The following article was published today by CMHC.ca

All this on a day where US President Barrack Obama visited Ottawa.  We blogged about both here

 
 

That's right, Canada

The following article, published online last Saturday, and to be published in the February 16, 2009 of Newsweek  is an excellent review of the state of the Canada and the Canadian banking system - Newsweek - Worthwhile Canadian Initiative (by editor Fareed Zakaria).

AltaPacific's blog post on this article is found here

 
 

View today's blog post for full details -

Home prices to fall by 8% this year

Western Canada hit hardest by decline

 
 

The following news was published yesterday (January 5, 2009) in many sources across Canada.  This Financial Post article speaks directly to the Canadian housing market and how it compares to the current conditions of the U.S.

Visit AltaPacific's Canadian Mortgage blog for commentary about this recent news and learn how you can invest in Canadian mortgages for healthy investment returns of your RSP or private placement funds.