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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

August Housing Starts Fell 3%: What That Actually Tells Us About Supply post image

By Dana Jerlo

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August Housing Starts Fell 3%: What That Actually Tells Us About Supply

Canada Collects More Income Tax Than the U.S. at Every Bracket Above $50,000 post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 17, 2026

Canada Collects More Income Tax Than the U.S. at Every Bracket Above $50,000

Maersk's Freight Rate Premium Survives What Was Supposed to Kill It post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 17, 2026

Maersk's Freight Rate Premium Survives What Was Supposed to Kill It

Sagen's $300M Bond Sale Tests Investor Appetite for Mortgage Insurance Debt post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 17, 2026

Sagen's $300M Bond Sale Tests Investor Appetite for Mortgage Insurance Debt

Bitcoin Crosses $80,000 on Rate Expectations, But Demand Patterns Show Fragility post image

By Dana Jerlo

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Bitcoin Crosses $80,000 on Rate Expectations, But Demand Patterns Show Fragility

Bond Yields Are Pricing in Growth That Inflation Won't Allow post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 16, 2026

Bond Yields Are Pricing in Growth That Inflation Won't Allow

Poilievre's Housing Plan Assumes Municipalities Will Comply. They Won't. post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 16, 2026

Poilievre's Housing Plan Assumes Municipalities Will Comply. They Won't.

Foreign Tax Credit Limits Push US Expats in Canada Into a Higher Investment Tax Bracket post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 16, 2026

Foreign Tax Credit Limits Push US Expats in Canada Into a Higher Investment Tax Bracket

Buying a House in 2026 Canada: Why Your Region and Cash Reserves Matter More Than the Trade War post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 16, 2026

Buying a House in 2026 Canada: Why Your Region and Cash Reserves Matter More Than the Trade War

Three Canadian Engineering Stocks Down 15% on Trump Contract Fear Are Still a Buy post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 16, 2026

Three Canadian Engineering Stocks Down 15% on Trump Contract Fear Are Still a Buy

How to Optimize a $50,000 Inheritance When You Owe $40,000 post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 15, 2026

How to Optimize a $50,000 Inheritance When You Owe $40,000

Canada's Tax Policy Is Rotting From the Inside: A Blueprint for Systemic Repair post image

By Dana Jerlo

Sep 15, 2026

Canada's Tax Policy Is Rotting From the Inside: A Blueprint for Systemic Repair

Honest writing on the strategies for paying less tax, building wealth, and getting more out of the home you already own.

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