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Real Estate

Qualifying for the Home Buyers’ Plan

Living in someone else's house could leave you ineligible

Qualifying for the Home Buyers’ Plan
life insurance

Life Insurance

Choosing priorities in retirement planning

Should this couple cancel their mortgage life insurance so they can pay down their mortgage faster?

Choosing priorities in retirement planning
Canadian real estate

Buying

Tips for U.S. residents buying Canadian real estate

While Canada's mortgage rates are enticing, you really need to concentrate on the tax and insurance implications

Tips for U.S. residents buying Canadian real estate

Mortgages

Invest or pay off debt?

An inheritance could allow this reader both a debt-free and a more secure retirement

Invest or pay off debt?

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home improvement

Real Estate

What’s the ROI on ‘invisible’ renovations?

Spending cash doesn’t mean you'll see a return when you sell

What’s the ROI on ‘invisible’ renovations?
cottage purchases capital gains tax

Selling

Slash capital gains with cost deductions

One cottage owner wants to know what expenses can be considered capital expenses

Slash capital gains with cost deductions
mortgage rate change

Buying

Can I use foreign equity to buy a house in Canada?

As a foreign property owner you have a few options, but you may not have access to great Canadian...

Can I use foreign equity to buy a house in Canada?
pay off your mortgage

Real Estate

Young homeowners: Invest or pay down debt?

Liam bought a place when he was 21. Now, he wants some advice on what to do with the...

Young homeowners: Invest or pay down debt?

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Taxes

A strategy to slash capital gains tax

Prior planning will help minimize the tax hit on property sales

A strategy to slash capital gains tax

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