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TORONTO -- Despite concerns about the tighter global credit markets, 2008 will be a year for "greed" rather than "fear" in the Canadian real estate sector, according to 70 per cent of poll respondents at a conference in Toronto yesterday.
The question referred to whether investors will jump in or sit on the sidelines next year. The audience's positive response mirrored that of an investment industry panel, who said despite concerns about continuing weakness in the U.S. real estate market, they still see strong opportunities in Canada.
During their presentation, the panel members shared their views on real estate and the economy, along with some of their top real estate picks for Canadian retail investors.
MANAGING DIRECTOR, RBC DOMINION SECURITIES
Mr. McGregor is head of global investment banking and equity markets at RBC. He also leads the bank's real estate group, a dominant player in terms of deal-making in the sector in Canada.
For retail traders, Mr. McGregor is keen on Brookfield Properties Corp., which owns high-end office and retail properties in major North American cities.
Brookfield Properties is currently trading at $20.62, well off the 52-week high of $38.42 it reached in February. The company has lots of exposure to investments in New York City, which despite general U.S. real estate sector woes is still forecast to be the tightest office market in North America, Mr. McGregor said.
IRA GLUSKIN
PRESIDENT, GLUSKIN SHEFF & ASSOCIATES
An icon in the Canadian investment industry, Mr. Gluskin manages billions for wealthy individuals at his own firm and chairs the University of Toronto Asset Management Corp.
More bearish than some of the other panelists, Mr. Gluskin sees Canada tipping into a mild recession next year and was the sole expert who sees the price of oil declining from its current level at this time next year.
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NEW YORK — The dollar skidded to a modern-day low against the Canadian currency, and the euro hit its third record high against the U.S. currency in the past five days. The British pound approached the $2.09 level and hit a new 26-year high.
The dollar was battered by recent credit downgrades of investment banks, weak corporate earnings, Thursday's plummeting Dow and rising expectations of a December rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Renewed uncertainties about the U.S. financial system overshadowed an a strong employment report Friday.
"There's a wall of worry over the U.S. dollar. People are worried about the economy, worried about the banking system," said David Gilmore, a partner at Foreign Exchange Analytics in Essex, Conn. "They see better markets outside the U.S."
The dollar fell to an all-time low in the era of modern floating-exchange rates against the Canadian currency, sinking to 93.20 Canadian cents, according to the Bank of Canada, before settling at 93.52 Canadian cents, more than a cent below Thursday's 94.73 Canadian cents.
The Canadian government data released Friday showed the country's October unemployment rate at 5.8 percent, its lowest level since November 1974, boosting the currency.
The country adopted floating exchange rates in 1950, following the Bretton Woods agreement.
The dollar has fallen almost 20 percent against the loonie this year as demand for Canada's major exports surged. The Canadian currency achieved one-to-one parity with the U.S. dollar on Sept. 20 for the first time since 1976.
The dollar dipped to a record low against the euro on Friday, falling to $1.4528 per euro, according to Dow Jones' Interbank foreign-exchange rates, before recovering to settle at $1.4502. The euro was
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Anyone with an interest in residential real-estate markets across the country should pick up the Canadian Housing Observer 2007. Released by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on October 22, it provides information about a broad range of real-estate topics, including housing starts, homeownership rates, mortgage lending, and ratios of income to shelter costs in various cities.
From 2001 to 2006, 86 percent of Canada's population growth occurred in metropolitan areas, particularly in Alberta, B.C., and Ontario. In the Vancouver metropolitan region, there was an average of 11,664 new households in the region per year over that five-year period.
The rising number of households was one of several factors behind the housing boom, which took off after the B.C. Liberals took power here in 2001. Between 2001 and 2006, the average price of a home in this region increased by 78 percent (from $285,910 to $509,876), according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. One thing is clear: housing-related spending has become a more significant part of the economy in recent years. The CMHC report noted that across the country in 2006, spending on housing-related purchases was responsible for 19.1 percent of the country's gross domestic product, which measures the value of all goods and services produced. That was up from 18.9 percent the year before.
The Canadian Housing Observer 2007 includes statistics suggesting that despite the rise in housing prices, there isn't a corresponding debt crisis similar to the one in the United States, where the subprime mortgage market imploded this summer. A slight rise in Canadian mortgage rates between 2005 and 2006–from a record low of 5.99 percent to 6.66 percent for a five-year term–led to a big increase in the number of people choosing fixed-rate mortgages in this country. They were encouraged by a lower spread between the fixed five-year rate and the variable rate, which shrank from 159 to 96 basis points in 1996, according to the report.
The report noted that only 22 percent of borrowers chose variable-rate mortgages in 2006, compared with 36 percent in 2005. With fewer people borrowing at variable rates, the market is less vulnerable to interest-rate shocks.
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No skidding?! Bobcat's innovative all-wheel steer A220 loader honored - Off-Highway: Vehicle of the Year
Mike Brezonick
The skid-steer loader has already earned its reputation as the "Swiss Army Knife" of mobile equipment. But over the last 12 months, one company has given the knife yet another blade.
Bobcat Co., which pioneered the development of what has become one of the highest volume machines in the off-highway equipment world, took the skid-steer loader concept to the next step with the introduction of the A220, a skid-steer loader that incorporates an all-wheel steering system (see January Diesel Progress). And while there have been any number of interesting and technologically advanced machines of all kinds introduced over the last year, in the minds of the Diesel Progress editorial board, nothing was quite as innovative as the skid-steer that doesn't skid.
We were also impressed with how Bobcat was able to develop the A220 loader without reinventing the wheel (pun intended) from a drivetrain perspective. Much of the componentry--73 hp Deutz BF4M1011F diesel engine, twin Bosch Rexroth MCR5 hydrostatic motors, chain case drive and driven sprokets, etc.--remains the same as the conventional 863 Bobcat skid-steer loader.
It's at the wheels where the magic happens and where we were most struck by Bobcat's innovative thinking. On the normal skid-steer, the wheels are powered though an axle shaft driven off the chain case. The left hand and right hand sides operate independently, with the front and rear wheels on each side linked by the chain case. The A220 loader incorporates an axle shaft splined to a specially designed single cardan, lubed-for-life ArvinMeritor U-joint housed within a cast iron hub and swivel housing.
We are pleased to announce our newest business at the TMGroup which is called 
TORONTO -- Despite concerns about the tighter global credit markets, 2008 will be a year for "greed" rather than "fear" in the Canadian real estate sector, according to 70 per cent of poll respondents at a conference in Toronto yesterday.
NEW YORK — The dollar skidded to a modern-day low against the Canadian currency, and the euro hit its third record high against the U.S. currency in the past five days. The British pound approached the $2.09 level and hit a new 26-year high.
Anyone with an interest in residential real-estate markets across the country should pick up the Canadian Housing Observer 2007. Released by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on October 22, it provides information about a broad range of real-estate topics, including housing starts, homeownership rates, mortgage lending, and ratios of income to shelter costs in various cities.
No skidding?! Bobcat's innovative all-wheel steer A220 loader honored - Off-Highway: Vehicle of the Year
