Toronto and Vancouver are leading the appreciation in house values from each city's Real Estate market bottom to November, 2009.

According to a recent Teranet National Bank house price survey Toronto is leading the way with a 13.6 per cent price increase in home values.

• Toronto-13.6% increase
• Vancouver-11.0% increase
• Ottawa-8.7% increase
• Montreal-5.0% increase
• Halifax-6.5% increase
• Calgary-5.5% increase
• Composite of the above-9.6% increase

The rise in home appreciation in all Real Estate markets above was very positive, so soon after a recession that in hindsight appeared and then vanished quickly.