Five life insurance questions you should ask – The Globe and Mail

If you’re in the market for life insurance, you might have been tempted by those ads claiming that "for just a few dollars a day, you can protect your family with $1-million in life insurance!" It sounds like a great deal, doesn’t it?

Five life insurance questions you should ask – The Globe and Mail

Prices up, but may be at ‘plateau,’ report finds

Times Colonist- Prices moved up for Greater Victoria homes in the second quarter of this year, but the region’s high inventory is pushing down some parts of the market, a spokesman for real estate company Royal LePage said yesterday.

"Homes are generally selling below asking price, and significantly so in some condominium cases," said Carol Geurts of Royal

LePage Coast Capital Realty in Victoria.

"It appears prices may have reached a plateau for the moment, in that much of the price growth we expected for 2010 has already happened."

Condos in the lower end of the price range are most popular, while it can be more difficult to move those priced at $500,000 and up. "I think it goes back to the economy."

Yesterday, the Multiple Listing Service showed 1,001 listings for condominiums for sale in Greater Victoria. Of those, 28 were priced at $1 million and up, with the highest at $4.2 million for a 4,060-square-foot condo at Songhees…

Prices up, but may be at ‘plateau,’ report finds

Canadian mortgage credit forecast to grow this year

 Calgary Herald – AB – The report said about 9.1 million homes are owned in Canada. The estimated value of these homes is $2.67 trillion and the total outstanding mortgage …

Canadian mortgage credit forecast to grow this year