Well, it’s tax binder day. Yes, that annual event when all of the T5s, T4s, receipts and statements are mixed carefully with a new bottle of Lagavulin 16 Year Islay Single Malt Scotch to produce a ...
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Not there yet

The world, compared to now, was boring. Rogers knows when buyers are scared of life, and stop buying, no central banker or politician on the planet can save asset values. She said it. Not there yet.
Among the usual results for the young (63% want to buy, 71% equate real estate with financial independence) was a measure of just how deep the fetish runs. The bank asked what level of sacrifice the ...
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The price of war

“The war in the Middle East has increased volatility in global energy prices and financial markets, and heightened the risks to the global economy. The breadth and duration of the conflict, and hence ...
The grinding fall in home prices is weighing on shelter costs—the broad “owned accommodation” measure has eased to just 0.8% y/y, the coolest pace since 2013,” says economist Doug Porter.
Stick a fork in it. Done like dinner. The latest government stats on jobs and the economy could hardly be worse, and must ...
Finally! Some encouraging news on the inflation front. After the sharpest surge in prices since the early 1980s, inflation ...
Oy. Another day. Another nail in the condo coffin. Actually, a blow for real estate in general. Bond yields jumped and lenders shelved plans for a Spring mortgage rate sale as the cost of living in ...
Sellers are shunning a race to that bottom. And now we have a scary war in the Middle East that could screw up any recovery ...
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The role model

Apparently unfazed over blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, Cody was into her knee. Big sniffs. “He must smell my pooch,” the unknown woman on the sidewalk offered. But they all say that. Dogs tend to ...