Real Estate News
Roof caves in on housing starts (Toronto Star)
A BUILDING BOOM GOES SILENT (Globe and Mail)
Home building to fall by 25%, CMHC says (Globe and Mail)
Flips are not flops, even in slower market (Globe and Mail)
Canadian lender sees bottoming in housing market (National Post)
House prices could slide further: Report (Toronto Star)
Resale Home Prices in Canada to Drop 5% in 2009, CMHC Says (CEP News)
2009 Canadian Housing Predictions: Good, Bad and Ugly (Vaughan Blog)
Fixed or Variable? Updated Perspectives (Canadian Mortgage Trends)
Waiting for Better Fixed Rates (Canadian Mortgage Trends)
US Real Estate News
U.S. housing starts, permits plumb record lows (Reuters)
Obama’s $75 Billion Foreclosure Plan Spells Relief for Bankers (Bloomberg)
Economic News
Canadians optimistic about the economy's future: Ekos poll (CBC)
Bank economists cut Canadian outlook (National Post)
My Toronto — Celebrity Economist Week: Jeff Rubin (National Post)
Urban Planning and Neighbourhoods
Architecture worth savouring (Toronto Star)
Mississauga has a skyline! (Spacing)
February 20, 2009
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