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Real estate investments head south
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 7:00 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)
At a recent U.S. home-buying session at Allan Gardens in Toronto, hundreds of prospective buyers attended – so many they had to add chairs to accommodate the overflow. And though you might expect the crowd to be filled with soon-to-be retirees, there were a significant n …
Bubble watchers set to eye Canadian housing data
Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:34 AM EDT (The Globe and Mail)
Bank of Canada policy makers are weighing whether to raise interest rates over the next few months, so you can bet they’ll be looking to any drop of news from the housing market to help guide their decisions. Although it’s a bit long in the tooth, the Teranet-Natio …
Housing market: Government is to blame for Canada's housing bubble
Seeded on Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:37 PM EDT (National Post)
Canada’s housing market has been relatively stable over the past year, with the notable exception of Toronto, which has overtaken Vancouver as the country’s hottest real estate market. Prices in Canada’s largest city have risen 10.5% over the past year and ther …
EPA Under Fire for Considering Lowering Energy Star Criteria and Introducing New Fees
Seeded on Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:50 PM EST ()
The Environmental Protection Agency‘s decision to give the Energy Star program a bit of a makeover is not sitting pretty with their industry partners – the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is up in arms with the EPA’s choice to not only loosen the Energy …
Calgarians with pet rats face potential $5,000 fines in rat-free Alberta
Seeded on Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:19 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)
Alberta's rat-free status currently has a blemish on it after the discovery of three pet rodents in Calgary.
What Are Your Unusual Home Habits?
Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:21 PM EST ()
One look at the countless home blogs out there and you'll quickly see that there are no hard and fast rules to live by when it comes to the matters of the home.
Brace for debt shock, Bank of Canada warns
Seeded on Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:38 PM EST ()
The Bank of Canada has renewed its warning that debt-laden Canadians could face a “significant shock” if housing prices fall. With the ratio of household debt to income reaching 153%, fanned be low interest rates, there are concerns that some consumers could soon be …
One Man's Weird Way Of Dealing With Loud Neighbor Sex
Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:13 PM EST ()
This guy may not be in New York City—we aren't the only city with thin-walled residences—but he is over on YouTube showing the world how he deals with thin walls and loud neighbors. Particularly, how he deals when said neighbors are doin' it. You know, sex.
Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded banknotes
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:41 AM EST ()
An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust. Frank Buckley built t …
Rent out your driveway? Not in Calgary
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:38 AM EST ()
It offers the enterprising homeowner in parking-weary Calgary the chance to turn their unused condo parking stall or home driveway into a little cash cow. Parkatmyhouse.com, a staple in the United Kingdom since 2006, had its North American launch recently, offering to hook u …
Calgary breaks a record for warmest Jan. 4 in 98 years
Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 11:48 AM EST (CBC)
Calgary saw the warmest Jan. 4 in a very long time when the temperature reached 15 C Wednesday, beating out the 12.2 C record set in 1914.
In the zone: A review of the Dyson Hot
Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 2:15 PM EST ()
Although I’m not much of a New Year’s resolution-maker, if I have one specific goal for 2012, it's to work on lowering the anxiety-inducing monthly gas heating bills that come with living in a drafty-but-otherwise-lovely two-bedroom New York City rental apartment.
Cardiologist finds link between shovelling snow and heart attacks
Seeded on Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:57 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
Forget the hazards of Black Friday, let’s move on to winter hazards, shall we? Just in time for the season, a Kingston cardiologist has shown that shovelling snow really can be deadly.
Man uses scuba gear to evade Australia bushfire
Seeded on Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:39 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
A man who stayed behind to defend his home from a bushfire in western Australia used scuba-diving equipment to escape the blaze. While others in the town of Margaret River fled their homes, Peter Fabrici got his wife to safety and then went back to fire-proof his home. Seeing …
'Boomerang kids' stick close to the nest, affecting their Boomer parents' real estate and retirement choices, report says
Seeded on Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:38 PM EST (National Post)
The adult children of their Baby Boomer parents are continuing to have a large financial effect on the Boomers well into retirement, influencing everything from their real estate buying decisions down to where — and when — they retire, according to the TD Canada Tr …
Spider web stops Canada Post delivery
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:22 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
A spider web — and a skittish mail carrier —prevented a Dartmouth, N.S., man from getting his mail for more than a week. Kevin Keating noticed his letters had stopped coming after a few days, but received no notice from Canada Post. "We just thought the mail was bei …
The Most Effective and Safest Natural Cleaning Products for the Home
Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:58 PM EDT ()
Contrary to what Proctor & Gamble would have you believe, you don’t need a complex chemical compound to get your house “fresh,” “sparkling” or clean. Nor do you need particularly advanced compounds for cleaning toilets or scrubbing away grime.
When Luxury and Trash Collide: Inside One Man's Dumpster House - Design - GOOD
Seeded on Fri Sep 9, 2011 6:13 PM EDT (good.is)
Trash can-dweller Oscar the Grouch is no longer alone in his choice of digs. A Berkeley, California man has erected a one-person house in a dumpster, of all places.
Waging war on flowers
Seeded on Tue Aug 9, 2011 5:28 PM EDT ()
Helen Amber says the city’s crackdown on her wildflower garden is “silly” and she feels “harassed” by officials’ threats to remove them. City bylaw officers served the woman with a 24-hour notice to kill the plants or the city will &mda …
Mortgages in Canada: Debt Crisis Could Keep Mortgage Rates Low
Seeded on Mon Aug 8, 2011 4:01 PM EDT (Huffington Post Canada)
If the mortgage meltdown that nearly laid waste to the global economy a few years ago taught us anything, it's that you should never base your decision to buy a home on cheap rates. But if you have to get a mortgage, there may no better time to sign on the dotted line -- at lea …
Why Architects Shouldn't Build Condos out of Glass And People Shouldn't Buy Them : TreeHugger
Seeded on Mon Aug 8, 2011 3:52 PM EDT (TreeHugger)
Glass balcony panels are raining down on the streets of Toronto from the shiny new condominiums, building envelope expert John Straube was interviewed on Ontario Morning to discuss the problem.
Mortgage vs. RRSP - which should come first?
Seeded on Wed Aug 3, 2011 12:11 PM EDT ()
If you have received a salary increase, should you use your extra cash flow to pay down your mortgage faster or to contribute to your RRSP? It depends on whether your RRSP growth rate can exceed your mortgage interest rate. You can use an online calculator to project and compa …
Calgary luxury home sales balloon
Seeded on Wed May 18, 2011 1:06 PM EDT (Calgary Herald)
Luxury home sales in Calgary have soared this year compared with a year ago, according to a report released Wednesday by RE/MAX. The real estate firm noted that 145 homes have sold from more than $1 million year-to-date until the end of April, a 51 per cent hike from the 96 so …
TD, National lower their fixed mortgage rates
Seeded on Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:21 PM EDT (Toronto Star)
Two more of Canada's big bank say they will lower some of their fixed rate mortgages as nervous investors move to bonds, causing a drop in long-term interest rates.
What's Calgary drinking?
Seeded on Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:46 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)
Calgary's city council voted earlier this month to discontinue the fluoridation of city water. Fluoride has been added to our water supply since 1989, when the practice was approved by referendum (and confirmed by another referendum in 1998).
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Real estate investments head southAt a recent U.S. home-buying session at Allan Gardens in Toronto, hundreds of prospective buyers attended – so many they had to add chairs to accommodate the overflow. And though you might expect the crowd to be filled with soon-to-be retirees, there were a significant n …
- Stripe Your Lawn Like the Major Leagues - Developments - WSJ
Mystery solved. I have always wanted to know how these picturesque lawns are achieved, I just did not realize that there were already books, kits and other products being sold on this same topic. As DIYers and weekend warriors alike partake in these landscaping efforts, let this …
- Bubble watchers set to eye Canadian housing data
Bank of Canada policy makers are weighing whether to raise interest rates over the next few months, so you can bet they’ll be looking to any drop of news from the housing market to help guide their decisions. Although it’s a bit long in the tooth, the Teranet-Natio …
- Housing market: Government is to blame for Canada's housing bubble
Canada’s housing market has been relatively stable over the past year, with the notable exception of Toronto, which has overtaken Vancouver as the country’s hottest real estate market. Prices in Canada’s largest city have risen 10.5% over the past year and ther …
- Home on the rocks
Set in stone This community, including these old houses and the home of John and Lusan Corbett, is named Moonhole for the arch through which you can see the moon set twice a year. The island of Bequia is in the Grenadines.
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