Flaherty won’t budge on mortgage bonds (The Globe and Mail)
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is resisting further pressure to expand a lending program that was set up to grease the wheels of the Canadian mortgage market.
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Mortgage stress talk 'alarmist' (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Spending a third of your weekly income on a home loan is not necessarily mortgage stress, the head of a peak lending body said.read more...
Vacant home for sale carries insurance dangers Insurers generally don't like to cover vacant homes but as homes now are sitting on the market longer they like it even less, says Real Estate Adviser Steve McLinden.read more...
Citigroup's 2Q Profit Rises 18 Percent Citigroup Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit rose 18 percent on strong overseas operations that led to record revenue for the biggest U.S. bank.Rival Wachovia Corp. also posted a
Building for health With a loud bang and a big, heart-shaped cloud of dust Tuesday afternoon, Cascade Healthcare Community and The Cardiology Group celebrated the construction phase of a partnership between the two
Mortgage seekers to find it harder to falsify income (Seattle Times) Starting Monday, it's going to get much riskier to fib about your income when you apply for a home mortgage. That's because the IRS is overhauling...read more...
Economy Forces More Adults To Move in with Mom and Dad In this week's survey of news from across the Web, we look at a trend of returning to the nest in middle age, movers who take your cash but don't