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Bank of Canada Interest Rate

January 19, 2010	0.25%
March 2, 2010	0.25%
April 20, 2010	Next meeting date

Source: Bank of Canada

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Bank Prime Lending Rate

January 20, 2010	2.25%
March 3, 2010	2.25%
April 21, 2010	Next meeting date

Source: Bank of Canada

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Conventional Mortgage - 5 Year Rate*

March 10, 2010	5.39%
March 31, 2010	5.85%

Source: Bank of Canada
*Determinant for high ratio mortgage variable qualifying rate

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US Federal Reserve Board Discount Rate

January 27, 2010	0.00% – 0.25%
March 16, 2010	0.00% – 0.25%
April 28, 2010	Next meeting date

Source: US Federal Reserve

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Exchange Rate $CDN($US)

February 26, 2010	0.9501
March 15, 2010	0.9820
March 29, 2010	0.9797

Source: Bank of Canada

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Government of Canada Bonds

Bond Type	February 24, 2010	March 10, 2010	March 24, 2010
1 year Treasury Bill	0.62%	0.70%	0.87%
3 year Benchmark Bond Yield	1.65%	1.85%	1.99%
5 year Benchmark Bond Yield	2.54%	2.81%	2.86%
10 year Benchmark Bond Yield	3.45%	3.53%	3.54%

Source: Bank of Canada

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Total New Housing Starts (Seasonable adjusted and annualized)

Province	December 2009	December 2008	January 2010	January 2009	February 2010	February 2009
Newfoundland/Labrador	3,900	4,000	3,600	3,600	3,600	3,200
PEI	1,000	900	600	600	400	500
Nova Scotia	3,000	3,000	2,800	2,800	5,400	4,700
New Brunswick	3,200	3,000	5,200	3,800	2,400	3,200
Quebec	52,600	44,000	55,100	45,300	47,800	36,900
Ontario	54,700	66,100	55,500	54,700	70,100	47,100
Manitoba	3,400	6,400	5,100	3,600	4,900	3,700
Saskatchewan	4,100	4,700	6,400	3,800	4,600	2,300
Alberta	27,300	20,000	23,500	17,200	27,300	12,600
British Columbia	22,800	23,100	27,600	18,100	30,100	14,200
Canada	175,000	172,200	185,400	153,500	196,600	128,400

Source: CMHC Housing Now – March 2010 and March 2009.
This seasonally adjusted data goes through stages of revision at different times of the year.

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Average MLS resale price for local markets

City	February 2009	February 2010
Halifax	$229,660	$251,072
Saint John	$176,629	$168,735
Quebec	$200,257	$228,291
Montreal	$257,775	$287,241
Ottawa	$273,991	$318,894
Toronto	$361,361	$431,509
Hamilton/Burlington	$265,452	$314,656
Winnipeg	$194,588	$215,230
Saskatoon	$281,681	$291,056
Calgary	$370,198	$389,388
Edmonton	$308,970	$316,927
Vancouver	$542,641	$662,741
Victoria	$442,592	$481,246

Source: Canadian Real Estate Association

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Source: RBC Economics Housing Trends and Affordabiltiy March 2010