I didn't get so many responses last year as to warrant redoing it now that I have a thread started, but if it takes off this year I'll do a poll next year. I also like having it as a thread to see if we get a bit of a discussion of the different questions going. As to my own predictions...

With the 2011 contest coming to a successful conclusion (congrats to RandyDalton, 2011 winner!) I thought I'd post the questions for 2012. I've re-used some of them, and changed some to make them more topical to the year. 1) Regarding the government's CMHC mortgage rules what will be the...

With 3 of the 5 questions answered correctly, the winner is RandyDalton. The next closest predictors got 2 of the 5 right, so the tiebreaker wasn't necessary. Also interesting, nobody correctly predicted the election, or the Bank of Canada rates. I will post a version for 2012...

I've compiled the answers, and have them below. 1) a) The minimum downpayment for a personal residence is still 5% 2) b) CMHC hasn't reported December housing starts yet, but for January to November the number is 158,427, so I very much doubt it'll make it over 200k for the year. 3) d) A...