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Sept. 04, 2014 | CREBNow
Overnight rate maintained at one per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced yesterday it was maintaining its overnight rate at 1 per cent.
"Inflation is close to the two per cent target and is evolving as the Bank anticipated in its July Monetary Policy Report (MPR)," said a release from the Bank. "Recent data reinforce the Bank's view that the earlier pickup in inflation was attributable to the temporary effects of higher energy prices, exchange rate pass-through, and other sector-specific factors rather than to any change in domestic economic fundamentals."
"Inflation is close to the two per cent target and is evolving as the Bank anticipated in its July Monetary Policy Report (MPR)," said a release from the Bank. "Recent data reinforce the Bank's view that the earlier pickup in inflation was attributable to the temporary effects of higher energy prices, exchange rate pass-through, and other sector-specific factors rather than to any change in domestic economic fundamentals."
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Sept. 04, 2014 | CREBNow
Doors Open YYC: A gelato affair
With flavours like frozen hot chocolate and salted caramel how can you not be tempted by the wares of Calgary's Fiasco Gelato, one of more than 30 sites included in this year's rendition of Doors Open YYC.
"We have so many amazing companies building great culture right here in Calgary, and we want to share it with the people," James Boettcher, chief idea officer with Fiasco said of the Doors Open experience.
"We have so many amazing companies building great culture right here in Calgary, and we want to share it with the people," James Boettcher, chief idea officer with Fiasco said of the Doors Open experience.
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Sept. 02, 2014 | CREBNow
Condo sales set new record in August
Strong gains in Calgary's condominium apartment and townhouse sectors sparked a 3.4 per cent year-over-year growth in residential resale housing sales activity for August.
A total of 2,267 units exchanged hands in the city during the month, compared to 2,192 during the same period in 2013. The condominium apartment and townhouse sectors saw the biggest gains, increasing by nearly 14 and 20 per cent, respectively, for total monthly sales of 790 units.
A total of 2,267 units exchanged hands in the city during the month, compared to 2,192 during the same period in 2013. The condominium apartment and townhouse sectors saw the biggest gains, increasing by nearly 14 and 20 per cent, respectively, for total monthly sales of 790 units.
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Aug. 27, 2014 | Donna Balzer
Rearranging for resale
Tidying up your yard and garden for a more attractive sell
It is pretty standard practice to tidy your house before resale, so I was surprised when my 30-year-old son, a newly minted professional, emailed me a photo of a house he was buying in Smithers, B.C.
There were clothes on the floor in one shot and people lounging on the couch in another. It didn't seem like there was any tidying evident, and he wasn't the least bit worried about it.
It is pretty standard practice to tidy your house before resale, so I was surprised when my 30-year-old son, a newly minted professional, emailed me a photo of a house he was buying in Smithers, B.C.
There were clothes on the floor in one shot and people lounging on the couch in another. It didn't seem like there was any tidying evident, and he wasn't the least bit worried about it.
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Aug. 27, 2014 | CREBNow
Doors Open YYC: Ice, ice baby
WinSport Ice House allows for winter sport training all year long
With the thud of running feet and the unmistakable sound of blades on ice, the test sled rushes down the hill on a rainy summer day.
Even in Calgary, August and snow don't go hand in hand. Yet that isn't the case at the Ice House located in the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport Canada Olympic Park, one of more than three dozen sites to be featured in the third-annual Doors Open YYC program Sept. 27 – 28.
With the thud of running feet and the unmistakable sound of blades on ice, the test sled rushes down the hill on a rainy summer day.
Even in Calgary, August and snow don't go hand in hand. Yet that isn't the case at the Ice House located in the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport Canada Olympic Park, one of more than three dozen sites to be featured in the third-annual Doors Open YYC program Sept. 27 – 28.
