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12 February 2010

Can Securitization be a Good Thing?

Securitization Has Developed a Bad Reputation Over the Past 18 Months. But is it the Platform or the End User Causing the Problems?

11 February 2010

Time to Reduce Personal Debt

Its Time to Start Thinking About Reducing Your Personal Debt With the Threat of Interest Rate Increases.

10 February 2010

How to Use the Equity in Your Home to Save for Retirement

Learn How to Use Home Equity to Top Up Your RRSP Before March 31st.

9 February 2010

Canadian Banks in Favour of Government Changes to Mortgage Rules

Canadian Banks are Ready for Mortgage Rule Changes to Head Off the Housing Bubble.

8 February 2010

How Will Consumer Debt of 145% Affect the Canadian Mortgage Market?

Canadian Mortgage Market – Canada’s Consumer Debt Ratio is one of the Highest in the World. How Will it Affect Canadian Mortgage Rules?

5 February 2010

Canada: Good and Boring?

Recently, Paul Krugman, writer, columnist, and Nobel Prize Winner in Economic Sciences called Canada “good and boring”.

4 February 2010

Borrowing From the Bank of Grandma?

Yesterday I wrote about how new homeowners were choosing longer amortization periods to free up cash flow and still be able to purchase real estate.