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Canadianhome pricegains “righton track”ECONOMIA CANADESEFondata ad Hamiltonuna nuova sede della CIBPAÈ nata ad Hamilton una nuova sede della Canadian italian business and professional association.La presentazione dell’associazione formata da imprenditori e professionisti di origine italianaè stata presentata presso la sede dei Sons of Italy alla presenza di un folto pubblico e di numerosiuomini e donne d’affari ben conosciuti nella comunità. “L’evento è stato organizzato nellasede dei Sons of Italy - dice Bennie Esposito della Durward Jones Barkwell & Co. - abbiamoformato una partnership con i Sons of Italy, in qualità di organizzazioni indipendenti, al fine dicollaborare e lavorare assieme per raggiungere gli scopi che le nostre associazioni si prefiggono.Ad accomunarci sono le nostre radici italiane, la cultura e la storia che condividiamo e celebriamoa modo nostro”. Un pranzo inaugurale si terrà il 5 ottobre presso la Carmen’s Banquet Hall: relatricesarà Teresa Cascioli.La mission de la CIBPA de Montréal continueCanadian house prices recorded nearnormalgains in the third quarter, suggestinga further shift towards balancedmarket conditions, real estate brokerRoyal LePage said on Tuesday. Homeprices were up in all key housing typessurveyed by Royal LePage, thoughslightly stronger than the broker hadanticipated because of improved affordabilityin many regions and lowrates in a competitive mortgage market.In the third quarter, the average price ofa detached bungalow was up 4.6 percentat C$324,531 ($315,079), comparedwith a year ago. Over the sameperiod, standard two-storey homesrose 4.4 percent to C$360,329 whilestandard condominiums rose 3.9 percentto C$226,481. Phil Soper, presidentand chief executive of RoyalLePage Real Estate Services said theprice gains were just below the longtermannual average of about 5 percent.Adjusted for inflation, priceappreciation was "right on track", hesaid. The Canadian housing markethas been steadily cooling in recentmonths after helping to drive the economyout of recession last year andearly this year, sparking debates aboutwhether the sector was forming a bubble."Looking ahead, it is very unlikelythat the period from now to year-endcan keep pace with the activity levelsposted in the overheated market of thefinal quarter of 2009," Soper said.Home prices in St. John's, Newfoundland,led the country's year-over yeargrowth where detached bungalowswere up 14 percent to C$228,025, andstandard two-storey houses and condominiumswere also strong. Winnipeg,Montreal and Vancouver also postedprice increases above the national average.20(Reuters)ottobre 2010-www.lavoce.ca