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Canadians Can Still Buy a House Without Saving Their ...

Video: What's ahead for Canada's housing market?

Purchasing a home without your own down payment is often risky. One exception is when a borrower is well-qualified (apart from the down payment), has enough potential resources to withstand a loss of income and falling home prices, and is better off owning than renting. But exceptions are just that, and not the rule.

Young people use alternative...

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New mortgage rules could make switching or refinancing ...

Three homes display 'For Sale' signs in a row on Palma Bonita Lane in Perris, California, in this file photo. REUTERS

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Video: Low rates lure new buyers into U.S. housing market

If you have a mortgage and plan to refinance or renew, your experience will depend on two things: whether you plan to change your mortgage and how qualified you are.

Let's assume that you come up for renewal and are...

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Student loan program mistakenly forgives loans to doctors ...

The federal government is keeping closer tabs on a student loan program targeting doctors and nurses after many of them had loans mistakenly forgiven over the past two years.

The federal government launched the doctors and nurses loan forgiveness program in 2013 to act as an incentive for medical school graduates to practice in underserved areas of the country, or communities that had a hard time...

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Prefab homes may help reduce Alberta’s construction waste ...

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Alberta is thought to have one of the biggest construction and demolition waste problems in Canada, but so little actual data exists that the real size of the problem is still unknown.

What we do know is that - in terms of overall waste production - Alberta consistently produces the highest volume of waste per capita in the country, ranks third in total waste production (behind Ontario and...

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