Blog by Linda M Linfoot

Stable Housing Market Forecast Into 2011

September 19th, 2010
Stable Housing Market Forecast Into 2011 The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) issued a forecast for the remainder of this year's housing activity, and into 2011. By their calculation, the future of the Canadian housing market looks encouragingly stable. Bob Dugan, Chief Economist for the CMHC, points out that, in late 2009 and early 2010, sales activity included much pent-up d ...

Cottage vs Mutual Fund - Which is better?

September 6th, 2010
Cottage v. mutual fund: Which is better? In one of the hottest real estate markets in history, where would your money have grown faster? Ted Rechtshaffen Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Sep. 03, 2010 6:00AM EDT Last updated on Friday, Sep. 03, 2010 6:35AM EDT Last week I wrote about four reasons to sell your cottage now. There was a great deal of feedback, much of it related ...