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  1. DragonflyProperties

    Prices Are Low. Money is Cheap. Real Estate Investors Still Need to Take Care.

    Hi all, An article from the April 27th issue of Canadian Business magazine. http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/s...427_16701_16701 keith
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    CMHC Canadian Housing Observer 2008 - Highlighting the state of Canada`s Housing [free PDF report available]

    QUOTE (Jack @ Dec 8 2008, 06:12 PM) This is fantastic stuff! Thank you, Keith You are welcome, Jack. Keith
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    Enough of the doom and gloom [profit generated fearmongering]

    Hi all, Another letter to the Editor from the December 6th edition of the Richmond Review (BC). I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments. http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southd...s/35631809.html Keith
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    Oil - Plumbing the depths [between now and 2010]

    Hi all, An article from the December 6th - 12th edition of The Economist (Finance and Economics). Excerpts: ENERGY analysts spent the first half of the year debating how expensive oil could get. Now they are asking the opposite question. On December 2nd the price of a barrel slipped below...
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    Global house prices - Popping Sounds [Falling to long-term trend levels]

    Hi all, An article from the December 6th - 12th edition of The Economist (Finance and Economics). Excerpts: According to our house-price indicators (see chart), America`s housing market is leading the way down for the 20 countries covered. But the situation is even worse than it appears. In...
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    RBC Housing Affordibility Report (December 2008 - latest quarterly report)

    Hi all, FYI Greetings! We have just released our latest quarterly Housing Affordability study pinpointing cross-country trends in housing affordability in provincial and major metropolitan housing markets. Given the importance of the housing market outlook to Canada`s provincial economies...
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    The World in 2009 - predictions for the year ahead

    Hi all, The Economist`s predictions for 2009 - http://www.economist.com/theworldin/. Keith
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    Far more constructive to step back and look at broader trend - a general deceleration in hiring, beginning of modest job losses

    Hi all, An article from the December 6th edition of the National Post (FP Comment). Excerpts: The obvious question that arises when an employment report blows expectations (yet again) out of the water is to ask whether there is a problem in the methodology. However, we understand that...
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    The Wisdom of Great Investors

    Hi all, I recently received an article from one of my investment adivsors. I attached a PDF file to this post in the "Members-Only" section (the only section where users can post attachments). I prefer to get my advice (real estate and otherwise) from individuals who have a track record of...
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    With the right skills, a community can lead its own recovery

    Hi all, A column from the December 1st edition of the Globe and Mail (Report on Business). Excerpts Hundreds of communities across Canada missed out on the past decade of economic growth and are now at risk of falling even further behind. The old economy has gone - as fish plants, sawmills...
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    Financial Markets Monthly - December 2008

    Hi all,For those who are interested. Keith Greetings! The latest edition of RBC Economics Research`s "Financial Markets Monthly" with our updated financial market forecasts has just been posted on our web site. Link to "Financial Markets Monthly" To view and download the new report...
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    CMHC Canadian Housing Observer 2008 - Highlighting the state of Canada`s Housing [free PDF report available]

    Hi all, The report can be found at the following link. http://www.cmhc.ca/en/corp/about/cahoob/index.cfm Keith
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    Now is the time to reshape our cities. [Toronto alerted to unsustainable sprawl in 1996 by the Golden report]

    Hi all, An article from the November 27th edition of the Globe and Mail (Comment): Excerpts: At the low end of the business cycle, there`s no match for the efficiency of well-planned public transit. Just as Detroit was warned about fuel-inefficient automobiles, so was Toronto alerted to...
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    Financial recovery needs money - and massively different mindset [We remain trapped in mental models of the old industrial economy]

    Hi all, An article from the November 29th edition of the Globe and Mail (Focus). Excerpts: While few economists believe the global economy will fall into a 1930s-style collapse, a similar approach to the current financial crisis may not work as well now for a simple reason: Today`s economy is...
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    Not all doom and gloom in the US - A spirit of optimism runs through Fort Worth, Texas [radical urban renewal design by Vancouver architect]

    Hi all, An article from the November 29th edition of the Globe and Mail (Review). Excerpt: FORT WORTH, TEX. — It`s not all gloom and doom in the United States. A spirit of optimism runs through Fort Worth, Tex., where one of North America`s largest infrastructure projects is being built...
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    Development lessons writ large in Ontario [There are similar places all across the 905 Belt.]

    Hi all,An article from the November 25th - December 1st edition of the Business in Vancouver newspaper. Development lessons writ large in Ontario City Business: Gordon Price "Why did nobody notice it? If these things were so large, how come everyone missed them?" – Queen Elizabeth, on the...
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    Vancouver rated as best real estate market in N. America - Urban land Institute/PWC Emerging Trends in Real Estate Report

    Hi all,An article from the November 25th - December 1st edition of Business in Vancouver newspaper.Institute`s report rates Vancouver as the best real estate market in North America Dwindling demand for downtown commercial space increasing market`s sublease opportunities Real Estate Roundup...
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    RBC Economics Research - Daily Economic Update - November 28, 2008

    Hi all, If interested, you can receive these e-mails every day. If I remember correctly, I signed up for them at the RBC website. RBC ECONOMICS RESEARCH - DAILY ECONOMIC UPDATE - November 28, 2008 Highlights of Canada`s Economic & Fiscal Update There are a handful of economic reports today...
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    Economist Article - Cape Coral, Florida - one in every 71 houses here currently has a foreclosure filing.

    Hi all, An article from The Economist.com. Excerpts: AS I drive up to the dusty fairgrounds of the German-American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, I see an abandoned white house with peeling paint and boarded-up windows across the street. Spray painted in large, black letters across the...
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    Book - The Weekender Effect (by ecological historian Bob Sandford of Canmore Alberta)

    Hi all, A book I came across in the BC Bookworld paper. From the Publisher As cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful, weekend retreats in mountain or rural communities. More often than not, these retreats are found in and around resorts or...
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