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The city's resale housing market remains resilient even while sales and prices are dropping in other Canadian markets, according to a survey by a major real estate firm.

But despite the slowdown the housing market remains solid, she said.

"Employment levels are still supporting the home resale market in Canada, and Ottawa in particular," she added.