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Category Archives: Canada
Thomas Sowell’s New Book: The Housing Boom and Bust
Check out the book on Amazon.com. Economist Thomas Sowell appeared on Dennis Prager’s radio show May 27: Tom: If the results weren’t so serious, all this would make a great Gilbert & Sullivan musical, with all the mutually contradictory statements … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Credit, bank of america, Bankruptcy, Banks, bonds, Britain, California, Canada, Journalism, mortgage, Politics, Refinance, wall street
Tagged boom and bust, dennis prager, economist thomas sowell, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, thomas sowell
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Canada’s Mortgage Rescue Plan May Turn Profit
Report: Ottawa’s new program to fuel mortgage lending kicked off successfully yesterday and is widely viewed as a win-win, with banks applauding the cheap funding while the government stands to earn roughly $250-million a year. But there are calls for … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged canada mortgage and housing, canada mortgage and housing corp, financial turmoil, ing direct canada, mortgage market, profit report
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Canada Buys $25 Billion In Mortgages
Report: Toronto-Dominion Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia responded by cutting their prime rates. Borrowing costs for Royal Bank of Canada and other lenders have soared as the global credit crisis spreads. Canadian banks are “reluctant to lend to any … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged canadian imperial bank, canadian imperial bank of commerce, imperial bank of commerce, mortgage backed securities, royal bank of canada, toronto dominion bank
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Canada’s Big Banks Reduce Prime Lending Rates
From CTV.ca: The Bank of Nova Scotia, the Royal and the Bank of Montreal announced shortly afterward that they are cutting their prime rate by 0.25 points to 4.25 per cent. Canada’s big banks were under fire earlier this week … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged asset swap, bank of nova scotia, canadian banks, liberal leader stephane dion, prime lending rates, stephane dion
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Canada’s Key Mortgage Documents
Report: The federal government says it will buy $25-billion of Canadian mortgages to inject liquidity into the credit system. Jim Flaherty, the Minister of Finance, said said the move is aimed at maintaining the availability of long-term credit, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged canadian mortgages, credit crisis, finance website, jim flaherty, key mortgage, mortgage documents
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Reshaping Canada’s Mortgage System
From TheSpec.com: Only a radical reshaping of the way people buy homes and pay off mortgages will ultimately repair the damaged financial sector in the United States, a leading American economist told a large gathering of Ontario business leaders yesterday. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged american economist, independent financial advice, labour shortage, mortgage balance, mortgage system, sound decisions
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Canada Susceptible To America’s Mortgage Crisis
From canada.com: The Canadian housing market could face a similar housing bust to the United States, particularly in more bubbly markets such as Vancouver and Calgary, according to Robert Shiller, the University of Yale professor who predicted both the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged boom and bust, canada mortgage and housing, canada mortgage and housing corp, record proportions, stock market boom, university of yale
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Canadian Insurance Companies Solid
From Forbes: On Aug. 1, 2007, two Bear Stearns hedge funds filed for bankruptcy. Those two seemingly minor failures plunged the U.S. into its worst banking crises since the Great Depression. Thanks to globalization, the subprime virus has now contaminated … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged bear stearns hedge funds, canadian insurance companies, canadian life insurers, investment grade securities, real estate bubble burst, stock market plunge
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Canada Is Safe From An American-Style Mortgage Collapse
From NationalPost: I know very little about the world financial markets, or even about basic financial concepts. — Less crappy mortgages. Canada’s subprime mortgage market (to the extent the bottom end of our mortgage market can even be called “subprime” … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged banks canada, mortgage community, mortgages canada, nationalpost, states in canada, subprime mortgage market
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Canada Faces Its Own Mortgage Crisis
From Canwest News Service: Lost amid concern over United States government agencies moving in to support mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae plus IndyMac Bankcorp, was a warning that Canada could soon face its own mortgage crisis. Hall noted … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged canada mortgage and housing, canada mortgage and housing corporation, fiscal stimulus, indymac bankcorp, own mortgage, years mortgage
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