April 2025

April’s Bank of Canada interest rate still 2.75 per cent

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

In these times of uncertainty, it was fairly certain that the Bank of Canada was going to put a hold on interest rates originally expected to continue their downward trend…and that’s what the Bank did.
In keeping its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent for the Bank’s scheduled April announcement, the press conference included this explanation from Bank...

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More transparency about pending and closed sales

Posted on Apr 13, 2025

The Greater Vancouver Realtors is the largest, and only the third, real estate board in Canada to make sold listings available on Realtor.ca. In the interests of transparency, the GVR now shows: (1) sold listings that are searchable, (2) sold listings that include both “closed” and “pending” sales, and (3) sale prices, 30 days after the closing dat...

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