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Mortgages

What is a prepayment penalty?

Before you pay off your mortgage earlier than originally planned, find out what a prepayment penalty means for you.

What is a prepayment penalty?

Taxes

What is a deemed disposition?

Find out what deemed disposition means and in what situations you may have to pay tax as a result.

What is a deemed disposition?

Real Estate

What is a benchmark home price?

Does it make sense to look at the benchmark home price in the area you want to buy? Short...

What is a benchmark home price?

Real Estate

What is land transfer tax?

Are you prepared to pay land transfer tax? Find out what it means for you as a home buyer.

What is land transfer tax?

Mortgages

Mortgage insurance calculator

Buying a home with a down payment of less than 20%? You’ll need mortgage default insurance. Use this tool...

Mortgage insurance calculator
A woman is sitting at her desk, using her calculator to figure out her debt-to-income ratio.

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How to calculate your debt-to-income ratio—and why you should know this number

How to calculate your debt-to-income ratio—and why you should know this number
A man is looking over the city of Stockholm, Sweden, wondering about his investing options as a non-resident of Canada.

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Can a non-resident open an investment account in Canada?

What are the options for investing as a non-resident of Canada? Which is better: an RRSP or a tax-sheltered...

Can a non-resident open an investment account in Canada?
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Making sense of the markets this week: September 18

Interest rates and the markets, Oracle’s earnings report, a look at wealth and happiness, and what’s a “tontine”? ...

Making sense of the markets this week: September 18
Emilija Baranac and Jennifer Tong on set filming Fakes

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“Fakes” stars give the real answers

Emilija Baranac and Jennifer Tong may play opportunistic teens on “Fakes,” but they are the real deal in talking...

“Fakes” stars give the real answers