The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2013 and 2014.

CREA’s previous two forecasts anticipated that national sales activity in 2013 would improve following the slow start to the year, buoyed by the continuation of low interest rates amid a constructive economic backdrop and the return of buyers who deferred purchase decisions or were otherwise sidelined in the wake of tighter mortgage rules and lending guidelines implemented last year.

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