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Do mortgages vanish when people pass away?
The short answer is no. It may seem like a morbid thought, but the fact is, for most people, their mortgage is the largest debt they’ll carry in their lifetimes. As a result, many...
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British Columbia’s “cooling-off period” now in effect
As of January 1, 2023, British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in Canada to implement a rescission period for real estate transactions, also known as a "cooling-off period.” The amendments...
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Bank of Canada hikes rates by 0.25%, but is now likely to hit the pause button
The Bank of Canada delivered its eighth consecutive rate hike on Wednesday, January 25, but said it would likely now pause to assess the impacts of its rate hikes to date. As expected, the Bank...
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Canada set to grow in different ways
The Canadian economy is poised to grow again, but in a very different way according to the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) recently-released Monetary Policy Report. The BoC expects global economic growth to...
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