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B.C. Real Estate Association says June sales still far above 10 year average + MORE Jul 13th
The British Columbia Real Estate Association says June home sales fell short of record levels set last year but demand remains well above average.
The association says 11,671 homes sold in June, down 9.6 per cent from the same period in 2016.
The total amount of money changing hands was $8.47 billio.... More »
Location is top factor for job hunters faced with steep housing costs Oct 28th
Sky-high real estate prices are making location-based career decisions increasingly common..... More »
High interest rates and unemployment: Expectations for June’s rate announcement + MORE May 10th
The odds of a June interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada (BoC) appear to have fallen after the latest jobs report from Statistics Canada showed employment jumped by 90,000 last month. The jobs gain far surpassed forecasters’ expectations and marked the largest employment increase in more than .... More »
The stock market’s ‘fear index’ is half what it was in December. Here’s what that means Mar 3rd
Investors who fear widely swinging markets may want to look into low-volatility funds, writes David Olive..... More »
The MoneySense Find a Qualified Advisor Tool + MORE Nov 6th
Welcome to the MoneySense Find a Qualified Advisor tool. We’ve partnered with the Financial Planning Association of Canada (FPAC) to create a directory of credentialled advisors providing financial planning and investing services across Canada. All of the advisors in our Find a Qualified Advisor t.... More »
A Canadian flag in front of every mosque
– macleans.ca
A Canadian flag flies in the wind at Granville Island in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday June 30, 2014. A Canadian flag was removed from a Manitoba advance polling station over the weekend because a worker felt it violated election rules. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckJawad Rathore wants to see a big Canadian flag flying from a prominently positioned flagpole in front of every mosque in the country to send the simple message that Muslims are proud Canadians.
The real estate development executive pitched the idea this week in a suburban Toronto banquet hall to a crowd of about 700 supporters of The Canadian-Muslim Vote, a non-partisan organization that made its mark by campaigning to boost turnout among Muslim voters in last fall’s federal election.
The group’s July 13 inaugural dinner to mark Eid, the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, drew dozens of federal, provincial and municipal politicians, with federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister John McCallum delivering the keynote speech…
