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The most recent canadian property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

Canadian Real Estate Sales Could Be Suppressed By Interest Rate Hikes

With improved price stability and supply balance, Canada’s real estate market should avoid a major price correction – despite a projected drop in sales. Sales are expected to drop because of anticipated interest rate hikes, and an overall sluggish economy. See the following article from Property Wire…

Foreign Investors Poised To Pounce On US Commercial Property Bargains

With a double dip threatening the US commercial sector, foreign investors are poised to pounce on property bargains while domestic buyers stay on the sidelines. China is working on a half billion dollar real estate deal, and the Canadian Pension Fund has an even larger purchase in their sights…

Affordability Attracting Foreign Buyers To US Real Estate

Perceived value and affordability are attracting increasing numbers of foreign investors to the US real estate market. Nearly a quarter of these foreign buyers are from Canadian, while buyers from Mexico, the UK and China/Hong Kong are also major players. Cash sales account for over half of purchases…

Canadian Housing Market has Cooled Says CREA with Downgraded Forecast

The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its growth forecast. This is no shock in the current climate, but what is shocking is that the CREA is now predicting that Canadian property prices will be falling again in 2011. The Canadian property market shocked the many people who thought it would be infected by the [...]

Mexico Real Estate in Marina Vallarta and Punta de Mita

With its moderate tropical climate and more than 40 different local beaches, the Puerto Vallarta area of Mexico has become one of the top destinations for American and Canadian retirees and tourists seeking the laidback beach lifestyle. Known as the Friendliest City on Earth, since the 1990s, the Puerto Vallarta area has become one of [...]

7 Reasons to Invest in Nicaragua – #2 Infrastructure Investment

Nicaragua has approximately 19,000 km of roads connecting the capital, Managua, to all major cities. The Pan- American Highway traverses the country from north to south. It is 370 km long and connects Nicaragua with Honduras and Costa Rica. The main highways have been refurbished substantially in the last two years, including the highways that [...]

7 Reasons to Invest in Nicaragua #2 Infrastructure Investment

Nicaragua has approximately 19,000 km of roads connecting the capital, Managua, to all major cities. The Pan- American Highway traverses the country from north to south. It is 370 km long and connects Nicaragua with Honduras and Costa Rica. The main highways have been refurbished substantially in the last two years, including the highways that [...]

North Vallarta Real Estate Gems: Nueva Vallarta and San Pancho

Once named La Ciudad Mas Amigable en el Mundo or the friendliest city on Earth, Mexican resort Puerto Vallarta’s 40 different local beaches and moderate tropical climate have made it one of the top destinations in recent decades for American and Canadian retirees seeking the advantages of a beach and ocean front lifestyle. Since the [...]

Is Canada’s Property Market Due For A Downturn?

With incomes declining, high consumer debt, a high debt to GDP ratio, an abundance of housing inventory and personal bankruptcies at record levels in Canada, some analysts believe it is only a matter of time before the Canadian housing market experiences a dramatic correction. A downturn in the Canadian…

Profiling the Recovery Part IV: Canada

Knowing — or maybe believing is a better word — that property markets and economies around the world are on the way back up sure is a nice feeling. It may be a short-lived feeling, because according to some there are signs that the short-lived positivity will end as quickly as it begun. I am [...]