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Don sent in the link to this commentary on the mortgage market in the US and Canada. Dave Rosenberg points out that there are some strange things happening in the spread between treasury bond yields and mortgage rates.Once again, this Houdini recov...
aggregated: 3 weeks 19 hours ago | 16 views
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Domus pointed out this article in the Globe and Mail. Former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge is adding his voice to the opinion that the federal government should act now to cool the Canadian housing market. These prices look pretty high by a...
aggregated: 4 weeks 2 days ago | 13 views
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Did you get your special edition 2009 rock-bottom interest rate loan yet? Better get it quick, because you re running out of time. We ve heard from the Bank of Canada, and Harper says the same thing: expect rising rates.Down south Freddie Mac see...
aggregated: 11 weeks 2 days ago | 30 views
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Bernanke s new 30-years fixed rate mortgageHi all, this is just out from Saturday papers in the US, as reported at the link below from Calculated Risk:http://tinyurl.com/yby655lBernanke refinanced into a loan with a higher interest rate and with a la...
aggregated: 12 weeks 4 days ago | 45 views
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Higher interest rates are coming. You don t even need to hear government spokespeople or bank economists say that to know it s true. With mortgage rates at record lows there s really only one direction for them to go. The question is how much l...
aggregated: 13 weeks 6 days ago | 55 views
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This should be an interesting prediction to watch. The CMHC has put on their happy hats and made this forecast: In 2010, a pickup in home sales, a stronger domestic economy with income growth and low mortgage rates will lead to an increase in new h...
aggregated: 19 weeks 2 days ago | 111 views
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I received this email from reader GG and got their permission to post it for discussion here. Here it is in its entirety with a couple of extra notes from the author:Hi,I ve been reading your excellent blog for over a year, and today I need your ...
aggregated: 23 weeks 1 day ago | 69 views
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The Vancouver Sun is spreading the news: July sales in the Lower Mainland lept up. Prices in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are still lower than they were a year ago, but a large number of first time buyers are said to be moving into the market:Lu...
aggregated: 32 weeks 2 hours ago | 91 views
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Rising bond yields have pushed TD to raise some medium and long term mortage rates with more increases forecast:Soaring bond yields have set the stage for a second round of interest rate hikes on residential mortgages in about a week.After nudging ra...
aggregated: 40 weeks 11 hours ago | 106 views
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I ve heard a few interesting public service messages on news / talk radio station CKNW 980 lately. I ve transcribed them below, see if you can detect the subtle pro-real-estate investment message they ve subliminally inserted:Thursday March 26 - ...
aggregated: 50 weeks 2 days ago | 55 views
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