Paul Vieira, Financial Post · Monday, Sept. 6, 2010
OTTAWA • What a difference a week makes in gauging the state of the Canadian economy.
At the start of last week, few market players believed the Bank of Canada would raise its benchmark rate on Wednesday as concern over its largest trading partner, the United States, mounted. The U.S. economy was believed to be on the verge of flirting wit ...
July, 2010
Bank of Canada ravises interest rates further
Notes slowing global economic growth
The Bank of Canada increased the target for its trend-setting overnight lending rate on July 20, 2010, raising it by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.75 per cent. The increase follows on the heels of an equal interest rate increase in June 2010, when it was raised for the first time since 2007 ...
Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop in August
Canadians should expect lower fixed mortgage rates as lenders respond to
dropping bond yields, while variable mortgage rates should increase
following the Bank of Canada's rate announcement at the beginning of
September.
Fixed mortgage rates: Down
The majority of our panel members believe fixed mortgage rates will decrease
in August, and during the f ...
May 01,2010
Live Interview with Coldwell Banker Canada President
It is an honour to have our Coldwell Banker Canada President, John Geha join us over the phone from Toronto on AM1320 today to share with our listeners how Coldwell Banker is different from other real estate brands.
-- And finally, give our customers an opportunity to evaluate our service in the form of customer satisfacti ...
April 10,2010
Live Interview with Coldwell Banker US President in Vancouver
Jim Gillespie, Coldwell Banker President came to Vancouver for our Canadian Conference between April 8th & April 10th. During the interview, he talked about the opportunity Canadian investing in US real estate. Click PODCAST to listen to the full interview.
...Mrarch 30,2010
How to do rental
in DT?
A lot of Asians stay away from investing in DT area because of the
language barrier. The easiest way to handle that of course is
hiring a professional rental agent to look after it for you. Rental
in DT is very different from anywhere else. DT is so cosmopolitan
with mixtures of young professions, overseas executives &
overseas students. You need to fin ...
March 22,2010
The Rolston
The Rolston will be a 23 storey highrise located beside the Yale restaurant on Granville Street. The homes will be one, one & den and two & two & den bedrooms, ranging from approximately 460 to 890 square feet. Amenities will include a 16th floor Terrace for outdoor entertainment, a 27th floor Garden with an edible garden, yoga area and barbeque , and a meeting roo ...
March 21,2010
New US Resident lending policy in Canada
It now is going to be a lot easier for US residents to purchase in Canada. Effective immediately you are able to purchase with as little as 20% downpayment. There has also been changes to the Canada-US tax treaty(稅收協定)and this particular Bank will no longer gross up the interest rate for US Residents. Income, downpayment and credit hist ...