Signs are mounting that 2008 will be a major rebalancing year for Calgary's real estate market after yet another report shows the market continued to cool significantly in April.

Housing sales in Ottawa were somewhat flat in April, despite a five-per-cent increase in condominiums, according to a new report by the Ottawa Real Estate Board.

Condos are increasingly becoming urban Canadians’ residence of choice, as the lure of low maintenance and affordability boosts the number of potential buyers to almost half of the marketplace, says TD Canada Trust.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Canada said on Thursday it will complete 25 to 27 real estate projects by the end of January 2009, creating 6,000 new in-store jobs.

Housing sales will remain robust during 2008 but the volume of sales will ease back from the record levels seen in 2007, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Tuesday.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Canada said on Thursday it will complete 25 to 27 real estate projects by the end of January 2009, creating 6,000 new in-store jobs.

Retailer says it will go ahead with up to 27 new real estate projects, with half of those projects involving new stores

Wal-Mart Canada Corp., which will open its 300th store in Canada this spring, has announced plans for up to 27 new real estate projects by the end of January, 2009.

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Canada's real estate market has remained stable during the first months of 2008, with healthy year-over-year house price gains and resilient local economies, high immigration levels and low interest rates.

OTTAWA -- Real-estate agents, brokers, appraisers and other real-estate industries reported total operating revenues of $10.6 billion for 2006, an 8.1 per cent increase from 2005. Statistics Canada says high demand for real estate has boosted both sales and prices despite a slight increase in mortgage rates.

For years home sellers have had the upper hand in the London real estate market. But a growing number of listings are staring to tip the balance toward homebuyers, according to figures released by the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors (LSTAR).

Residential home sales in Canada this year will fall 11.5 per cent from last year's record level, a major real estate organization predicted Tuesday.

Home sales in B.C. may be cooling off after hitting a record pace in recent years, but prices are expected to continue to rise for the next two years.

Prices on resales projected to rise at moderate pace, real estate group says

Existing home sales are expected to fall 11.5 per cent in Canada this year and 4 per cent in 2009, according to a forecast released Tuesday by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).

Metro Vancouver is in the midst of a real-estate crisis. Well-off professionals who are among the top 10 per cent of earners in Canada can't afford to buy a house here. Married couples are living in parents' basements and children are being raised in condos. Mortgages are lasting 40 years.

OTTAWA–Real-estate agents, brokers, appraisers and other real-estate industries reported total operating revenues of $10.6 billion for 2006, an 8.1 per cent increase from 2005.

TORONTO - Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund (TSX:BRE.UN), a major property brokerage services company that operates through the Royal LePage and other brands, reported its first quarter net profits rose to nearly $1.3 million from $912,000 last year as the company benefited from a robust home selling market that is now starting to moderate.

OTTAWA - Real-estate agents, brokers, appraisers and other real-estate industries reported total operating revenues of $10.6 billion for 2006, an 8.1 per cent increase from 2005.