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September 7, 2010
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How To Lower Your Property Taxes - Friday, September 03, 2010
How to Lower Your Property TaxesSave thousands by cutting your property tax bill.Einstein's general theory of relativity. Lady Gaga's popularity. Your home's assessed value. Some things just seem utterly incomprehensible. But solving the ...
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Canadian Home Prices Coninue to Rise - Thursday, August 26, 2010
Canadian home prices continue to rise  Sunny Freeman  - The Canadian Press   - August 26, 2010Canadian home prices are still on the rise even as sales fall as demand peters out, one factor that is making homes less and less afford ...
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CIBC World Markets Inc. - Benjamin Tal - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
There is little doubt that the focus at this point must be the US economy. In recent months we have argued that this recovery is going to be the most non-linear recovery in recent history. And currently we are in the non-linear portion of the recover ...
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Maybe your mortgage needs a check-up - Monday, August 02, 2010
While about 80% of Canadians visit a doctor at least once a year to help ensure they remain physically healthy, the number of people who check their financial health by regularly reviewing their mortgage is far less. Plenty can ...
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TMG The Mortgage Group Canada celebrates a milestone - Tuesday, July 27, 2010
VANCOUVER, BC - For twenty years, TMG has been an advocate for the mortgage broker channel - building strong relationships with lenders and mortgage brokers alike.   Started with little fanfare in 1990, TMG The Mortgage Group is excited to be ...
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Survey may pave way for interest rate hike - Tuesday, July 13, 2010
 OTTAWA - Canadian firms are giving the recovery a vote of confidence in a key quarterly survey, paving the way for the Bank of Canada's expected interest rate hike next week.The central bank's quarterly survey, released ...
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Sales will Stabalize in 2nd Half - Thursday, July 08, 2010
Canada home prices, sales seen stabilizing in 2nd half   Wed Jul 7, 2:21 PM        TORONTO (Reuters) - Sales of Canadian homes should slow in the second half of the year from the blistering pace set in the firs ...
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Economic Confidence Growing - Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Economic confidence growing: RBC Canadian Consumer Outlook Index Two thirds concerned about rising interest rates TORONTO, Ontario, July 02, 2010 - Optimism is on the upswing across the country with a majority of ...
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Bay Street still betting on July rate hike - Monday, June 21, 2010
OTTAWA -- Bay Street economists are betting the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates again in July even though the central bank governor reinforced Wednesday that more hikes are no sure bet as aggressive budget-cutting measures in Europe threat ...
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Canada's Regional Economic Momentum to Continue - Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Canada's Regional Economic Momentum to ContinueTORONTO, June 16 /CNW/ - Virtually every province and sector of the Canadian economy has rebounded sharply, building on the momentum that first emerged in the latter half of 2009 and accelera ...
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Ask the Broker: How will HST impact the sale/purchase of my house? - Saturday, June 12, 2010
Effective July 1, the much-talked-about Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) will come into full effect in Ontario, blending the GST and the PST into a single 13% tax. For businesses, the HST brings relief, as it transfers some burden to consumers. Under the ...
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Canadians have mortgages on their minds - Friday, May 14, 2010
As the Canadian economy begins to show signs of growth, results of TNS Canadian Facts' economic tracking survey, TNS Vibe, indicate that intentions to purchase a house or condo have risen to 14 per cent nationally, compared to 11 per cent last Se ...
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Homebuyers e-Valuate Mortgage Options - Tuesday, April 27, 2010
OTTAWA, ON, April 26, 2010 /JAC/ - The 2010 Mortgage Consumer Survey, released today by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), shows that the Internet has become an important resource for first-time homebuyers with 89 per cent indi ...
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Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/4 per cent - Tuesday, April 20, 2010
OTTAWA -The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is unchanged at 1/2 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Global economic growth has been somewhat str ...
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Mortgage brokers taking a closer look at who is buying - Thursday, April 01, 2010
The Bank of Canada warned in late 2009 up to 10 per cent of Canadian homeowners might be in danger of losing their homes when interest rates started to rise from today's historic lows. Is Canada heading down the same path as our neighbours to ...
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CIBC, National Bank raise mortgage rates - Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Experts are encouraging homeowners make lump sum payments on their mortgages after several of Canada's major banks raised residential fixed mortgages rates. Similar to the RBC and TD Canada Trust announcements Monday, CIBC, National Bank and Sco ...
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Royal Bank and TD Canada Trust increase rates slightly - Monday, March 29, 2010
Royal Bank and TD Canada Trust announced Monday they are increasing several fixed mortgage rates by up to 6/10ths of a percentage point. The biggest jump is attached to the popular five-year fixed closed rate, which moves from 5.25 per cent to 5.8 ...
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Should you break your mortgage? - Monday, March 29, 2010
With some fixed mortgage rates about to head higher, a lot of Canadians will be thinking that if there's ever a good time to get pre-approved or lock in their variable rate mortgage, this is it. What about people who already have a mortgage? Wou ...
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Canada's housing boom will continue this spring - Thursday, March 25, 2010
Canada's housing boom will continue this spring as exceptionally low mortgage rates - and the expectation that borrowing costs will soon be headed higher - add a sense of urgency to consumer buying. A Scotiabank global real estate trends re ...
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Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/4 per cent - Tuesday, March 02, 2010
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/4 per cent and reiterates conditional commitment to hold current policy rate until the end of the second quart ...
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New Mortgage Lending Rules - Thursday, February 18, 2010
New Mortgage Rules  On April 19 our government will lay down three major rule changes to "prevent" a housing-price bubble and keep homeowners from getting "overextended." These new rules apply to government- ...
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New mortgage rules introduced to lessen mortgage crunch risks: sources say - Tuesday, February 16, 2010
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to announce new rules Tuesday that would make it more difficult for first-time buyers to enter Canada's hot housing market. Sources have told The Canadian Press that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is re ...
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Canadian banks step carefully towards U.S. expansion - Thursday, February 04, 2010
Some of Canada's largest banks are planning expansion in 2010 but are treading uncharted waters carefully as U.S. economic recovery remains "tepid." Executives from Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, National Bank of Canada and the ...
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An interest rate hike this summer? - Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Globe & Mail - by David Rosenberg Don't count on it. For the Bank of Canada to raise rates before the middle part of 2011 would be totally inconsistent with its current forecastCanadian market watchers will get some good news this week. The p ...
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Economy will turn corner in 2010, survey says - Sunday, January 10, 2010
Although more than three-quarters of Canadians still believe we are in recession, more than half believe 2010 will be the year the economy turns around, a huge increase compared to 2009, an Economic Club of Canada/Pollara Strategic Research poll show ...
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