Hamilton Home Review-Robert J. Morrow, editor

OCT 30/08 According to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), resale home sales will continue to be strong into 2009. "...Existing home sales, as measured by the Multiple Listing Service(MLS(R))(1), which reached a record level of 523,701 sales in 2007, willmoderate in 2008 to 452,...

As you can see, house prices in the Hamilton area have risen approximately 4-5% over the past year. This was, of course, before all the hiccups in the US but still bodes well for those looking for assurances. Flamborough leads the pack with a whopping 40% increase in price but much of this is due...

The City of Hamilton just entered into a $115,000 contract with ilookabout that will involve four vehicles, mounted with digital cameras to snap 180 degree panoramic photographs every five metres down each street in the entire city. Using ilookabout's new software "Streetscape", city staff will b...

This one from my good friend Rita Amalfi Cruse at Mortgage Alliance in Dundas, Ontario: "Wow have you been keeping up with all the media hype on the economy?  I have, and sometimes I wonder if we didn't have all the "doom and gloom" coming at us from every which way then maybe the Laws of Attract...

This timely one from the Hamilton Spectator's Rob Faulkner: www.thespec.com/article/448340  

This one comes from my good friend Jim at the City of Hamilton: "I have fact checked this and it is a valid warning. Not a hoax.  JR    The Government of Canada has issued a warning not to consume Pirate's Gold Milk Chocolate Coins that have been sold in Canada at Costco, (the candy may also be a...