RRSP can house a mortgage

You've made your 2011 RRSP contribution a full two weeks ahead of the Feb. 29 deadline. Congratulations! But what did you invest in? GICs? Stocks? Bonds?

Canadian banks call truce in easy-money mortgage battle

The bonanza of dirt-cheap mortgages offered by some of the country’s biggest lenders in recent weeks has been shut down sooner than expected, as banks pull their offers in the face of higher funding costs and concerns over dwindling profit margins.

Condos attracting a lot of buyers in the Philippines

Property investors, many of them from overseas, are continuing to buy in the Philippines despite rising prices, experts point out.

Greece tiptoes closer to the cliff

Watching Greece is like watching an amateur tight-rope walker with no net beneath him. He may make it, he may not. His fall would be fatal.

CMHC backing fewer loans

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is cutting back on mortgages it insures as the Crown corporation edges closer to a $600-billion cap imposed on it by the federal government, the Financial Post has learned.