and Mail)
Warnings about risky mortgages ignored (Globe and Mail)
Special investigation: How high-risk mortgages crept north (Globe and Mail)
Genworth Responds to Globe Article (Canadian Mortgage Trends)
Toronto's condo boom is heading for a bust (Toronto Star)
Canadian Real Estate Declines Reflect Recession, CREA Economist Says (CEP News)
Greater Toronto Home Resales at 1,500 in Mid December (MarketWire)
US Real Estate News
U.S. homes lose $2 trillion in value in '08 (CNN)
Fed chops rate to record low (Globe and Mail)
Economic News
Buy Canada, Goldman Sachs says (Globe and Mail)
The paradoxical peril of thrift (Globe and Mail)
Bank of Canada Has Scope to Cut Rates, Flaherty Says (Bloomberg)
Scotiabank Forecasts Fast Recovery for Canadian Economy (CEP News)
Urban Planning and Neighbourhoods
The new Regent Park: wide hallways, hardwood floors (National Post)
Families set to move into new Regent Park in April (Globe and Mail)
Regent Park begins to stand tall (Toronto Star)
Queens Quay future looks brighter than ever (Toronto Star)
Rebuilding Cities (Creative Class)
December 19, 2008
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