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The U.S. Federal Reserve borrowed a play from Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney on Wednesday when they promised to keep interest rates low until at least the end of 2014. This is a good indication that Canadian rates will stay low as well, thus continuing the support of the real estate market here. In Canada [...] The Chinese real estate experience in the past few years has been one of growth, increased growth and now, recently stabilized house prices. Here we give a history of those years. Welcome to Shanghai, China, the financial capital of the country. It is also a hub for commerce, culture, industry and tourism. Shanghai is a major [...] As our Canadian dollar increases in value and property values in the United States drop, the excitement of Canadians looking to purchase property in the United States increases. Canadian buyers know about properties through-out the United States that could be a great investment vehicle suitable for retirement as well as recreation. The value out there at the moment is tremendous, and we [...] Today Canada’s Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty introduced new restrictions to be placed on mortgages insured by the CMHC. (Those are mortgages where the homeowner contributes less than 20% of the purchase price as a down payment.) These new rules will take effect on March 19, 2011. · Maximum Mortgage Amortization periods will be reduced from [...] In the media there are steady reports of Canadian real estate being in a bubble. These reports usually compare the increase of sale prices to the increase of incomes or potential mortgage payments to rental payments. If these reports make you think about the value of real estate and how real estate is valued and [...] On May 6th, 2010 the stock market experienced a momentary crash. In that brief span of time, a trillion dollars of market capitalization was lost, and many well-known corporations’ stock was reduced to trading at a few pennies. While the event caused the market to quote unreliable prices for the stocks involved, there was no [...] On March 17th 2010, trading of the Canadian dollar rose to just over 0.992¢ in U.S. dollars, bringing thoughts of Dollar parity with the United States. The problems of the United States dollar are well known and documented. Their greatest problem is the historic levels of debt in the nation. Deficit spending is rattling the [...] The story is playing on the video below: Transcript Today we are going to look at what a good real estate investment looks like. In today’s example we are going to focus on growth potential. When you buy real estate for an investment, you need growth potential. So here we are in Macao, China. Macao is the historical [...] The Bank of Canada released its bi-annual report on Canada’s financial system. According to the report, [and yes, I agree with it] Canada has absorbed the shock of the global recession admirably and has made some initial re-organization in order to return the nation to prosperous times. In fact, many elements of the Canadian economy have improved, all except [...] The global recession has hit the world economy in an unforgiving way. Its effect has been headline news in newspapers and other media for a couple years now. We in Toronto have been relatively insulated from the wealth destruction thanks to our diverse economy. However, the truth is, that what we are experiencing is not [...] |
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