Canada

Interview with Real Estate Investor: Joey Ragona (yep, he’s Canadian!)

by Joshua Dorkin | June 13, 2011

Joey Ragona is a real estate investor from Oakville, Ontario (WAY up north – somewhere in a place called Canada). In our interview with Joey (28:08 minutes), we get into topics such as building and running a business without distractions, targeting the most appropriate tenants, investing in single family homes, joint venture partnerships, investing in [...]

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Real Estate

5 Steps to Create Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Mortgages

by Julie Broad | November 10, 2010

Tired of just hoping your retirement savings won’t drop in your investments? Want some level of assurance that your money will grow in your retirement savings account? Do you want to enjoy the kind of returns a bank does? Want your retirement savings secured by a hard asset? If you answered yes to any or [...]

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Real Estate

Canadian Interest Rates Rise – Now What?

by Julie Broad | July 21, 2010

Yesterday the Bank of Canada announced a quarter point increase in the overnight lending rate, taking it from .5% to .75%. The increase was not a surprise. It was the expected move given their bullish words back in April and the strength of the Canadian economy overall in 2010. But, global uncertainty has slowed the [...]

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Real Estate Market

Maybe It’s Time to Invest in Canadian Real Estate

by Julie Broad | July 7, 2010

The world has been watching Canada this year. Not because the winter Olympics were here, but because Canada escaped the global economic crisis with minor cuts and bruises while many other countries are still being hit hard. We’ve become the example for other countries to learn from. And some of the world’s most influential economic [...]

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Housing

The U.S. Real Estate Market Can Learn From Canada

by Charles Feldman | March 31, 2010

Could we learn from the Canadians? When it comes to fixing our ailing real estate/housing market, the answer might be yes. The Vancouver Sun reports that “mortgage insurance has revolutionized the Canadian housing market.” The policies, which protect lenders in the event of default, were introduced to the Canadian market more than three decades ago. [...]

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Real Estate

The Great Canadian Real Estate Opportunity

by Julie Broad | March 26, 2010

I’m honoured to be a part of the BiggerPockets team of excellent contributors. And no, my dear US readers, that is not a typo. In Canada we spell things a little different. Favour, honour, and labour are all spelled with a “u. And that is just a few of the things we do a little [...]

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Economy

Signs of a Weak US Economy: Gold Screams, Dollar Falls, Euro to the Mainstream?

by Joshua Dorkin | September 29, 2007

On Friday, Gold hit a 27 year high as investors around the world ran to safety from the plummeting US dollar. Hitting $752.80 an ounce, Gold is at levels we haven’t seen since January of 1980. Additionally, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major currencies, fell 0.8 per cent to a record [...]

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Economy

Signs of a Weak US Economy: Canadian Dollar Equal in Value to US Dollar

by Joshua Dorkin | September 20, 2007

I truly enjoyed watching the President lie through his teeth again in this morning’s press conference about how good the economy was doing. I’m not sure what economy he’s looking at, but it is certainly not ours. It seems like things just continue to decline here in the good ‘ole USA . . . The [...]

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Real Estate Market

More Real Estate Speedlinking

by Joshua Dorkin | August 31, 2006

In Houston, Texas the Harris County Housing Authority has teamed up with private development companies to build 5 senior-living complexes, reports the Houston Business Journal. “‘The real story here is that the public/private model works — helping the community balance the need for both market-rate housing and affordable housing,’ says Guy Rankin, CEO and executive [...]

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