The Bank of Canada (BoC) today has decided to raise its key overnight lending rate for the first time since 2018. They have announced a 0.25% increase to bring their rate to 0.50%. They are responding to a persistent inflationary environment that began last year and has not abated. The prime rate of interest at […]
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Taxes have never achieved anything good for an Economy or a Society and certainly have never achieved the objective that they were originally dreamt up for. They are punitive and negative and discourage raising the overall standard of living for all. A new report backed by Canada’s national housing agency is calling for a home
In a news releases today Genworth Canada and Canada Guaranty have both confirmed that they will not follow suit with Canada’s main mortgage insurer, CMHC, in tightening lending guidelines for mortgages. Genworth MI Canada Inc. (TSX: MIC) said: “it has no plans to change its underwriting policy related to debt service ratio limits, minimum credit
The Bank of Canada has announced today that it will leave its key policy rate alone at 1% for the time being. It notes that employment has risen and the Canadian economy is moving towards full capacity but it does not want to disturb the growth that has been realized this year after experiencing slower
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Garry Marr, National Post The National Association of Realtors (U.S.) reported that Canadians spent US$2.2-billion on Florida real estate in 2013. This makes Canada the state’s No. 1 international buyer of real estate for the seventh consecutive year. Canadians comprised 31.6% of all international purchases in Florida. 89% of Canadians pay cash for their property
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The Canadian housing market has sprinted into a new year at top speed. Existing home sales reached the highest level ever for a December in 2009. As per the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), December 2009 residential sales were 27, 744 units, which is 72% higher than December 2008. Last year CREA reported the lowest
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