Downtown Edmonton development squeezing out cheap housing More people forced onto the streets as rooming houses fall to developments ‘I slept in my car’: Edmonton’s rental market razor thin Sasauna Campbell talks about having to sleep in her car as she could not find a place to rent in Edmonton. See video here Sasauna Campbell, […]
New mortgage rules deny 1st-time homebuyers a roof over their heads ?
New mortgage rules pushing 1st-time homebuyers to wait CBC News Some first-time buyers are waiting longer to get into the market, especially in British Columbia. A year after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened mortgage rules to not allow insured mortgages with amortization terms of more than 25 years, many prospective buyers say they are waiting […]