No simple answers for new buyers

Canadians are in for more of the same, at least for now.

According to GTA Realtors, April has started off in a promising manner, although sales in the first two weeks have actually dropped by 3% year-over –year.

By and large, across the nation, home sales maintained their position in the month of March.

March saw a multitude of new home sales in the GTA, ultimately tipping Q1 into strong territory, according to new figures released by the Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) through a report by RealNet.

In the U.S. property market, good news has become a relative term. And in this case- the fact that housing prices declined less than had been anticipated in the month of February is viewed in a positive light.

A host of variables will govern price you pay for cash to buy your home Ian Harvey Special to the Star Mortgage shopping for the first time can seem a daunting and intimidating task.

Here’s another Mortgage Penalty nightmare… CBC’s Kathy Tomlinson reported that one Scotiabank client had his penalty double over the course of 9 months.

More than 80 per cent of the country’s first-time homebuyers say they’re in good long-term financial health – that self-diagnosis the key finding of a survey from Genworth Financial Canada and the Canadian Association of Credit Counselling...