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Improved affordability helps spur housing market, says RBC Economics

Softening home prices drew Canadians back into the housing market in a big way in the first quarter, according to a Royal Bank (TSX:RY) report.
RBC Economics says home affordability recorded some of the biggest quarterly improvements on record in the first quarter. Senior economist Robert Hogue says with market turmoil decreasing and credit flows increasing, [...]


Here’s a CTV news article on The Housing Market

Atlantic Canada housing market strongest in ‘09
Updated Wed. Apr. 8 2009 6:40 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A recession-cooled Canadian real estate market saw falling housing prices during the first quarter of the year, though the declines were not as steep as expected.
A quarterly house price survey, released Wednesday by Royal LePage Real Estate Services, showed national [...]