Readers of Canadian Finance Blog have heard about the importance of a diversified portfolio that should include stocks from Canada, the US and internationally, plus bonds to reduce the volatility of your portfolio. What many don’t consider is how their house and career could effect the diversification of their investments.
How Your House Effects Diversification
Borrowing from [...]
The number of home resales were up 73% in November over the previous year. Of course last year was during our temporary dip as home buyers were shocked by the disaster in the US housing market and the coming of our own recession.
It’s not just the amount of home sales that’s increasing, the average price [...]
We are heading towards the end of 2009 and the Canadian real estate market is on fire. Record numbers of sold homes, record prices, bidding wars… All this is happening while we are coming out of the worst recession in 90 years, Canadians are losing their jobs, and the stock market is down 40% from [...]
Selling your house without a real estate agent can be a great way to save money, but only if you do your research and are willing to put in more of your own time.
While you won’t pay commission when going with a for sale by owner option, I wouldn’t consider the entire commission as money [...]
Home resales hit a new July record with 50,270 properties sold in Canada through the Multiple Listing Service. That is an 18.2% increase over the same month last year. Most interesting may be that this year over year increase is the largest in the past 2 years.
In the Canadian Real Estate Association’s press release, CREA [...]
It’s been very obvious that the prices for real estate have dropped and there are some good deals out there for those looking for a retirement or vacation home. Many Canadians are looking in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas for houses that have come down in price considerably over the past year.
But maybe you [...]
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