TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2011 /CNW/ - A report by noted housing economist Will Dunning, entitled Restricted Land Supply and Rising Housing Costs in the GTA, concludes that government-imposed costs and constraints on land supply have caused both the prices of new housing and the level of economic risk to rise.

TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2011 /CNW/ - October 17-23 is Canada's third annual Financial Planning Week and as part of its campaign to get more Canadians engaged in their financial wellbeing, Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC^®) hit the streets to hear what Canadians are saying about money.

OTTAWA, Oct. 17, 2011 /CNW/ - According to statistics¹ released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity picked up in September 2011.

According to a new study released by the Desjardins Economic Studies team some industrialized countries are displaying signs of economic weakness, but the report indicates that this is not necessarily a trend.

Hamilton has become the "top place to invest in Ontario", according to a release from Calgary based Real Estate Investment Network of Canada. In addition to this honour, REIN also named Hamilton the #3 place in all of Canada to invest.