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$100m plan for downtown Steve Arnold Tue Apr 05 2011 Work on a $100 million project that would change the skyline of downtown Hamilton is expected to start as early as June. The project, conceived by developer Darko Vranich, will bring 628 condo units, two extended stay hotels and 20,000

Canada’s best places to live 2011 By MoneySense staff | MoneySense – Tue, 29 Mar, 2011 10:53 AM EDT In a country as large and diverse as Canada, it’s only natural for comparisons to be drawn between cities. Which is more livable,Edmonton or Halifax? Is Vancouver better than Calgary for

Jim Wilkes – Staff Reporter, Toronto Star Are a couple of American icons making babies in a Hamilton marsh? If successful, the pair of bald eagles nesting in a tall white pine in Cootes Paradise just might be breeding the first homegrown young on Lake Ontario’s north shore in 50

  Hamilton is made up of many great neighbourhoods. Some of which have been nominated in the National contest “Great Places in Canada”. In this annual contest Canadians write in and nominate their favorite locations. It could be a street, a neighbourhood, a public space… anywhere Canadians love to spend

Sales Slightly Down, Prices Up (March 3, 2011 – Hamilton, Ontario) The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) reported a total of 926 units sold in the association’s jurisdiction* in the month of February, according to Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) statistics released today. This represents an 8.7 per cent decrease in

(February 4, 2011 – Hamilton, Ontario) The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) reported a total of 613 units sold in the association’s jurisdiction* in the month of January, according to Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) statistics released today. This represents a seven per cent decrease in sales from the same month

Today Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a few significant changes to the Mortgage lending rules. Changes to minimum down payment have NOT been changed. This means Canadians are still able to purchase their primary residence with as little as 5% down. The first change Flaherty announced is that the

(January 14, 2011 – Hamilton) The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) held its annual news conference today, and this year’s President anticipates the real estate market will further stabilize through 2011, with a market that performs much as it did in 2010. In her inaugural speech, Ann Forbes Arndt, 2011

Economic optimism drives Hamilton buying boom No. 2 in Ontario for real-estate buys Meredith Macleod, The Hamilton Spectator, October 2nd A new entrepreneurial spirit that is breathing life into a once-battered economy is the reason Hamilton has become one of the province’s top real estate bets. The Real Estate Investment

(November 3, 2010 – Hamilton, Ontario) The Greater Hamilton-Burlington area resale market reported a total of 1044 units sold in October, a decrease of 12 per cent from the same month last year and comparable to September of this year, according to Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) statistics released by the