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I thought with 2011 getting under way and Godfried's prediction thread going gangbusters, that a bit of a friendly constest might be in order. I propose the following list of questions be answered, and we'll come back to the thread at the end of the year to see who gets the all important bragging rights!
1) Will the minimum downpayment for a personal residence be:
a) 5% or less
b) 6-9%
c) 10%
d) 11% or more
2) How many housing starts will CMHC report for 2011?
a)150,000 or less
b) 150,001-200,000
c)200,001-250,000
d)250,001 or more
3) At the end of the year, what will the Federal Government look like?
a) No election, Conservative government
b) No election, other government (coalition, Liberal, etc)
c) Election held, Conservative minority
d) Election held, Conservative majority
e) Election held, Non-Conservative gov't (coalition, Liberal, etc)
4) At the end of the year, will the Canada-US exchange rate be:
(determined from B.o.C. data here on Dec 31: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/exchange.html)
a) 1 CAD is less than or equal to $0.95 USD
b) 1 CAD is between $0.95 and and $1.00 USD
c) 1 CAD is between $1.00 and $1.05 USD
d) 1 CAD is greater than or equal to $1.05
5) At the end of the year, the Bank of Canada overnight target rate will be (Currently 1.00%)
a) 1.00% or less
b) 1.01%-1.75%
c) 1.76%-2.5%
d) 2.51% or more
In the case of a tie, the tiebreaker will be: How many posts have been made to myreinspace.com, as determined by the board counter at the bottom of the page by the end of 2011? (Currently 100,214 posts, congratulations on exceeding 100,000 posts myreinspace!)
Best wishes to all for 2011!
1) Will the minimum downpayment for a personal residence be:
a) 5% or less
b) 6-9%
c) 10%
d) 11% or more
2) How many housing starts will CMHC report for 2011?
a)150,000 or less
b) 150,001-200,000
c)200,001-250,000
d)250,001 or more
3) At the end of the year, what will the Federal Government look like?
a) No election, Conservative government
b) No election, other government (coalition, Liberal, etc)
c) Election held, Conservative minority
d) Election held, Conservative majority
e) Election held, Non-Conservative gov't (coalition, Liberal, etc)
4) At the end of the year, will the Canada-US exchange rate be:
(determined from B.o.C. data here on Dec 31: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/exchange.html)
a) 1 CAD is less than or equal to $0.95 USD
b) 1 CAD is between $0.95 and and $1.00 USD
c) 1 CAD is between $1.00 and $1.05 USD
d) 1 CAD is greater than or equal to $1.05
5) At the end of the year, the Bank of Canada overnight target rate will be (Currently 1.00%)
a) 1.00% or less
b) 1.01%-1.75%
c) 1.76%-2.5%
d) 2.51% or more
In the case of a tie, the tiebreaker will be: How many posts have been made to myreinspace.com, as determined by the board counter at the bottom of the page by the end of 2011? (Currently 100,214 posts, congratulations on exceeding 100,000 posts myreinspace!)
Best wishes to all for 2011!