Friday Free-for-all!
Hey! The weekend is here! Get those taxes filed yet?
Time to do our regular end of the week economic news roundup and open topic discussion thread. Here are a few recent stories to kick things off:
-HST to make family life more expensive
-Housing market to cool: Carney
-Five reasons to love rising interest rates
-Teranet house price index
-Luxury sales through roof
-40% off in Kelowna
-BC sees Olympic jobs boost
-Certified Bubble Pricing
-Best place in Canada: Ottawa?
-Victoria a real estate rollercoaster
-US selling frenzy as homebuyer credit ends
So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:25 am
@Pythagoras:
That depends completely on how much you paid for the house.
If you buy today, absolutely. If you bought in, say, 1985, or before 1980, absolutely not.
And I'm just talking about rental value, not any gains you could make by selling.