Some years ago choosing or deciding to go for a debt or mortgage was a tricky job. These days time is such that choosing a mortgage is easy. We scarcely have to look beyond if we have decided to approach the mortgage company for a home loan. Their interest rates are the best rates and [...]
Coal’s place.
Somewhere along our collective path, a home stopped being shelter, and became a house. Then it turned into an investment asset. Then a mark of social stature divorced from income or debt. Then an entire financial plan. And then a lot of us got into trouble.
Owning real estate is fine. But property does not [...]
* Starts are seen at 160,250 units for 2009
* Would be first time below 200,000 in seven years
* Existing home sales, prices also seen falling
* Slight rebound seen in 2010
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By Ka Yan Ng
TORONTO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – New home construction in Canada is expected to drop by 24 percent this year as part of [...]