74 m. ago 'Disappointing at best': Vancouver real estate prices falling, but sales slow

Greater Vancouver saw average house prices fall to $1.2 million in April from $1.3 million in April 2024, a 6.6 per cent decline.

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6 h. ago Affordability challenges still plague renters despite falling prices: report

TORONTO — A new report suggests Canadian renters continue to face affordability challenges even as asking rent prices have fallen this year, while those considering the leap to home ownership are taking a wait-and-see approach. Royal LePage’s 2025 Canadian renters report, which includes results from a survey conducted by Burson, found 37 per cent of […]

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23 h. ago Sell gold now? Citi says prices could plunge 25% as record run peters out

Analysts see bullion returning to about $2,500 to $2,700 an ounce by the second half of 2026

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31 h. ago Mitsubishi Motors Raises US Prices as Tariffs Roil Carmakers

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is raising US prices for some vehicle models as the industry grapples with the fallout of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported cars and parts.

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2 w. ago Oil Investments to Fall 6% on Lower Demand and Prices, IEA Says

Global oil investments are expected to drop 6% in 2025, in the first such decline in a decade excluding the year of the Covid slump, according to the International Energy Agency.

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3 w. ago Greenlight Capital’s Einhorn Is Net Long Europe, Neutral on US

Greenlight Capital Inc. founder David Einhorn is long Europe, particularly the region’s industrials, after seeing tailwinds from government stimulus efforts, falling global energy prices and the prospect of a peace deal in Ukraine.

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3 w. ago European Solar Profits Tumble to Record Low on Long Sunny Spring

Profits at Europe’s solar parks have sunk to record lows, raising concerns that the more the industry expands, the farther prices will fall.

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3 w. ago Feds have to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable: Experts

OTTAWA — Housing experts are pushing back against a federal cabinet minister’s recent claim that home prices don’t need to go down in order to restore housing affordability. Gregor Robertson, the former mayor of Vancouver who was elected to the House of Commons in April, sparked the debate after he was sworn in as housing […]

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3 w. ago Ottawa has to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable, experts say

Across Canada, it would take 18 years to return to more affordable home price-to-income ratios

Economics

4 w. ago ECB’s Escriva Says Unexpectedly Strong Euro Is Weighing on Inflation

European Central Bank Governing Council member Jose Luis Escriva said the euro and energy prices have been weighing on consumer-price growth, while the fallout from US tariffs is more complicated to evaluate.

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last month Inflation in Canada drops in April led by falling energy prices

New data from Statistics Canada shows the first impacts of the April removal of the consumer carbon price, and tariffs on inflation.

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