housing market

A father and adult daughter meet with a mortgage lender

FHSA

Can a first-time home buyer have a mortgage co-signer?

Can a first-time home buyer have a mortgage co-signer?
Young couple taking a selfie with house keys

FHSA

How first-time home buyers can use an FHSA to save for a down payment

How first-time home buyers can use an FHSA to save for a down payment
A woman is worried by a letter from her landlord.

Renting

How much can a landlord increase rent?

As Canadian rent prices keep rising, here’s what you need to know about rent increases, rent strikes and your...

How much can a landlord increase rent?
A woman who is happy about her move to Albertastands in front of the rocky mountains.

Real Estate

Should you move to Alberta?

Tempted by the call of the mountains? You might be wondering about moving to Alberta. Here’s what to know...

Should you move to Alberta?

Advertisement

Advertisement

A block calendar is changed from 2022 to 2023, as this article covers both years in finance, investing and stocsk

Stocks

2022’s year in review: The financial highs, lows and what’s in store for 2023

A recap of the ups and downs investors and the markets dealt with in 2022 and a hint of...

2022’s year in review: The financial highs, lows and what’s in store for 2023
Exterior view of the upper floor of a home on a cloudy fall day

Columns

Housing affordability: What happens when lower home prices take on higher borrowing costs?

Borrowing costs are increasing as Canada experiences the fastest drop in home prices since the 1980s. Have we reached...

Housing affordability: What happens when lower home prices take on higher borrowing costs?
A hallway's exit sign that illustrates a home buyer's decision to break out of a real estate deal

Real Estate

What happens when a buyer backs out of a real estate deal?

Signing a purchase agreement and then failing to close can have serious financial consequences—and courts don’t take it lightly....

What happens when a buyer backs out of a real estate deal?
A man doing acrobatics to symbolize the balance needed to calm inflation and a recession.

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: August 7

Do earnings matter in 2022? Will Canada follow the U.S. into a recession? Plus other fascinating market fodder.

Making sense of the markets this week: August 7

Advertisement

Real Estate

Do you have real estate FOMO? What you need to know before it affects your finances

An effect of many Canadians being priced out of the housing market, real estate FOMO can cause you to...

Do you have real estate FOMO? What you need to know before it affects your finances

Advertisement