Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada: Part 4

“Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada” is a series written by Common Cents Mom (Hollie Pollard) who, in her own words, “really had no sense when she was young but she is a fast study and is learning that you can recover from financial [...]

Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada: Part 2

“Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada” is a series written by Common Cents Mom (Hollie Pollard) who, in her own words, “really had no sense when she was young but she is a fast study and is learning that you can recover from financial [...]

New Mortgage Rules For Canadians Starting April 19th 2010

Jim Flaherty announced changes to mortgage rules in Canada on February 16th, 2010 which are to take effect on April 19th, 2010. Here is a list of the changes:

Borrowers will be tested on their ability to make payments on a five year fixed-rate mortgage, even though they may choose different terms (e.g. a three year [...]

I Gladly Paid A 9.8% Fee To Have My Coins Counted

I know there is much written about low fees and costs on all the personal finance blogs, but you always have to remember that the other side of the equation is value. Sometimes a high relative fee can be stomached, and quite easily at that. Case in point: I had about three big jars of [...]

How Much Are Tickets For The Men’s Gold Medal Round Ice Hockey Game in Vancouver 2010?

With the Olympics coming up, and a slight possibility that I might be in town for the Games I was interested in finding out the prices of tickets for various events (although expecting less than good news). Well, if you were looking for tickets to the Gold Medal round of the Men’s Ice Hockey event [...]

Stream Videos From Your Computer To Your TV and Get a Free Blu-Ray Player and Playstation 3

Yeah, so let me explain the title of this blog post with a little preamble.
A few weeks ago I decided to cut down on our TV bill by scaling back the channels and upping our internet package (we were on the very basic of the basic which made streaming videos painful). With all the TV [...]

ING offers a way to get 2010 TFSA Contributions in early

Programming note – a while back I had mentioned that readers of this blog were going to get the chance to ask questions to Peter Aceto, CEO of ING Direct Canada. Just a quick update since it has been a while since that was first posted: the interview will be a video interview and I [...]

Maximize The Sale Price Of Your Home

Designer extraordinaire, and guest author Daniela Garritano returns and this time she is writing about Selling Your House For More. If you would like to secure her services, don’t be afraid to email her by clicking here. Take it away D…

In my line of work, you never know what you’re going to find when [...]