Record haul for Business Cares food drive: ‘Never ceases to amaze’

London Free Press
London’s Business Cares food drive closed its helping campaign on Thursday, setting a record for food and money collected
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Building lag may cost city hall millions in Queen’s Park housing cash

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London is on the verge of losing millions of dollars in provincial funding for missing its housing starts target for 2024, a goal the city could easily hit if builders followed through on all projects approved by council. As of Oct. 31, city hall had issued building permits for 3,282
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London-area adds 3,000 new jobs as employment trend stays positive

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The London-area economy added close to 3,000 jobs in November, but the region’s jobless rate still edged up last month as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada reported Friday. In total, the London area, which also takes in St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex County, added
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London-area housing market rebounds as realtors eye ‘steady, solid’ 2025

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London’s housing market appears to be staging something of a comeback in the latter part of 2024 with both home sales and prices rebounding in November, the latest housing market snapshot shows.
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Could big Trump tariffs slow London-area housing demand?

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Industry watchers appear divided over the potential impact on London’s housing market of possible tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S., especially if they lead to Volkswagen pulling the plug on its St. Thomas battery plant.
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Modest growth in London area home prices, sales in 2025: Forecast

London Free Press
London's housing market is projected to pick up pace in 2025, but don't expect a return to the craze of the pandemic years
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The city enjoyed a 3.2 per cent spike in the value of goods made here, called gross domestic product or GDP, in 2023. However, inflation and interest rates have taken hold to slow that to 1.7 per cent

London Free Press
London’s once hot economy remains “healthy” although it slowed this year to a steady pace that is expected to continue through 2025, says an economic report released Thursday. London enjoyed a 3.2 per cent increase in the value of goods made here, called gross domestic product or GDP, in 2023
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