Here’s another reason to be glad you’re not, you know, a Yank. American mortgage rates surged to 6.75% yesterday – the ...

Didja see the query from blog dog Nick the other day? He echoes what a lot of people feel who are facing renewals this year – and there are more than a million of them. “Thanks for the blog, it’s ...

Hantavirus scare. A new Ebola outbreak. Oil surging again. The Habs losing to (choke) Buffalo. What else? Locusts? Actually we’re just a day away from the next big stink. At least in the world of ...

The news from the front lines grows darker. The Bank of Canada may nip mortgage rates again in a couple of weeks, but the spring selling season is already roadkill. In all but a few spots (notably ...

We expect continued market volatility in the coming months, which is why we are maintaining a higher-than-normal cash balance ...

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The yield on 30-year gilts, which shows the return the Treasury must pay when borrowing from financial markets, has leapt ...

Stick a fork in it. Done like dinner. The latest government stats on jobs and the economy could hardly be worse, and must come as a helluva jolt to the boys in Ottawa. Needless to say, this is the end ...

The doomer, burn-it-all-down subculture on this pathetic blog feels smug today with the latest jobs numbers. They suck. “So ...

Regular addicts will recall a recent post on downsizing, Aussie-style. Those crafty Australians let ancient citizens (over the age of 55) dump their family homes and keep up to $600,000 per couple to ...