News Releases

- Home sales: Up 0.6 per cent in April

- Home prices: 20 of the 26 cities reporting price increases over the past year

- BMO recommends prospective buyers stress-test their mortgage at a higher interest rate to ensure sustained mortgage affordability

- First team from British Columbia to be named for 2013 program

- Team now in the running to be crowned 2013 BMO Team of the Week Champion, a title that comes with a $125,000 prize for a field refurbishment

- Almost two-thirds of Canadians feel largely unprepared financially to deal with the unexpected

- Eighty-four per cent believe they would face a major financial hit in the event of disability

- Three-quarters fear the financial impact of divorce or death of a spouse

- BMO recommends that Canadians stress-test their financial plans against unforeseen events

- Report suggests that a continuation of the improved income growth of the past two decades should result in Canada's youth achieving more spending power than their parents in their lifetime

- Improved labour market conditions since the mid-90's - driven by the resource and housing industry - credited for compensation growth

- BMO Business Confidence Report finds one quarter of business owners in Canada expect the size of their workforce to increase in 2013

- Young and Connected: Eighty-one per cent of Canadians between the ages of 18 and 34 see themselves investing online in the next five years

- Percentage of online investors could more than triple within the next decade

- Majority of Canadians spend at least 30 hours per week online

- Top current online activities include browsing the news, personal banking and keeping in touch with family and friends

- BMO InvestorLine offers two unique online investing services to help different types of investors get started

Catalyst COO, Deborah Gillis; Manulife past Chair, Gail Cook-Bennett; and BMO CEO, Bill Downe, to lead panel discussion at Toronto Region Board of Trade

- First-time buyers more likely than repeat buyers to consider commute to work, public transit and stores and restaurants when buying a home

- Report reveals differences among regions and major city centres

- BMO and Canadian Real Estate Association offer advice for buyers and sellers

- First BMO Team of the Week finalist from Quebec for 2013

- Girls' team actively involved with the Club des petits dejeuners du Quebec to raise funds and provide nutritious breakfasts to school kids

- BMO employees will assist Good Samaritan's Purse with community clean-up as part of BMO's Volunteer Day