Will Canada's housing boom last?

House prices have risen by an impressive 9.8% across Canada in the past year, boosted by economic hotspot Alberta. Will next year see similar increases?

Over the past year, house prices have risen by an impressive 9.8% across Canada with price increases of between 1% and 7% from Ontario to the Atlantic provinces boosted dramatically by a 50% hike in Alberta, the centre of Canada's booming economy.

Canadian property market: demand goes west

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