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Why Waiting for 2% Mortgage Rates Could Cost You More Than Locking In at 4.45% post image

Why Waiting for 2% Mortgage Rates Could Cost You More Than Locking In at 4.45%

Alberta's 2.7% Growth Forecast Hides a Wage Problem Most Oil Workers Won't Talk About post image

Alberta's 2.7% Growth Forecast Hides a Wage Problem Most Oil Workers Won't Talk About

Why 92% of Median Earners in U.S. Cities Can't Afford a Mortgage post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 10, 2026

Why 92% of Median Earners in U.S. Cities Can't Afford a Mortgage

Arlene Dickinson's Agri-Food Fund and the Gap Between Promise and Capital post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 10, 2026

Arlene Dickinson's Agri-Food Fund and the Gap Between Promise and Capital

Assets Outside Canada Still Count in a Divorce: How Marriage Contracts Can Help post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 9, 2026

Assets Outside Canada Still Count in a Divorce: How Marriage Contracts Can Help

Higher Rates Shrink What Pensions Owe: How Canadian Plans Reached Near-Record Solvency post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 9, 2026

Higher Rates Shrink What Pensions Owe: How Canadian Plans Reached Near-Record Solvency

Personal Guarantees and CRA Tax Debts Can Outlive Your Closed Business post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 9, 2026

Personal Guarantees and CRA Tax Debts Can Outlive Your Closed Business

Re/Max Finds Canadians Will Compromise to Buy. That Doesn't Fix Affordability post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 9, 2026

Re/Max Finds Canadians Will Compromise to Buy. That Doesn't Fix Affordability

Florida's Proposed Tax Relief Is Built for Residents, and Canadian Snowbirds Aren't Residents post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 9, 2026

Florida's Proposed Tax Relief Is Built for Residents, and Canadian Snowbirds Aren't Residents

What 10 Condo Sales in 30 Days at Abbotsford's Rail District Signal post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 9, 2026

What 10 Condo Sales in 30 Days at Abbotsford's Rail District Signal

What Bitcoin's Quieter Trading Reveals About Borrowed Bets and Fed Policy post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 9, 2026

What Bitcoin's Quieter Trading Reveals About Borrowed Bets and Fed Policy

Canada's Foreign Buyer Ban Blamed the Wrong Buyers for High Prices post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 8, 2026

Canada's Foreign Buyer Ban Blamed the Wrong Buyers for High Prices

When Over Half of Non-Homeowners Quit Hoping, Ownership Becomes a Policy Problem post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 8, 2026

When Over Half of Non-Homeowners Quit Hoping, Ownership Becomes a Policy Problem

Lauren van den Berg Leaves Mortgage Professionals Canada: What the Board Decides Next post image

By Dana Jerlo

Oct 8, 2026

Lauren van den Berg Leaves Mortgage Professionals Canada: What the Board Decides Next

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