22 Feb

Pre Approvals

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

I found this article over the weekend about pre approvals and their importance.Check it out! http://www.canada.com/approval+should+square+home+buyers/4320578/story.html

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18 Feb

Average Canadian Family Home Debt

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

I found this article and thought it was fantastic! While the author is right that you can find stats that will tell you just about anything, be it factual or not, yet there are some stats that show the naked truth and make us face reality. http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20110218/SQUAMISH0302/302189957/-1/squamish/tightening-our-belts

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16 Feb

Student debt and the lessions learned.

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

If you follow my facebook posts you will notice today’s article is about who is supposed to teach students about debt. Being someone who is still paying for student debt, as my wife graduated from Queen’s back in 2003, I can certainly agree that post secondary education is extremely expensive; however, also very important. Do […]

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15 Feb

Peer Pressure…

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

In a way it’s funny that we learn about peer pressure in school and then later on in life it’s almost like we have to relearn some of those same lessions. Like in this article, just cut and paiste this to your web browser http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2JEin7/feedproxy.google.com/~r/financialhighway/ray/~3/VePxPehkSuo/

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14 Feb

Did you know….

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

cut and paiste this to your web brower address line to see a very imformative article on credit cards http://www.financialpost.com/personal-finance/Secondary+credit+card+user+nobody/4266297/story.html#ixzz1Dt51fxe8

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11 Feb

Housing Forecasts

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

I found this article this morning in my daily search for financial & housing news. It says alot of similar things to what I heard in the CMHC seminar from eariler this week (see blog post below) .Cut and paiste this to your web brower and you should be good to go! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/housing/housing-market-will-be-stable-next-two-years-rbc/article1901168/

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10 Feb

Good article on saving money

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

Here is a great article with some solid tips on saving money, be that money for a down payment on your first home or for RRSP’s.   http://www.moneyville.ca/article/830359–saving-10-things-you-need-to-know

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9 Feb

Kingston’s Economy

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Posted by: Ryan Satnik

I had the privilage of attending a seminar today by the Canadian Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC) today. Today’s topic was on Kingston’s economy, the housing sector and projections for 2011. I attended a seminar put on by CMHC last year where I heard the same economist speak (Abdul was his name I believe), while […]

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