A house for sale in Ottawa on June 15.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail Canada’s housing market is plunging as higher interest rates scare off potential buyers. Even so, the effects of the slowdown are not showing up in the country’s red-hot inflation numbers. As the real-estate sector cools, the cost of owning or renting a … Read more
Coldwell Banker Mountain Central 2 Hawthorne Cres. NW., Calgary Asking price: $1.45-million (March, 2022) Previous asking price: $1.45-million (August, 2021) Selling price: $1.48-million (March, 2022) Tax: $9,999 (2021) Days on the market: not applicable Listing agent: Rob Vanovermeire, Coldwell Banker Mountain Central The action The eat-in kitchen opens off the back.Coldwell Banker Mountain Central Agent … Read more
Ash Nayler/The Globe and Mail In their 60s with their house their main asset, Milo and Maeve are finding it tough to get by on government benefits alone. Maeve is age 66, Milo 69. They both earn a little extra working part-time. “There is about $410,000 in equity in our home, but we are low … Read more
Photo: Fecundap stock (Shutterstock) Even if you wear the right fabrics, there are certain days when the hot, sticky summer weather really makes you sweat. Perspiring profusely is bad enough, but it doesn’t end there: It may also leave yellow stains on your clothing. Fortunately, there are ways to remove these stains. Here’s what to … Read more
James Tadeo checks e-mail on his laptop, in his converted Grand Caravan minivan, while exploring a country road north of Brampton, Ont., on May 19.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail James Tadeo, a warehouse supervisor and computer programmer, dreamed of owning a cottage. As a kid, his parents took him camping throughout Ontario: Algonquin Park, Georgian … Read more
Douglas K. Uhde, shown in this March, 2020, photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, is suspected of fatally shooting retired Juneau, Wis., County Judge John Roemer.The Associated Press A gunman suspected of fatally shooting a retired county judge at a Wisconsin home had a list of targets that included Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, … Read more
Gus Carlson is a New York-based columnist for The Globe and Mail. It’s a curious and perhaps counterintuitive thing: To keep Tesla at the forefront of innovation, Elon Musk is reaching back in time for management strategies that are positively ancient – as in Tom Peters ancient. Remember him? Mr. Peters was the 1980s management … Read more
Two men have been found not guilty for the murders of a Cranbrook, BC, couple over what their British Columbia Supreme Court trial heard was a case of mistaken identity. Leanne MacFarlane and Jeffrey Taylor were killed in their home in May 2010 and Raymond Correia and Sheldon Hunter were later accused of two counts … Read more
The young adults who bought into an expensive housing market in the past year are feeling remarkably good about the purchase. They have worries, of course. Inflation is definitely a problem, and many singled out their mortgage as a concern. But with rising interest rates testing the financial resilience of borrowers, the millennials and Gen … Read more
A real estate sign hangs in front of a west-end Toronto property, on Nov. 4, 2016.Graeme Roy/The Canadian Press The Canadian real estate industry is gearing up to fight Ottawa’s plan to ban a common home selling practice known as blind bidding. The Liberal Party’s April 7 budget proposed to end blind bidding, in which … Read more
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