Sentences with phrase «cent from last year»

-- As of August 2010, there was $ 1.01 trillion in outstanding residential mortgage credit in Canada, an increase of 7.6 per cent from last year.

Further, when considering buying a new home, 43 per cent would purchase a home to be closer to work or family — up 10 per cent from last year's survey results.

This number is up 10 per cent from last year's survey.

«December proved to be a good end to a good year for real estate sales,» said Ann Forbes Arndt, RAHB President, «Sales were down less than seven per cent from last year's record - breaking December, and were the third highest for a December.»

In the residential freehold market, sales dropped less than two per cent from last year at this time while the average sale price increased by two per cent.

Down one per cent from last year, 96 per cent of employers believe that skills shortages (without doubt or will be some impact) will hamper the effective operations of their businesses.

2009 saw record numbers of university leavers and new figures show more than 660,000 people have applied for a university place for the next academic year. This staggering amount is up by 12 per cent from last year, once again breaking the record for the number of university applicants. With these figures on the rise, the coalition government have made an extra 10,000 university places to support the hefty amount of applications, meaning more students than ever will be graduating with degrees in the coming years. It is becoming even harder for employers to recruit graduates when they simply can not distinguish who is more qualified for the job â $ «how does one chose between the graduate with the 2:1 History degree from Durham or the 2:1 English Literature graduate from Bristol?

Nationally, new calls charged an average rate of $ 211 per hour, down eight per cent from last year's average of $ 230.

According to Marin's report, although complaints about the OPGT have dropped by 21 per cent from last year, the kind of concerns complained of has remained the same.

The International Grains Council last week increased its global wheat production forecast to a record 743m tonnes, up 1 per cent from last year.

However, that's down 13 per cent from last year, when homeowners planned to spend $ 19,754 fixing up their houses.

The latest warning comes as the Teranet — National Bank composite house price index for June showed prices rose 0.9 per cent from May and were up 4.4 per cent from last year.

Alberta had the highest provincial average, at $ 28,240 of non-mortgage consumer debt per person — up 1.8 per cent from last year — followed by Saskatchewan ($ 24,690) and British Columbia ($ 24,026).

As reported by the Ontario government, the average house price in Toronto reached $ 916,567 in March 2017, which is up 33.2 per cent from last year.

Ignoring digital content sales, sales of Nook devices and accessories were down 66.7 per cent from last year's holiday period.

«Our sales have been up 20 per cent from last year for the last three months straight,» said Caitlin Jesson, the manager of The Book Warehouse on West Broadway in Vancouver.

There are now 529,164 pupils at ISC schools, up 1.2 per cent from last year and the highest level since records began in 1974.

One in three senior leaders (34 per cent) say the pupil premium is being used to plug gaps in their budget, an increase of 30 per cent from last year.

Each year roughly 35,000 people start teacher training courses, but there are growing fears of a teacher shortage, as the government has repeatedly failed to hit recruitment targets, with teacher training applications dropping nine per cent from last year.

Teacher training applications have dropped a further nine per cent from last year, increasing fears of a recruitment crisis.

5.30 pm LeftWatch: «One of the underlying statistics in today's Sun poll left me absolutely gobsmacked: a massive 71 per cent of voters claim it isn't clear what [Miliband] stands for - up ten per cent from last year.

10.50 am: Agricultural asset manager Rural Funds Group announced a net profit after tax of $ 20.1 million, up 133 per cent from last year.

The number studying the short course GCSE in Religious Studies is down 24.6 per cent from last year to 53,071.

The company's wireless segment accounted for $ 1.7 billion of revenue, up 7.4 per cent from last year, while the wireline segment — including phone, Internet and TV distribution services for homes and business — was up 2.3 per cent to $ 1.4 billion.

In 2013, our employees delivered record net income of 8.3 billion dollars, up 11 per cent from last year and generated a return on equity of 19.7 per cent with diluted earnings per share of 5 dollars and 49 cents.

Land border crossings, which are how most visitors enter Yukon, are up almost 9 per cent from last year.

Ausgroup's order book currently stands at $ 296 million, an increase of 27 per cent from last year, indicating there are no issues in securing new contracts.

Analyst Drew McReynolds of RBC Dominion Securities Inc. wrote that wireless revenue was up 18 per cent from last year and internet was up 5.9 per cent.

Gasoline prices have been moving up steadily with the price of oil, and are now up 33 cents from last year's levels and almost 20 cents from just a month ago, according to AAA data.

Average gas prices in Iowa are up 28 cents from last year's average.

Not exact matches

Just three per cent of British households own a smart thermostat, up from two per cent last year, while a similar two per cent own phone - controlled lights — the same amount as a year earlier.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia registered a slight increase in March compared with the same month last year, while sales for the 12 months to March were up 5.3 per cent on the prior year, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

As of the end of July, there were nearly 123,000 consumer proposals and personal bankruptcies filed by Canadians this year, a decline of 1.2 per cent from the same period last year.

The number of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per cent and the national average price was down 10 per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.

Construction contractor Brierty has announced a full - year profit of $ 9.9 million, a 3 per cent fall from $ 10.2 million last year, after meeting revenue expectations of $ 251.1 million.

Excluding items, the company reported earnings of 78 cents per share, which included a 13 - cent impact from tax cuts signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump late last year.

Power generator Pacific Energy has reported a 1 per cent fall in profit over the last financial year despite record earnings from its Kalgoorlie Power Systems and hydro - electric businesses.

Shares in Mungana Gold Mines rose by more than 25 per cent after the company announced it would move ahead with its North Queensland zinc strategy, following shareholder support for the $ 15 million acquisition of the Chilagoe base metal assets from the liquidators of Kagara, originally announced in December last year.

According to the organization, the national price of regular gasoline is hovering above $ 2 per gallon, down more than 30 cents from the comparable period last year.

Foreign investment in Canada has dropped precipitously this year — $ 2 billion so far in 2013, down 92 per cent from $ 27 billion during the same period last year, Prentice says.

Cash burn for the quarter was $ 400,000, down 35 per cent from the same quarter last year, reflecting management's ongoing focus on expense management.

Revenue was $ 4.61 billion, up from $ 3.54 billion a year ago and above analyst estimates, as oilsands volumes nearly doubled as a result of Cenovus buying out its 50 per cent partner, ConocoPhillips, in May of last year.

EMarketer expects U.S. mobile ad spending to grow 77 per cent this year to $ 7.29 billion, from $ 4.11 billion last year.

Its operating loss from continuing operations was $ 752 million, or 61 cents per share, compared with a $ 39 - million loss last year.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia continue to perform far below last year, with year - to - date sales down 7.9 per cent for the same period in 2013, according to new figures from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

In the last quarter before completing the acquisition, Innergex had net earnings of $ 3.5 million or five cents per share, down from $ 8.8 million or eight cents per share last year after an increase in financing costs and other financial impairments.

However, when compared to last March, the average price of a home in the GTA was down 14.2 per cent to $ 784,558 last month, a decrease from the average of $ 915,126 in the same month last year.

Excluding the tax benefit and other one - time items, its adjusted profit increased marginally to $ 304 million or 54 cents per share, up from $ 303 million or 53 cents per share in last year's third quarter.

The 7/22 FT reported: «Across countries that use the euro, average debt to gross domestic product reached 92.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, up from 92 per cent in the previous quarter and 91.9 per cent in the same period last year, according to figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.»

That's down nine per cent from the same time last year and 14.4 per cent from the 10 - year February average.