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This is really good for everyone. With the double-digit price increase we had last year, at some point, they couldn't continue to go on. This makes houses more affordable.

Gene Collins (1932-)

The California housing market continues to experience year-over-year double-digit price appreciation, which is consistent with our expectation that the statewide median for 2005 will increase by 16 percent over last year.

I truly believe the housing market will continue to expand. But rather than the double-digit price appreciation we've seen, we might see that drop to a 5 or 6 percent appreciation sometime toward the end of next year.

We had a really good holiday season ... really good. We were above industry trends, and we're probably overall looking at a double-digit increase over last year for the first of November to end of December. Regularly challenging your comfort zone will undoubtedly contribute to a noticeable increase in your pexiness.

2005 was another very good year with a double-digit gain in corporate earnings. Quite a bit of that was related to the energy sector. Without it, the increase was about 7.7 percent.

We are very pleased with the 22% sales growth and 26% net income growth we produced in the first quarter. Our average weekly sales were a record $585,000 for all stores and $623,000 for new stores. Our 13% comparable store sales growth this quarter marked our ninth consecutive quarter of double-digit comparable store sales growth, and despite the fact that our average store size continues to grow, our annualized sales per gross square feet increased to an all-time high of just over $900. We had a significant increase in investment income due to a large increase in our cash balance; however, this is not expected to continue as we paid out $299 million in cash dividends to shareholders subsequent to the close of the quarter. Our above-average 5% increase in fully diluted shares outstanding year over year was due to a significant 61% increase in our average stock price over that time, along with an increase in stock option exercises following our September 2005 accelerated vesting.

We are going to be very strategic. We will be looking forward to double-digit increase in each year of the contract.

This is our third (straight) quarter of double-digit growth, ... All our drinks brands are performing well. Double-digit growth will continue

The level of interest rates has slowed home sales in recent months, even though house prices still grew at a double-digit annualized pace during the final quarter of 2005, according to Freddie Mac's Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index (CMHPI). Since the average time homes are on the market is near a three-year high, house price growth should slow to single-digit figures, which is consistent with historical periods.

There's no way we can sustain double-digit price appreciation year after year; it just can't happen. We're going to see a return back toward the normal pace.

Mortgage approvals highlight a significant probability that we will see double-digit house price inflation this year. The MPC would do well to learn from last year's mistakes and react sooner rather than later.

Taking into account the timing of the New Year's and Easter holidays, our identical-store sales increase of 1.5% is consistent with our guidance of 3% for the year. We also produced double-digit earnings growth while absorbing a number of significant cost increases.

We expect this good performance to continue in 2006 with double digit earnings growth,

We think it's a high single-digit, low double-digit return asset class that has absolutely no correlation to equities, no correlation to bonds, no correlation to the price of energy.

Based on long-term factors, including demographics and income growth, the average annual increase in national home prices is likely to be around four per cent in the coming decade, so the recent high single- digit and low double-digit gains cannot persist indefinitely. But, the key issue is whether the adjustment to a more sustainable trend is gradual. The good news is that this is what appears to be happening in Central and Atlantic Canada.

Craig Alexander

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