The Canadian real estate market seems to be on the mend in many parts of the country with not only new home starts beginning to rise again be prices for resale homes are seeing a healthily rise in values. Some of this could be because of the extremely low interest rates that are currently being offered by most financial lending institutions. The other driving factor seems to be a shortage of available properties on the market. Sellers who have been scared off by the recessions is causing buyers to fight of the few good properties that are being offered for sale. This should ease as sellers regain their confidence in the market.