Canadians invade France and start acquiring real estate - 2004-01-26
Following in the footsteps of their British cousins, Canadians are snapping up vacation property in France in droves.

I love exploring all the little villages. I love cooking too. I could go to a market every day," she said. "It's certainly cheaper than if we bought a place on the west coast of Canada."

She said the rent on her apartment in Vancouver's downtown Coal Harbor district is higher than the mortgage payment on her French retreat.
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IF to add 200 more staff for mortgages - 2004-01-26
Intelligent Finance, the Edinburgh-based telephone and internet bank, plans to add up to 200 more jobs to cope with an expected increase in business from two new mortgages.

The new mortgages are the first additions to its range since the bank, which specialises in so-called offsetting - linking borrowings against savings to minimise the interest paid - launched three years ago.
Read the full story at Edinburgh Evening News