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CANADIAN HOME SALES EDGE HIGHER IN OCTOBER

Ecstatic young winner could not believe whenshe received the call from Bolton Nissan

BY SHAZIA MALIK

Bolton - Young Maria Damjanoski could not believe when shereceived a phone call from Bolton Nissan informing she is thewinner of a 2015 Nissan Altima 3.5SL vehicleentering the 2014Nissan Keep Summer Rolling Service Sweepstakes, a contestsponsored by Nissan Canada Inc this summer.Maria is par t of a Nissan-fan family as her mother owns a Versaand father a Pathfinder. As soon as Nissan Canada announcedthis service-based contest, Maria's mother entered her name likethousands of other Nissan customers to win this beauty. However,only Mar ia got lucky as her name was drawn f rom amongthousands of entries sent to the automaker. Maria told Midweek:"I could not believe my eyes when I received an email from thecompany and later a phone call from the dealership to pick-up thecar. But here I am and so happy to have won this beautiful car."Kuljit Batra, General Manager Sales at Bolton Nissan, who alsohanded over keys of 2015 Nissan Altima to Maria, added: "Nissanis the fastest growing auto brand in Canada and it is reflected inthe number of sales we are making on yearly basis. Not onlyNissan cars are beautiful but we offer a full service packageespecially at Bolton Nissan and therefore have been for tunate toget repeat customers. Maria's family is one of the several loyalcustomers we have who come to us as we offer them value formoney."

AVERAGE PRICE FOR HOMES SOLD INOCTOBER 2014 WAS $419,699, UP 7.1 %Ottawa, ON: According to statistics released today by The CanadianReal Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity edgedhigher on a month-over-month basis in October 2014.Canadian home sales edge higher in OctoberHighlights:" National home sales rose 0.7% from September to October." Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity stood 7% above October2013 levels." The number of newly listed homes rose 0.8% from September toOctober." The Canadian housing market remains balanced." The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) rose 5.5% year-over-year inOctober." The national average sale price rose 7.1% on a year-over-year basisin October.The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems ofCanadian real estate Boards and Associations edged up 0.7 per centin October 2014 compared to September.This marks the sixth consecutive month of stronger resale housingactivity compared to a quiet star t to the year, and the strongest activ-

ity for the month of October since 2009. "Low interest rates continuedto suppor t sales in some of Canada's more active and expensiveurban housing markets and factored into the monthly increase fornational sales," said CREA President Beth Crosbie. "Even so, salesdid not increase in many local markets in Canada, which shows thatnational and local housing market trends can be very different. Allreal estate is local and your REALTOR® is your best source for infor-mation about how the housing market is shaping up where you cur-rently live or might like to in the future." "While the strength of nationalsales activity is far from being a Canada-wide phenomenon, it ex-tends beyond Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto," said Gregory Klump,CREA's Chief Economist. "Sales in a number of B.C. markets havestar ted to recover from weaker demand over the past couple of years.They have also been improving across much of Alber ta, where inter-provincial migration and international immigration are reaching newheights." Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity in October stoodseven per cent above levels repor ted in the same month last year.October sales were up from year-ago levels in about 70 per cent of alllocal markets,

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CONTD. FROM PAGE 25It is worth noting that Bolton Nissan is operational for the last four years onlybut this dealership has done a stellar job in attracting customers and retain-ing them over the years, thanks to fabulous service-based offers byBatra. Those going to the dealership have stuck to Boton Nissan fornot only attractive bargains and add-ons given by Batra that haveclients coming from as far as Milton.Meanwhile, Nicole Michalski, Fixed Operations Manager at NissanCanada Inc., informed that Nissan Canada kicked off this initiativefour years ago and it has grown at an enormous rate over the years.She said: "We have been running this contest for the last four yearsand our customer base has been growing each year. We are happywith the overwhelming response of thousands of our customers whovisited our Nissan Keep Summer Rolling Sweepstakes website topar ticipate in this contest. This promotion is one of many initiativesfrom Nissan Canada to help suppor t our ultimate goal of customersatisfaction.Meanwhile, Nigel Smith, Senior Manager, Marketing & Sales, AfterSales at Nissan Canada Inc., notified that Nissan Canada Inc. is thefastest-growing automotive company in Canada, with sales havingrecently surpassed the 100,000 mark - a new milestone for the com-pany in Canada. As of October 31st, Nissan Canada Inc.'s sales have in-creased to an impressive 27.3 per cent year-over-year. Nigel attributes NissanCanada's recent growth to a perfect recipe of innovative, high-quality prod-ucts, and a steadfast commitment from Nissan dealers to provide excep-tional customer service at every turn. He claimed: "The current year has

The Nissan group recently announced total Canadian sales for October of9,286 units, an increase of 9.6 per cent and an October record compared tothe previous year. This sales achievement marks 15 consecutive months ofrecord sales growth for the Nissan Group in Canada.The Nissan brand in-creased 7.6 per cent with 8,282 units sold, setting a monthly sales record.The Infiniti brand increased 29.5 per cent over the same period last year,recording its best October ever with 1,004 units sold.Nissan Division October highlights:" Best October on record for the Nissan Division at 8,282 sales, an increaseof 7.6 per cent." The Nissan Rogue crossover set an October sales record with 2,071 unitssold, a 68 per cent increase." Best October on record for the Nissan Frontier with 278 units sold, up 13 percent from the same period last year." Best October on record for the all-electric Nissan LEAF with 113 deliveries,an increase of more than 276 per cent over last year." Sales of the NV200 compact cargo van recorded its best month ever with146 units sold, marking an increase of nearly 48 per cent over the previousyear." Sales of the all-new Nissan Micra totaled 967 units this month.Nissan continues to enjoy the success of several vehicles in its portfolio,namely two nameplates familiar in the Canadian marketplace - the NissanRogue crossover, and the all-Nissan Micra subcompact car. Looking aheadto next year, Nissan is looking forward to welcome to its dealerships arevamped version of its popular Murano crossover. "With customer appre-ciation programs such as this one, a full range of exciting vehicles in everysegment and the subsequent sales success, it's a great time at NissanCanada, and we are delighted to have our customers - new and loyal - alongfor the ride," said Smith.

performed brilliantly for Nissan as we were able to sell over 100,000 ve-hicles across Canada. We will stay on course with our strategy to keepintroducing new products and keep pricing competitive to create more im-pact on buyers."



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AVERAGE PRICE FOR HOMES SOLD INOCTOBER 2014 WAS $419,699, UP 7.1 %CONTD. FROM PAGE 25led by Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, Victoria, Calgary, andGreater Toronto. Combined sales in these five markets account for al-most 40 per cent of national sales activity, and nearly 60 per cent of theyear-over-year increase in national sales this month.Actual (not seasonally adjusted) sales activity for the year-to-date inOctober was 5.2 per cent above levels in the first 10 months of 2013 andslightly above (+2.5 per cent) the 10-year average for the same period.The number of newly listed homes rose 0.8 per cent in October comparedto September. While new supply was down in just over half of all localmarkets, outsized gains in Greater Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, andGreater Toronto boosted the national figure.The national sales-to-new listings ratio was 55.7 per cent in October.With sales and new listings having once again moved in tandem, thesales-to-new listings ratio held steady for the third consecutive month.A sales-to-new listings ratio between 40 and 60 per cent is usually con-sistent with a balanced housing market, with readings above and belowthis range indicating sellers' and buyers' markets respectively. The ratiowas within this range in just over half of all local markets in October.About 70 per cent of the remaining markets posted ratios above thisrange, almost all of which are located in British Columbia, Alberta andSouthern Ontario. The number of months of inventory is another impor-tant measure of the balance between housing supply and demand. It

represents the number of months it would take to completely liquidatecurrent inventories at the current rate of sales activity.There were 5.8 months of inventory nationally at the end of October 2014.It has held to a narrow range between 5.8 and 6.0 months since May ofthis year. As with the sales-to-new listings ratio, the number of months ofinventory remains well within balanced market territory while pointing toa national market that has become tighter since the beginning of the year,when sales got off to a slow start.The Aggregate Composite MLS® HPI rose by 5.51 per cent on a year-over-year basis in October. Price gains have held steady between fiveand five-and-a-half per cent since the beginning of the year.Year-over-year price growth accelerated for two-storey single familyhomes, townhouse/row units, and apartment units in October. By con-trast, price momentum slowed further for one-storey single family homes.Two-storey single family homes continue to post the biggest year-over-year price gains (+6.94 per cent), followed closely by townhouse/rowunits (+5.83 per cent) and one-storey single family homes (+4.75 percent). Price growth for apar tment units remains comparatively moremodest (+3.51 per cent).Price growth varied among housing markets tracked by the index. As inrecent months, Calgary (+9.47 per cent), Greater Toronto (+8.30 percent), and Greater Vancouver (+6.03 per cent) continued to post thebiggest gains.

Prices were up between one and 2.5 per cent on a year-over-year basisin the Fraser Valley, Victoria, and Vancouver Island, flat in Saskatoon,Ottawa, Greater Montreal, and Greater Moncton, and down 3.4 per cent inRegina.The MLS® Home Price Index (MLS® HPI) provides a better gauge of pricetrends than is possible using averages because it is not affected by changesin the mix of sales activity the way that average price is.The actual (not seasonally adjusted) national average price for homes sold inOctober 2014 was $419,699, up 7.1 per cent from the same month last year.The national average price continues to be pulled upward by sales activity inGreater Vancouver and Greater Toronto, which are among Canada's mostactive and expensive housing markets. Excluding these two markets fromthe calculation, the average price is a relatively more modest $330,596 andthe year-over-year increase shrinks to 5.4 per cent.PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this news release combinesboth major market and national sales information from MLS® Systemsfrom the previous month.CREA cautions that average price information can be useful in establish-ing trends over time, but does not indicate actual prices in centres com-prised of widely divergent neighbourhoods or account for price differen-tial between geographic areas. Statistical information contained in thisreport includes all housing types.MLS® Systems are co-operative marketing systems used only byCanada's real estate Boards to ensure maximum exposure of propertieslisted for sale.The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is one of Canada's largestsingle-industry trade associations, representing more than 111,000 RE-ALTORS® working through some 90 real estate Boards and Associa-tions.Further information can be found at http://crea.ca/statistics.


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