🏡 Right Choice Weekly Updates
October 29, 2025
📬 In This Issue
- ✅ New Home Rates and Rebates
- ✅ Boxing: Napper’s Boxing Club Fight Night in Welland
- ✅ Community: $65 hotel rooms for Sleep Cheap
- ✅ Holiday Lights: Winter Festival of Lights starts Nov. 15
- ✅ Infrastructure: $2.8M investment in Niagara Falls Train Station
- ☎️ Listing of the week
🏦 Your Mortgage Rate Hits 2.25%. The Bank of Canada Stops Cutting.
The Bank of Canada cut the key interest rate to 2.25% on Wednesday. This 25-basis-point reduction supports home buyers and investors. Governor Tiff Macklem delivered a strong warning. Monetary policy cannot fix structural economic damage from the U.S. trade war. Canada’s economy shrank in the second quarter. Companies exported less. Businesses invested less. Thousands lost jobs in sectors like autos and steel.
The Bank plans to hold the rate at 2.25%. They expect inflation will stay near their two per cent target. Macklem stated Canadians will not feel very good even with modest growth. Still, consumer spending saw healthy growth. Real estate investment also grew. The Bank stated these facts keep the current rate at the right level.
Source: CBC News
🏠 First-Time Buyers Save $130,000 on New Ontario Homes
You save up to $130,000 on a new home in Ontario. The province rebates the full 8 percent provincial portion of the HST. This saves first-time buyers up to $80,000. This applies to new homes valued up to $1 million. The federal government’s proposed rebate saves the remaining $50,000. This combined action helps families afford their first home.
Ontario’s new rebate plan works with existing provincial relief. This ensures a minimum relief of $24,000. The rebate gradually reduces for new homes priced between $1 million and $1.5 million. The plan takes effect for purchase agreements signed on or after May 27, 2025. This move helps first-time buyers and spurs the construction of more homes.
Source: Ontario Newsroom
🥊 Boxing: Napper’s Boxing Club Fight Night in Welland
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2025
Time: Doors open 6:00 PM | First bout at 7:00 PM
Location: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 4, Welland
Right Choice Happenings Realty is a Sponsor! Joe and the team will be there!
Time and Location: Saturday, November 9, 2025, Doors open 6:00 PM. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 4, Welland. Napper’s Boxing Club hosts a sanctioned club competition featuring local and regional amateur fighters.
Doors open at 6:00 PM, with the first bout starting at 7:00 PM. You can buy tickets for $25 in advance at the club or at the door. This is an exciting chance to see local athletic talent compete in a lively environment.
🎟️ Tickets: $25 in advance or at the door.
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🏦 Book a $65 Hotel Room — Niagara’s Sleep Cheap Charity Event
Dates: November 23–27, 2025
Location: Niagara Region Hotels
Book a $65 Hotel Room: Niagara’s Sleep Cheap Charity Event is Open
Time and Location: Event runs November 23–27, 2025. Niagara Region Hotels. Niagara residents save huge money on hotel rooms and help local charities with the Sleep Cheap event.
This annual event strongly supports the Niagara community. Residents book luxury hotel rooms for only $65 for a Standard Room. A Fallsview Room costs only $75. The drive has raised over $2.6 million since 2004 for local groups. This program rewards homeowners and renters while strongly supporting charities.
🎄 Holiday Lights: Winter Festival of Lights
See 3 Million Lights: Canada’s Largest Free Festival Returns Nov. 15
Time and Location: Starts November 15, 2025, through January 4, 2026. Niagara Falls Tourism Districts. The Winter Festival of Lights begins soon and makes Niagara a spectacular winter destination with over 3 million lights.
Canada’s largest FREE outdoor light festival transforms Niagara Falls in mid-November. The huge spectacle features over 75 dazzling displays. Eight kilometers of illuminated trail stretch along the Niagara Parkway. You also explore the Hot Chocolate Trail and find 25+ unique cocoa creations. The festival gives local families a stunning, free holiday experience.
🏗️ City Invests $2.8 Million — Niagara Falls Train Station Upgrade
City Invests $2.8 Million: Niagara Falls Train Station Gets Major Upgrade
Time and Location: Mid-October 2025. Niagara Falls Train Station. The city announced a $2.8 million investment in the Niagara Falls train station for better transit.
The Niagara Region shows strong commitment to better local infrastructure. The city recently unveiled $2.8 million in upgrades at the train station. This significant investment improves regional roads and transit connectivity. Residents benefit from more reliable, better-equipped local transit options. Strong infrastructure increases the value and livability of the entire region.