The 35-year mortgage is now here - 2006-03-17
Late last month, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation unveiled a pilot project that would permit Canadians to take out 30-year mortgages, five years more from the traditional 25. Canada's other main player in the multi-billion-dollar mortgage business, Genworth Financial, raised the ante Thursday, declaring the 35-year mortgage plan.
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High-end N.Y. real estate market surges - 2006-03-17
After abating from a peak in 2004, the real estate market for luxury residential properties in Manhattan again exploded at the end of 2005 and persisted into February 2006. The pleasant surprise has been the jump in sales of the $20 million-plus market that is not reliant on salaries or bonuses.
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