News Releases

- First Time Buyers: Report shows first-time buyers more likely to enter a bidding war than the average buyer

- Sellers: Only 15 per cent willing to under-price home with the intent to cause a bidding war for their home - with intent higher in Toronto and Vancouver

- Hot Spots: Major cities reflect the national average, while the Prairies lead bidding war intentions among provinces

- According to BMO Economics, housing market is balanced with prices leaning in favour of buyers in some areas

- Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide

- BMO offers eco-friendly tips to help reduce energy consumption and reduce total household expenses

- BMO Nesbitt Burns study found that almost half of Canadians will be preparing their own tax returns in 2013

- Moving expenses, carrying charges, public transit passes, and children's fitness and arts programs among often overlooked credits and deductions

- Agricultural sector's net worth increased by 78 per cent since 2003

- Led by innovation in technology, gross agricultural output more than quadrupled over the past half-century

- 2012 marked the second largest harvest on record

- In the short term, slightly softer Canadian dollar to stay close to parity as improved U.S. momentum spreads north

- Now is the time for Canadian businesses to leverage current strength of the loonie

- The Eurozone continues to face challenges with the Cyprus bailout and unemployment numbers high

- U.S. market rallies in all sectors, housing market improves with existing and new home sales up and interest rates to remain low for foreseeable future

- The Canadian government's goal of balancing the budget by 2015 is still within reach