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Unlocking Your RRSP: The Home Buyers Plan Explained

Unlocking Your RRSP: The Home Buyer’s Plan Explained In order to purchase or construct a qualified house for yourself or a relative with a handicap, you may make a withdrawal from your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) under the house Buyers’ Plan (HBP). Withdrawals from the HBP must be repaid within 15 years. If you […]

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3 “warranty exceptions” for warm weather

3 “warranty exceptions” for warm weather Your routines as a new homeowner will likely shift when the temperature outdoors rises. Do you like gardening? Do your kids like spending time in the backyard? Or do you like to read a light novel inside as you cool down this summer?  Unfinished exterior work or a malfunctioning

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Sales and prices in Toronto’s real estate market are soaring

Sales and prices in Toronto’s real estate market are soaring After last year’s record meltdown, Toronto’s housing market came roaring back to life last month as the annual spring selling season produced a jump in both sales and home prices. According to data released Wednesday by the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, on a seasonally

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Rise in Toronto’s Home Building Costs

Rise in Toronoto’s Home Building Price Even if inflation in Canada has slowed, the price of constructing a new house continues to soar. According to Stat Can, Q1 2023 saw a significant increase in the price of constructing a new house. Instead of slowing down, growth has been picking up steam and is already over

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Toronto and Vancouver Home Prices Rise Like Mortgage Credit

Toronto and Vancouver Home Prices Rise Like Mortgage Credit Home prices increased dramatically last month in Canada’s two most populous real estate regions. In April, home values in both Toronto and Vancouver increased. There has been a gain in sales and a decrease in inventory in both markets, but this probably hasn’t led to the

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To Avoid Defaults, Canadian Banks Extend Amortisations 35 Years

To Avoid Defaults, Canadian Banks Extend Amortisations 35 Years What is Canada’s secret for having such low delinquencies despite its high-interest rates? Evidently, they never paid off those enormous mortgages. A significant portion of mortgages had remaining amortizations of 30 years or more in Q1 2023, according to reports from Canada’s Big Six banks. Most

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Canada’s Cheap Mortgage Credit Drives Real Estate Prices… Again

Canada’s Cheap Mortgage Credit Drives Real Estate Prices… Again Everyone in Canada is trying to determine why real estate prices have suddenly increased. However, the data from the Bank of Canada (BoC) points to a more direct explanation: witchcraft. In reality, it’s the return of easy access to debt and the resulting increase in leverage.

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Toronto Real Estate Correction Pauses, Prices Upto $27k

Toronto Real Estate Correction Pauses, Prices Upto $27k Is the Greater Toronto real estate market overpriced? The composite benchmark, or average house, had a price increase in March, according to statistics from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). Despite the uptick, home sales have been dismal, and that isn’t expected to change anytime soon,

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Canadian real estate prices will “rip” higher: SCOTIABANK

Canadian real estate prices will “rip” higher: SCOTIABANK Canadian real estate may be sluggish right now, but a major bank believes it will “rip” shortly. According to a recent Scotiabank study, the Federal government is at conflict with the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) aims. The country’s central bank is attempting to restrict demand and thereby

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After just 86 days, Canada quietly reversed sections of its foreign buyer ban

After just 86 days, Canada quietly reversed sections of its foreign buyer ban After hours of enforcement, Canada’s restriction on sales to the foreign buyer should be relaxed. The nation discreetly eased limits on non-resident investors and temporary residents only 86 days after adopting limitations on non-resident purchasers. The prohibition was probably only a diversion

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