6/1/2010 10:12:00 AM
Canada first in G7 to raise interest rates, hikes policy rate to 0.5 per cent
By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Borrowing costs for consumers and businesses are slated to start rising moderately after the Bank of Canada moved off its ultra-stimulative monetary policy Tuesday, hiking its trendsetting interest rate a quarter ...
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5/16/2010 7:48:00 AM
Mortgage Rates – Is It Time To Gird Our Loins?
by Andrew Pyle, for Yahoo! Canada Finance Thursday, May 13, 2010 Now that Europe appears to have bought itself some time from those vicious currency and bond speculators (and what a price tag, at a cool trillion dollars), individuals are also feeling a little ...
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5/11/2010 7:23:00 AM
Feds want tighter rules to ground fly-by-night movers
By Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The federal government is putting the moves on movers. Industry Canada wants to tighten the rules for moving companies after a deluge of complaints from consumers who say they've been ripped off by crooked operators. ...
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4/14/2010 3:39:00 PM
Non-residents selling their Canadian home be warned
Helen Morris National Post Moving house can be pretty stressful, when you have to line up all the finances, paperwork, packing up, getting a moving truck and so on. However, if it is a move out of the country, there are still more things to consider. In a ...
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4/5/2010 7:54:00 AM
New rules for rental properties could squeeze first-time homebuyers
Sat Apr 3, 11:17 AM Derek Scott, The Canadian Press By Derek Scott, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER, B.C. - Buying a house in the hot housing markets of Vancouver, Toronto and other major cities in recent years has been a possible dream for some first-time homebuyers ...
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4/4/2010 7:30:00 AM
Cancelling of home retrofit program draws fire
Conservatives suspend energy rebates a year early because they're too popular The government's decision to suspend a federal program that offered homeowners financial incentives to make their houses more energy efficient has drawn fire from the opposition ...
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4/2/2010 11:08:00 AM
Homebuyers' pain, mortgage brokers' gain as tighter rules come into place
By Derek Scott, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER, B.C. - The same things that are squeezing first-time homebuyers these days are creating a boom for mortgage brokers. With interest rates climbing and new rules that crack down on who qualifies for a mortgage, first-time ...
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3/29/2010 11:44:00 PM
Big banks raise mortgage rates in sign era of historically low rates ending
Mon Mar 29, 5:27 PM Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press Enlarge Photo (The Canadian Press) By Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Rising mortgage rates announced Monday signal the end of historically low home borrowing costs and present Canadian consumers ...
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3/15/2010 9:36:00 AM
Cost of owning a home up slightly in late 2009: RBC Economics
By The Canadian Press TORONTO - A new report says the cost of owning a home in Canada increased slightly across all housing segments in the closing months of 2009. RBC Economics says rising prices made it more expensive to own a home, but that was partly offset ...
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3/11/2010 10:45:00 AM
Housing prices rise for third straight month in January: StatsCan
By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The New Housing Price Index rose 0.4 per cent for the third straight month in January. Statistics Canada reports St. John's, N.L., led the way at 1.7 per cent growth, followed by Winnipeg (0.7), and Toronto and Oshawa (0.6). ...
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