Post Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Improved affordability helps spur Canadian housing market, says RBC EconomicsEvery major city in Canada enjoying a housing market resurgence TORONTO, July 8 /CNW/ – Home affordability in Canada recorded some of the biggest quarterly improvements on record in the first quarter of the year, with aggressive economic policy and […]

Post Date: Monday, June 29, 2009 OTTAWA–A new poll suggests more than one in three Canadians plan to take advantage of the federal government’s home-renovation tax credit.More than eight in 10 questioned in the Harris-Decima/Canadian Press survey said they were aware of the program, under which eligible applicants can receive a tax rebate of as […]

Post Date: Friday, June 19, 2009 Recently a reader of my blog asked me to comment further on the relationship between interest rates and inflation, and the performance of the market. With respect to the first part on how interest rates and inflation are related you need to understand that there are economic laws at […]

Post Date: Monday, June 15, 2009 Don’t handcuff your mortgageGary Marr, Financial Post Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009Would you like to pay an extra $300 per month on your mortgage? Not likely.That hasn’t stopped a number of Canadians, with the deal of a lifetime on a variable-rate mortgage, from switching over to a more expensive […]