Spring market awakening in March

The Hamilton-Burlington area real estate market showed a total of 1,044 unit sales in March, this was a decrease of 4.7 per cent from March 2008 when single family home sales were 1,095, according to the Multiple Listing Services® (MLS®) statistics released by the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB). 

The total unit sales for the first three months of 2009 are being reported at 23 per cent lower for the same period in 2008, while new units listed are 1.3 per cent lower for the year-to-date. The total unit sales, when compared to February, were 40 per cent higher in March. 
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Voicemail FRAUD

Several cases of fraud with respect to business voicemail equipment have happened. These cases involve experienced criminals that illegally gain access to company voicemail systems and then place long distance calls from within those systems.

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Market shows strength in February

The Hamilton-Burlington area real estate market showed a total of 750 unit sales in February, indicating a 27.6 per cent decrease over the same period last year, according to the Multiple Listing Services® (MLS®) statistics released by the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB). New units listed are less than one per cent lower when compared to February 2008.
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ICX.ca re-launch

On Thursday, February 26th the ICX.ca website will be re-launched, introducing new graphics, new simple search options, and interactive mapping.  Consumers can access the site by putting www.ICX.ca in their web browser, or by selecting the Commercial Listings option on the front page of the REALTOR.ca website. According to Comscore, an independent internet monitoring company, there were 172,000 unique visitors to the existing ICX.ca website in January 2009, compared to 115,000 unique visitors in January 2008.

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Market easing continues into January

The Hamilton-Burlington area real estate market showed a total of 476 unit sales in January, indicating a 42 per cent decrease over the same period last year, according to the Multiple Listing Services® (MLS®) statistics released by the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB). New units listed are down 8.5 per cent when compared to January 2008.

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