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Sobering thoughts on savings
Market News
Aug 03 2010
One of the big five banks recently launched a campaign to encourage Canadians to improve their financial health by saving more. And it did so by releasing a study suggesting the current state of savings in Canada is troublingly poor.
Canada’s Mortgage Market: A Few Facts and Figures
Market News
Jul 07 2010
TD Securities recently released a useful “Canadian Mortgage Market Primer”, due to a “surge of interest”, resulting from the relatively unscathed way in which Canada’s housing market and residential mortgage system came through the recent credit crisis
The ownership equation gets more challenging
Market News
Jun 07 2010
A recent report from one of the big banks confirmed what house-hunters already know: It’s become even more expensive in recent months to put a roof over your head. And that obviously changes the equation if you’re thinking about buying a roof to put over someone else’s head as an investment.
Recovery Faster Than Expected but Risks Remain: Bank of Canada
Market News
May 04 2010
Here are the highlights from the most recent Bank of Canada quarterly report on the economic climate and outlook, and on the central bank’s current policies and strategies.
The Housing Market Boom: Hurdles Ahead
Market News
May 04 2010
Real estate has played a central role in the recent recession and the ongoing recovery from it. It was the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market that touched off the global downturn. And here in Canada, a quick resurgence in residential real estate has been a big driver of what so far has been fairly solid economic recovery.
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