A slow October for new home starts
Octboer’s 24 single home starts in Greater Sudbury were 18 units lower than the same month last year, according to preliminary data released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation .
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Kissimmee water park is sold, will close Sept. 5 Water Mania, Kissimmee's first water park, will close on Labor Day. The family-owned company on West U.S. Highway 192 has been sold along with the Country Hearth Hotel next door.read
Mortgage and a muffin (News Interactive) WESTPAC fired the latest shot in the battle for mortgage market share yesterday, transforming branches into Home Hunt Centres.read more...
Greenspan defends subprime mortgage market (USA Today) Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan defended the U.S. subprime mortgage market, arguing the repackaging and sale to investors of risky home loans not the loans themselves was to blame
Fees take a big bite from your investments Fees slapped on your money are the bane of the everyday investor. Investment firms can add extra costs in so many different ways that an investor often doesn't realize it.Commentread
Baby boomers look to retire abroad (Reg Req'd) These days, some Americans heading for retirement are as concerned with pesos as with pensions, and with foreign-language classes as with Medicare.read more...
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