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How To Pick A Edmonton Real Estate Brokerage

November 8, 2010 Realtor
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I’m starting my hunt for the right brokerage for me to work with. Picking a real estate brokerage is even more complex than picking a realtor when you’re going out to buy a property because I’ll likely be tied to them for at least a year or two. Some brokerages take as much as half [...]

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The Great Famine – 21st Century Style

December 17, 2009 The Economy
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North America is home to a generation of people who have never experienced a recession in their adult lifetime. They’re between 20 and 30, much like myself. I remember when I was very young, my dad being laid off from construction during the recession which hit in 1984. He’s mentioned it before, but he was [...]

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Canada Loses 129,000 Jobs – Alberta Loses 200

February 6, 2009 Statistics

Today at 8:30am Eastern Stats Can released the January 2009 Labour Force Survey. Apparently Canada’s lost 129,000 jobs (or so). Where did we lose them? But there’s a story, and Alberta’s the real winner, followed closely be Saskatchewan. The number of Albertans employed grew by 1.3% year over year. Saskatchewan grew by over 3% because [...]

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Chris’ News Roundup – Canadian Edition

November 30, 2008 News

Bank of Canada faces pressure to make deep cuts in interest rates The Bank of Canada will step up to the plate to support the slumping economy with a whopping three-quarter-point cut in interest rates before Christmas, analysts with Canadian financial institutions projected. I’m glad I’m on a variable rate mortgage. I love getting the [...]

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