House Hunt Victoria

Victoria, BC real estate blog - "because we never know when interest rates will be increased to stimulate the economy" ~ VREB

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The tipping point

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Two articles indicate we've reached it again. The first, RBC's affordability report (H/T to Kunwak) says " Homeownership... be...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

First-time-buyer delusion

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One of the common reasons we hear in the local media, and echoed by our friends and family, of people who buy for the first time in this mar...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

CMHC insured mortgages are sub-prime

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Lot's of confusion about sub-prime mortgages in Canada. We hear things like Canada doesn't have sub-prime mortgages; we don't ha...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Breaking: Competition Bureau says CREA fees and commissions are uncompetitive

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The Competition Bureau's report hasn't been released on their website yet, but the Toronto Star has picked up this story (we don...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Buying a house is not an investment

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Home owners are stupid

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Or at least many of them are. Here's proof (H/T to S2 for the link): Who needs to save for retirement when your home is the new RRSP? ...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Diane Francis tells it like it is

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This article merit's no highlights or editing, re-posted in full: Ottawa has been creating a housing bubble in Canada with taxpayer mon...
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