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The Globe and Mail Drops the Ball on Subprime

March 14, 2009 The Economy

Last night I was surfing through Twitter and one tweet caught my eye. Mostly it was because it was in ALL CAPS which annoys me to no end, but the word ‘canada’ made me mildly curious. The title of the article is “Canada’s dirty subprime secret” and while I was considering a subscription before, this [...]

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Canada’s Real Estate Market Won’t Meltdown

October 4, 2008 The Economy

Benjamin Tal, who I’ve discussed before after his July 2008 presentation on the state of the Canadian and US economies to the Real Estate Investment Network, was finally quoted in some good context in a CBC article. (Hat tip to Gary McGowan and Don Campbell on myREINspace) It’s nice when the mainstream media publishes something [...]

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It looked good at the time….

September 30, 2008 The Economy

Yehoram posted a link on myREINspace to a New York Times article from September 1999 about Fannie Mae yielding to pressue and making it easier for some borrowers. The high points: …banks, thrift institutions and mortgage companies have been pressing Fannie Mae to help them make more loans to so-called subprime borrowers.  And In moving, [...]

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Benjamin Tal on Canada’s Economy and Real Estate

August 31, 2008 The Economy

Benjamin Tal gave a  talk to the Real Estate Investment Network at a monthly meeting in June 2008. (Thanks to Radley at the Calgary Market Blog for pointing this out) This is the type of stuff I love, and it’s exactly why I’m a REIN member. There’s a lot of really solid analysis here, and [...]

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