Rising Consumer Confidence may equate to more homes sold on Salt Spring Island

Consumer Confidence Rises in March reads the headlines in the Vancouver Sun March 23/09 edition.

The article suggests that confidence improved throughout the country with the exception of Ontario where levels were unchanged. Confidence levels rose the most in Atlantic Canada up 7 points to 80.7. B.C. continues to be most optomistic up 1.4 points to 82.6. Praries rose 5.1 points to 76.1 and Quebec rose 4.5 points to 68.8. Ontario remained unchanged at 66.3 per cent.

The telephone survey results are from early March to 2,000 plus participants. It is suggested that the margin of error is plus or minus 2.19 per cent, 19 out of 20.